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In Sloane Crosley's memoir Grief Is for People, she explores life after the loss of her closest friend I was intrigued by Crosley's mindset and the dark humor, devastating grief, and powerful memories she I listened to Grief Is for People as an audiobook. Do you have any Bossy thoughts about this book?

Blue Sisters explores three surviving sisters' messy paths into and out of grief after the loss of their I appreciated the exploration of grief and the many avenues the sisters take to cope with it, deny it To find more Bossy reviews of books about grief, check out this link .

reels from the loss, feeling and casting blame, turning within themselves, and existing in a fog of grief Bug Hollow  spans decades, tracking grief and then the life paths of Ellis's sisters (particularly young We zigzag to spend page time with intriguing side characters (Yvette, with whom Phil has a very brief

Intermezzo is one of my favorite Rooney novels yet, exploring complicated families, grief, unconventional The men's methods of coping with their grief often test the line between hopelessness and possibility

Espach layers complex emotional challenges like suicidal thoughts, grief, and loneliness with funny, poignant, often funny novel while anchoring the characters in complex emotions: suicidal thoughts, grief

and love surrounding the loss of her baby at nine months in utero and her experience living through grief When McCracken loses her baby before its birth, she reels from grief and stumbles into a terrible understanding

Joella's lovely exploration of three characters' loss and grief allows for deep human connection, the varied, complicated set of characters' influences and motivations, Joella explores the crushing blow of grief

Year takes a light, romantic tone and within it, explores weighty issues like serious illness, loss, grief light-fiction structure to take on seriously weighty issues like family dynamic struggles, commitment, loyalty, grief

It's perfectly charming, funny, quirky, and sweet, yet it deals with grief and fear, hope and forgiveness rom-com Better Than the Movies is about Liz Buxbaum, a fabulously eccentric high schooler coping with the grief

irresistible rom-com with great banter and with interesting and difficult, complex issues of loss, grief Months later, Jo's grieving sister sends her two living children, Kitty and Mia, to stay with Jo for She has always pushed down her grief, but she wants the girls to be able to lean on her. Lists and Fancy Ships (side note: I really want to add a serial comma into this title) serves up depth: grief I loved the best-friendship with Nina, the messy path of grief, and the imperfect characters all doing

past Turkish-Greek conflicts in a small island community while illustrating the interconnectedness of grief

Rebecca Serle's love letter to Italy plays with time to allow a grieving young woman to know her mother Katy is deeply grieving while questioning her own life, including her marriage to a kind man.

offers a terrifying, disturbing premise--but I was fascinated with the character depth, explorations of grief Molly Clarke is dealing with bottomless grief. But I was pleasantly surprised by the generous character depth, explorations of grief, and self-actualization

his mother Ruth's adjustment to life without her free-spirited, joy-filled partner; and it tracks the grief

Basi manages an incredible feat: the book involves messy feelings and grief, yet it isn't maudlin or She also managed what felt like an incredible feat: the book involves messy feelings and grief, yet the

The interconnectedness of the characters and the details of household life and power structures of the time period were wonderful and the standout elements of the book to me. O'Farrell, who has written many books I've loved, here tackles a novel of the plague and a story loosely based on Shakespeare's marriage, family, and work. This was a relatively slow climb toward a societal calamity (in the form of the plague) and personal tragedy (in the form of the family's loss of a child to the plague). I wondered if the timing of this reading experience was going to be enjoyable--reading a book about the plague during a global pandemic might not be ideal. But O'Farrell has crafted a story that is primarily about a family--their hopes, dreams, and the sometimes heartbreaking limitations and sobering realities of each person within it. The interconnectedness between strangers and family members and the world was one of the most interesting aspects for me. The book started off at a measured pace. The details of the time, household life, and gender, vocation, and familial power structures were wonderful and the standout elements of the book to me. O'Farrell imagined Agnes, wife to John (the fictionalized William Shakespeare character) as an independent, witchy, strong, and appealing female character. Do you have any Bossy thoughts about this book? What O'Farrell writes, I generally adore--and her range is incredible. I loved I Am, I Am, I Am, and I really liked The Vanishing Act of Esme Lennox, Instructions for a Heatwave, and This Must Be the Place. (The Hand that First Held Mine and After You'd Gone are both on my to-read list.)

love, and fun references to musicals and movies--yet Rowley also offers poignancy, an exploration of grief They are each going through grief and confusion, but they adore each other and have their love to fall Rowley explores grief and how it is a shared--yet completely individual--experience. family, and he was Sara's best friend (and, secondarily, her brother in law), but he doesn't feel he can grieve I was distracted by the brief, repeated shifts in point of view from Patrick to other characters.

Nikki Erlick explores grief, loss, family conflicts, strangers' bonds, and sticky moral dilemmas related sadness, particularly for other friends and family members who want to share the load of memory and grief The exploration of loss and grief was a particular highlight for me. Many of the novel's characters seek escape from the painful, messy path through grief, while others-- (Check out the links below to Bossy reviews of other titles about mortality, grief, and loss.)

Memorial Days  is Geraldine Brooks's memoir of sudden loss, delayed grief, and a delving into sorrow But an endless logistical to-do list following his death kept her busy and delayed her grieving. She explores various cultures' traditions of marking life and acknowledging grief, seeking peace by taking

Brooks's poignant memoir about finding a way to acknowledge the loss of her husband and dive into her grief Days: A Memoir by Geraldine Brooks Memorial Days is Geraldine Brooks's memoir of sudden loss, delayed grief But an endless logistical to-do list following his death kept her busy and delayed her grieving. She explores various cultures' traditions of marking life and acknowledging grief, seeking peace by shaping

Just for the Summer; and I'm listening to Sloane Crosley's memoir about the loss of her best friend, Grief Great Light Fiction Stories Perfect for Summer Reading and Six More Great Light Fiction Stories. 03 Grief Is for People by Sloane Crosley In Sloane Crosley's memoir Grief Is for People, she explores life after I'm listening to Grief Is for People as an audiobook.

01 Grief Is for People by Sloane Crosley Crosley's memoir traces a treasured friendship and the gutting In Sloane Crosley's memoir Grief Is for People , she explores life after the loss of her closest friend I was intrigued by Crosley's mindset and the dark humor, devastating grief, and powerful memories she I listened to Grief Is for People  as an audiobook. For my full review, check out Grief Is for People . 02 All the Beauty in the World: The Metropolitan

Because the women aren't linked outside of an anonymous grief support group, and because their friendship

Please click here for my full review of The Rom-Commers . 05 Grief Is for People by Sloane Crosley Crosley's In Sloane Crosley's memoir Grief Is for People , she explores life after the loss of her closest friend I was intrigued by Crosley's mindset and the dark humor, devastating grief, and powerful memories she I listened to Grief Is for People  as an audiobook. For my full review, check out Grief Is for People . 06 Wellness by Nathan Hill Flawed main characters

student endures humiliation from his father on his graduation day; and a couple endures the deepest grief Judgment fails; unforeseen repercussions shift lives; grief is borne; and temptation, tragedy, and punishment

Lydia and unaware of anything odd about this life, and Lydia must fight to not seem as though she is grieving friendship, a track that is not without hiccups, their own sometimes conflicting paths to coping with their grief The characters' feelings of anger, crushing grief, and hope feel real in both realities she's created

reading Ethan Joella's heartwarming story of three interconnected members of a community coping with grief Life; and I'm reading Lynn Painter's adorable rom-com about an eccentric high schooler coping with the grief Painter's adorable rom-com Better Than the Movies is about an eccentric high schooler coping with the grief

Bug Hollow spans decades, tracking grief and then the life paths of Ellis's sisters, his parents, and

Scottoline's suspenseful mystery offers surprising depth in exploring grief while the main protagonist Scottoline offers surprising depth, particularly while exploring the bone-shaking grief that lies at

His oldest daughter died as a teenager, and the grief destroyed his marriage.

romance Not For the Faint of Heart ; and I'm listening to Coco Mellors's novel about sisters coping with grief

Because the women aren't linked outside of an anonymous grief support group, and because their friendship

of crows' senses of community and cleverness, which she hopes set a tone for the year to come; to a grief-stricken

survival depends on hiding his tears until it’s safe to drop them, maybe theirs depends on not taking any grief

His oldest daughter died, and the grief destroyed his marriage.

In The Distance from Four Points, Littell explores deep human connections, grief, womanhood, what strength In The Distance from Four Points, Littell explores deep human connections, grief, womanhood, what strength

In one case, it seems that grief and trauma are the cause of poor judgment; in the other, mental illness

teenagers have been in Ireland at a music program--but can't shake a vague sadness lingering from the real grief

The story takes a brief but powerful dip into the vast issues of race and policing in America, then the pacing are often raw and feverish as Harrison digs into complicated issues intertwined with worry and grief

relationship; and Stay True is Hua Hsu's coming-of-age memoir of growing up Taiwanese American and coping with grief what became Stay True in order to cope with his loss, explore the concept of belonging, face his own grief

Look for Me, Wendy Walker's suspenseful, character-driven novel about a mother coping with the worst grief and consistently lovely. 03 Don't Look for Me by Wendy Walker Molly Clarke is dealing with bottomless grief Walker's premise is difficult to read and experience on the page, but the character depth, exploration of grief

rise to fame as the drummer for Nirvana, a band said to have defined a generation, and through his grief his mother Ruth's adjustment to life without her free-spirited, joy-filled partner; and tracks the grief

The thing that saves each of them from bottomless grief and from giving in to their most desperate, despairing

But over the course of the next year, what saves each of them from bottomless grief is Annie's constant

When grief, worry, or challenges feel overwhelming, treating your schedule and your pace as though it inadvertently connects to unlikely characters in the town, and Littell explores this human connection, grief

irresistible rom-com with great banter and with interesting and difficult, complex issues of loss, grief I loved  the best-friendship with Nina, the messy path of grief, and the imperfect characters all doing explore her feelings for Julius in a wonderfully sweet and romantic set of exchanges that feels all too brief

On the Tasmanian coast, characters explore loss and grief and the swirling mysteries surrounding long-ago of Tasmania, the story centers around a tightly knit community, complicated expressions of loss and grief

It's perfectly charming, funny, quirky, and sweet, yet it deals with grief and fear, hope and forgiveness rom-com Better Than the Movies is about Liz Buxbaum, a fabulously eccentric high schooler coping with the grief

The Books I'm Reading Now I'm reading What You Can See From Here, Mariana Leky's novel about loss, grief Leky writes about love, loss, grief, and understanding in What You Can See from Here. 02 Oh William!

past Turkish-Greek conflicts in a small island community while illustrating the interconnectedness of grief of crows' senses of community and cleverness, which she hopes set a tone for the year to come; to a grief-stricken