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  • Three Books I'm Reading Now, 4/21/25 Edition

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

  • Review of What Happened to the Bennetts by Lisa Scottoline

    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

  • Review of The Book of Love by Kelly Link

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

  • Six Bossy Favorite Memoir Reads of the Past Year

    full review, please see Sociopath. 03 Awake by Jen Hatmaker Jen Hatmaker's memoir explores her shock, grief Memorial Days 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. her memoir also traces her youth (when she imagined that she would find fame in some way), her first, brief

  • Review of This Is Happiness by Niall Williams

    realise you were inside one allowed you to sometimes surrender to the plot, to bear a little easier the griefs

  • Review of Just for the Summer by Abby Jimenez

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

  • Review of Blue Hour by Tiffany Clarke Harrison

    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

  • Review of The Distance from Four Points by Margo Orlando Littell

    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

  • Three Books I'm Reading Now, 9/19/22 Edition

    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

  • Review of After Annie by Anna Quindlen

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

  • Ten Favorite Bossy Spring Reads

    of books for coping, celebrating, and exploring, while also delving into our main protagonist's deep grief Tilly befriends bookseller Alfie and his coworkers, and her new friends allow her to grieve as well as This is a feel-good romance celebrating books while its main protagonist reels with grief. might also want to check out these other Bossy reviews of books about books and books that deal with grief

  • Three Books I'm Reading Now, 2/26/24 Edition

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

  • Six of My Favorite Rom-Com Reads of the Year

    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

  • Six More Great Rom-Coms Perfect for Summer Reading

    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

  • Three Books I'm Reading Now, 8/4/21 Edition

    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

  • Three Books I'm Reading Now, 11/12/21 Edition

    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

  • May Wrap-Up: My Favorite Reads of the Month

    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

  • Six of My Favorite Literary Fiction Reads of the Year

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

  • Three Books I'm Reading Now, 5/6/24 Edition

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

  • Three Books I'm Reading Now, 11/17/21 Edition

    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

  • Six of My Favorite Contemporary Fiction Reads of the Year

    Wedding People by Alison Espach Espach layers complex emotional challenges like suicidal thoughts, grief poignant, often funny novel while anchoring the characters in complex emotions: suicidal thoughts, grief

  • October Wrap-Up: My Favorite Reads of the Month

    Along with her alcoholic mother and her impatient barkeep brother, she grieves the loss of her father by Sally Rooney Intermezzo is one of my favorite Rooney novels yet, exploring complicated families, grief The men's methods of coping with their grief often test the line between hopelessness and possibility

  • Three Books I'm Reading Now, 5/28/24 Edition

    to Sarah Grunder Ruiz's Love, Lists and Fancy Ships, about a yacht stewardess who is caring for her grieving Months later, Jo's grieving sister sends her two living children, Kitty and Mia, to stay with Jo for loss of her beloved father when she was young and who adored Samson--who has always pushed down her grief

  • November Wrap-Up: My Favorite Reads of the Month

    Wedding People by Alison Espach Espach layers complex emotional challenges like suicidal thoughts, grief poignant, often funny novel while anchoring the characters in complex emotions: suicidal thoughts, grief

  • Review of Inciting Joy by Ross Gay

    I love diving into his vulnerabilities surrounding grief, change, pain, and the fight for freedom from

  • Three Books I'm Reading Now, 10/20/21 Edition

    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!

  • Review of The Survivors by Jane Harper

    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

  • Review of The Storyteller: Tales of Life and Music

    through his stint in the band Scream; his incredible rise to fame as the drummer for Nirvana; through his grief

  • Three Books I'm Reading Now, 5/8/23 Edition

    student endures humiliation from his father on his graduation day; and a couple endures the deepest grief

  • Six Romantic Novels Set in the World of TV and Movies

    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

  • Review of Evvie Drake Starts Over by Linda Holmes

    best friend Andy is doing his best to support her. while it seems Evvie is doing her best to bury her grief

  • Bossy Holiday Gift Ideas: Novels for Everyone on Your List

    Wedding People by Alison Espach Espach layers complex emotional challenges like suicidal thoughts, grief poignant, often funny novel while anchoring the characters in complex emotions: suicidal thoughts, grief

  • Review of The Celebrants by Steven Rowley

    love, and fun references to musicals and movies--yet Rowley also offers poignancy, an exploration of grief

  • Three Books I'm Reading Now, 5/29/23 Edition

    love, and fun references to musicals and movies--yet Rowley also offered poignancy, an exploration of grief

  • Review of We All Want Impossible Things by Catherine Newman

    people she meets, yet I recognize that people of course have individual reactions to such a state of grief

  • Six Novels I Loved Reading Last Year

    Big Swiss. 06 A Quiet Life by Ethan Joella Joella's lovely exploration of three characters' loss and grief varied, complicated set of characters' influences and motivations, Joella explores the crushing blow of grief

  • Six More Great Light Fiction Stories

    love, and fun references to musicals and movies--yet Rowley also offers poignancy, an exploration of grief They're each coping with grief and confusion, but they adore each other and have their love to fall back Rowley explores grief and how it is a shared--yet completely individual--experience. interesting as related to the two lost loved ones for which Patrick is not officially able to “claim” a grieving He was Sara's best friend (and, secondarily, her brother in law), but he doesn't feel he can grieve as

  • Review of Stay True: A Memoir by Hua Hsu

    what became Stay True in order to cope with his loss, explore the concept of belonging, face his own grief

  • Review of What You Can See from Here by Mariana Leky

    Leky writes about love, loss, grief, and understanding in a lighthearted yet poignant way in What You

  • Six Book Club Books I Loved in 2021

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

  • Review of The Hero of This Book by Elizabeth McCracken

    The blurred line between fact and fiction allows the true heart of the book, a daughter's wonder, grief

  • Six More Great Rom-Coms Perfect for Summer Reading

    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

  • Review of Sparks Like Stars by Nadia Hashimi

    Will I feel released from this knotted grief? Will my dreams soften? Will I still be me?

  • My Bossy Favorite Reads of the Summer

    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

  • August Wrap-Up: My Favorite Reads of the Month

    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

  • Review of Wintering: The Power of Rest and Retreat in Difficult Times by Katherine May

    her own introspection as well as her exploration of other's experiences, the author posits that when grief

  • Review of Sea of Tranquility by Emily St. John Mandel

    main protagonist, Gaspary, and we see the most depth and development and change; loyalty and love and grief

  • Three Books I'm Reading Now, 2/7/22 Edition

    His personal situation is complicated by his grief for his recently deceased daughter, and he aims to

  • Six More Science Fiction Reads I Loved in the Past Year

    main protagonist, Gaspary, and we see the most depth and development and change; loyalty and love and grief His personal situation is complicated by his grief for his recently deceased daughter, and he aims to

  • July Wrap-Up: My Favorite Reads of the Month

    heartwarming, charming novel about nonagenarian Eddie and his new, younger best friend offers hope after grief Bella is grieving, and as they spend time together, she puts her energy into renewing Eddie's potential

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