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

Riley's characters have some heartiness to their back stories, and concepts of grief and imperfect parents

of race, relationships, identity, the fallibility of those who shape historical "fact," as well as grief

Lydia and unaware of anything odd about this life, and Lydia must fight to not seem as though she is grieving The characters' feelings of anger, crushing grief, and hope feel real in both realities she's created

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

moments during the siblings' road trip while exploring trust, betrayal, the unexpected bubbling up of grief

see Hemlock & Silver . 03 Awake: A Memoir by Jen Hatmaker Jen Hatmaker's memoir explores her shock, grief Characters stumble, struggle, grieve, and feel alone.

love, and fun references to musicals and movies--yet Rowley also offers poignancy, an exploration of grief Rowley explores grief and how it is a shared--yet completely individual--experience. as related to the two lost loved ones for which Patrick does not feel officially able to “claim” a grieving

I did love Al's introspection; for example: Grief is never easy.

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

the widespread destruction and complicated effects, and the stalwart moving forward in the face of grief

They each have their grief and confusion, but they also adore each other and have their love to fall

Along with her alcoholic mother and her impatient barkeep brother, she grieves the loss of her father The thing that saves each of them from bottomless grief and from giving in to their most desperate, despairing

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

offers a terrifying, disturbing premise--but I was fascinated with the character depth, explorations of grief Molly Clarke is dealing with bottomless grief.

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

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

best friend Andy is doing his best to support her. while it seems Evvie is doing her best to bury her grief When We Were the Kennedys  is a memoir about grieving deeply, leaning on family and community in a crisis

Through practical research, lengthy reflection, and delving into the grief and the increasing layers

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

Year  takes a light, romantic tone and within it, explores weighty issues like serious illness, loss, 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

Year takes a light, romantic tone and within it, explores weighty issues like serious illness, loss, grief

, a long-ago loss of several of its beloved young people, and a fresh tragedy that brings the pain, grief

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

found the main protagonist largely off-putting; she seems scattered beyond her understandable lingering grief

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

Suffocate Your Own Fool Self, offers short stories centering around themes of race, relationships, grief

of race, relationships, identity, the fallibility of those who shape historical "fact," as well as grief

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

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

around themes of race, relationships, identity, the fallibility of those shaping historical "fact," grief

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

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

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

Lydia and unaware of anything odd about this life, and Lydia must fight to not seem as though she is grieving The characters' feelings of anger, crushing grief, and hope feel real in both realities she's created

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

Lydia and unaware of anything odd about this life, and Lydia must fight to not seem as though she is grieving The characters' feelings of anger, crushing grief, and hope feel real in both realities she's created

Through practical research, lengthy reflection, and delving into the grief and the increasing layers

She arrives hoping for anonymity and an escape to the woods to grieve and be alone, but she quickly finds of Tasmania, the story centers around a tightly knit community, complicated expressions of loss and grief

big-hearted science fiction duology; A Song for the Road by Kathleen Basi; it involves messy feelings and grief

around themes of race, relationships, identity, the fallibility of those shaping historical "fact," grief

her memoir also traces her youth (when she imagined that she would find fame in some way), her first, brief wasn't sure the "guide" element referenced in the subtitle felt particularly on target, as Morgan's brief

that hole with plastic, or with any other materials that can be yanked out of the earth and, after brief But when she dares to dream of a brief family escape to a nature-filled wonderland (molded on tales they've

In this second and final book in the duology, grieving Arthie Casimir and her makeshift gang--Flick,

interactions with the Oxy-addled Barbara is as they seem; striking (somewhat jarring, and puzzling), brief

of a year to add structure to the passage of 365 days, while interspersing some personal moments and brief

In this final book in the duology, grieving Arthie Casimir and her makeshift gang--Flick, Jin, and vampire

Along with her alcoholic mother and her impatient barkeep brother, she grieves the loss of her father