Grief is for people
Title:
Grief is for people
Author:
Published:
2024
Format:
Books
Personal Author:
Edition:
First edition.
Physical Description:
191 pages ; 21 cm
Summary:
"A memoir about the suicide of the author's closest friend and the ensuing grief process"--
"How do we live without the ones we love? Grief Is for People is a deeply moving and suspenseful portrait of friendship, and a book about loss that is profuse with life. Sloane Crosley is one of our most renowned observers of contemporary behavior, and now the pathos that has been ever present in her trademark wit is on full display. After the pain and confusion of losing her closest friend to suicide, Crosley looks for answers in philosophy and art, hoping for a framework more useful than the unavoidable stages of grief..." --Amazon.com
Contents:
I: Don't let me keep you (denial) -- II: Object permanence (bargaining) -- III: Kids of all ages (anger). Act 1: Shangri-La ; Act 2: Purgatory ; Act 3: The descent -- IV: Do the monkeys miss us? (depression) -- V: The vertical Earth (afterward).
Abstract:
"A memoir about the suicide of the author's closest friend and the ensuing grief process"-- Provided by publisher.
"How do we live without the ones we love? Grief Is for People is a deeply moving and suspenseful portrait of friendship, and a book about loss that is profuse with life. Sloane Crosley is one of our most renowned observers of contemporary behavior, and now the pathos that has been ever present in her trademark wit is on full display. After the pain and confusion of losing her closest friend to suicide, Crosley looks for answers in philosophy and art, hoping for a framework more useful than the unavoidable stages of grief..." --Amazon.com
ISBN:
9780374609849
