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| #33870 in Books | 2012-04-03 | 2012-04-03 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 | 8.00 x.85 x5.20l,.45 | File type: PDF | 320 pages||1 of 1 people found the following review helpful.| Be the apple pie.|By Amy E. Henry|O'Rourke's memoir is broken into two parts: the before and after of her mother's death. In the first part, we hear everything from the initial diagnosis to the tragic final holidays. O'Rourke's mother sounds amazing: brave and strong and funny. And her family sounds lovely too (I was jealous as I don't have that personally). Their closeness|From Publishers Weekly|Starred . In this eloquent, somber memoir about the death of her mother and grieving aftermath, poet and journalist O'Rourke (Halflife) ponders the eternal human question: how do we live with the knowledge that we will one day die? O'Rour
"Anguished, beautifully written... The Long Goodbye is an elegiac depiction of drama as old as life." -- The New York Times Book Review
From one of America's foremost young literary voices, a transcendent portrait of the unbearable anguish of grief and the enduring power of familial love.
What does it mean to mourn today, in a culture that has largely set aside rituals that acknowledge grief? After her mother died of cancer...
You can specify the type of files you want, for your device.The Long Goodbye: A Memoir | Meghan O'Rourke. A good, fresh read, highly recommended.
