What an honor to spend a few days with this brilliant, passionate woman and borrow her extraordinary mind。 The premise was original and deeply thought provoking。 The first section about loss and her amazing father was by far my favorite。 The second part on finding love was beautiful but the third on “&” seemed perfunctory in comparison。 Still, I’m grateful for the full experience。
Irene,
An absolutely enchanting memoir about losing and grieving for a parent, and about finding love in unexpected ways。 Beautifully written, insightful and deeply touching。 I could not put it down。 While I love reading memoirs, I don't tend to re-read them。 I listened to the audiobook I borrowed from the library (read by the author, who was a fantastic narrator) and I feel compelled to purchase a physical copy I can re-read and annotate。 An absolutely enchanting memoir about losing and grieving for a parent, and about finding love in unexpected ways。 Beautifully written, insightful and deeply touching。 I could not put it down。 While I love reading memoirs, I don't tend to re-read them。 I listened to the audiobook I borrowed from the library (read by the author, who was a fantastic narrator) and I feel compelled to purchase a physical copy I can re-read and annotate。 。。。more
Justin Hall,
Thanks first to PRHAUDIO for this complimentary audiobook! I have been reading a lot of positive things about this book! Good news, I enjoyed it。 This memoir really puts the emotions out there。 Losing things is hard and Kathryn loses a loved one(I won't spoil too much) but finds new love along the way。 The book is written really well on the ebbs and flows of things coming into your life and out of it。 I particularly liked the breakaways of information on definition and the English language。 I th Thanks first to PRHAUDIO for this complimentary audiobook! I have been reading a lot of positive things about this book! Good news, I enjoyed it。 This memoir really puts the emotions out there。 Losing things is hard and Kathryn loses a loved one(I won't spoil too much) but finds new love along the way。 The book is written really well on the ebbs and flows of things coming into your life and out of it。 I particularly liked the breakaways of information on definition and the English language。 I think this book could definitely be helpful to anyone experiencing loss。 。。。more
Becky H,
I really loved this book。 It is divided into three sections, but builds throughout as well, so the conversation of the book is always building。 This book begins with a tender and honest exploration of loss, which in the authors' case is the loss of her father。 I connected to this section the most, mostly because it reminded me of how it felt to lose my mother several years ago。 The discussion of grief, hospitals, recovery and the irreparable changes to family structure after a loved one dies are I really loved this book。 It is divided into three sections, but builds throughout as well, so the conversation of the book is always building。 This book begins with a tender and honest exploration of loss, which in the authors' case is the loss of her father。 I connected to this section the most, mostly because it reminded me of how it felt to lose my mother several years ago。 The discussion of grief, hospitals, recovery and the irreparable changes to family structure after a loved one dies are simply and heartfelt。 The second section of the book deals with finding love。 It deals with mostly with what it means to discover love and how we find love。 Is it something that an algorithm can predict, or is it something felt like lightning to the senses, unable to be predicted or conjured?The last section is dedicated to &。 The 3rd most common word in our wonderfully complicated language, and the symbol that ties our lives together。 Here the book comes together to explore what happens when joy intermingles with grief, and how our tiny lives interact with the vast concept of being。'Falling in love, getting married, having children, grieving, dying: how commonplace all of life's grand transitions are in the abstract, how overwhelming when they happen to you。' Thanks to Netgalley and Penguin Random House Canada for the eArc of this book。 。。。more
Hannah,
I've always loved Schulz's journalism and this memoir—about grief and love, and how we can't plan when either will enter our lives—transfixed me from its opening pages。 I rarely cry while reading a nonfiction book--but this one snuck up on me and I was in tears at its end。 It's beautifully written, wise, unsparingly honest。 It's true what Andy Borowitz says in his blurb, "Lost & Found is the most daring of books: a memoir by a happy person。" Happiness is more complex than its given credit for, I've always loved Schulz's journalism and this memoir—about grief and love, and how we can't plan when either will enter our lives—transfixed me from its opening pages。 I rarely cry while reading a nonfiction book--but this one snuck up on me and I was in tears at its end。 It's beautifully written, wise, unsparingly honest。 It's true what Andy Borowitz says in his blurb, "Lost & Found is the most daring of books: a memoir by a happy person。" Happiness is more complex than its given credit for, and this book is proof。 <3 。。。more
Lisa,
Impressive, Informative, and Poignant WritingSUMMARYEighteen months before Kathryn Schulz’s beloved father died of cancer at the age of 74, she met the woman she would marry。 In Lost & Found, she weaves the stories of those relationships into an exploration of how all our lives are shaped by both loss and discovery。 Schulz describes her father as a charming, brilliant, absentminded Jewish refugee; and her partner as an equally brilliant farmer’s daughter and devout Christian, both of whom form t Impressive, Informative, and Poignant WritingSUMMARYEighteen months before Kathryn Schulz’s beloved father died of cancer at the age of 74, she met the woman she would marry。 In Lost & Found, she weaves the stories of those relationships into an exploration of how all our lives are shaped by both loss and discovery。 Schulz describes her father as a charming, brilliant, absentminded Jewish refugee; and her partner as an equally brilliant farmer’s daughter and devout Christian, both of whom form the foundation for Lost & Found。 But it is the and symbol in the middle of her title that made Schultz decide to write this book。 She explores how private happiness can coexist with global catastrophe, how we get irritated with those we adore, and how love and loss are unavoidably inseparable。 Her book is described as “part memoir, part guidebook to living in a world that is simultaneously full of wonder and joy and wretchedness and suffering—a world that always demands both our gratitude and our grief。”REVIEWSchultz adroitly explores how the meaning of “to lose” has expanded over the years。 In her analysis, she created a never-ending list of all the things she has lost over her lifetime, like a letter from her grandmother or a threadbare blue plaid shirt。 She runs down the “far extremity of what it is possible to lose,” such as our life savings, our job, or the custody of our children。 She discovered that some losses are actually positive such as being lost in thought or a book or a conversation。” But for the most part, she says, “our losses lie closer in spirit to the death of my father, in that they diminish our lives。” Our losses she says “encompass both the trivial as well as the consequential, the abstract and the concrete, the merely misplaced and the permanently gone。” Schultz also keenly explores how finding something can be delightful, rewarding, and even exhilarating。 She tells us about a young boy named Billy and how he found a falling star walking across a field one night。 Finding, she says, takes one of two forms: recovery of something previously lost; or discovery of something we have never seen before。 She observes that sometimes we find things by purposely looking for them, and other times we find things by pure luck, like when she met the love of her life。 Schulz’s engaging stories of her father, her partner, and Billy capture your attention from the beginning。 Lost & Found is insightful and evocative。 Many of her stories brought back memories of my own mother’s death over 28 years ago。 I, too, had experienced a great loss, but the birth of my son nine months earlier was that same counterbalancing Schultz described when she found the woman she would subsequently marry。 And much like Schultz, when I first met my husband over 40 years ago, he and I both knew without a doubt, we had found the one we were meant to be with。 We both felt as though we had known each other forever, and we were married 90 days later。 I was enthralled by her references to poetry and literature。 Her writing is impressive, informative, and poignant。 She blended just the right amount of personal stories with thought-provoking analysis。 I spent hours reading various parts of the book to my husband。 You will want to read this book more than once。 I recommend this highly for anyone who has had a significant loss in their life。 KATHRYN SCHULZ is a staff writer at The New Yorker and the author of Being Wrong。 She won a National Magazine Award and a Pulitzer Prize for “The Really Big One,” her article about seismic risk in the Pacific Northwest。 Lost & Found grew out of “Losing Streak,” a New Yorker story that was anthologized in The Best American Essays。 Her work has also appeared in The Best American Science and Nature Writing, The Best American Travel Writing, and The Best American Food Writing。 A native of Ohio, she lives with her family on the Eastern Shore of Maryland。 Thanks to Netgalley and Random House for an advance reading copy of this book in exchange for an honest review。 Publisher Random HousePublished January 11, 2022Review www。bluestockingreviews。com 。。。more
Kasia,
This is well-written but ultimately just not for me。 I enjoyed the parts that were memoir but was very bored by all the tangential discussion of philosophy, mythology, etc。 I had many of the same issues with this as I did with When Breath Becomes Air (but this book is much better written than that one)。
Michelle McGrane,
Kathryn Schultz’s memoir, “Lost & Found”, is a profound and beautiful meditation of love and loss。 The three parts revolve around the grief of losing her beloved father, falling in love with a woman so suited to her, and the interconnectedness of these two human experiences。She writes: “Life, too, goes by contraries: it is by turns crushing and restorative, busy and boring, awful and absurd and comic and uplifting。 We can’t get away from this constant amalgamation of feeling, can’t strain out th Kathryn Schultz’s memoir, “Lost & Found”, is a profound and beautiful meditation of love and loss。 The three parts revolve around the grief of losing her beloved father, falling in love with a woman so suited to her, and the interconnectedness of these two human experiences。She writes: “Life, too, goes by contraries: it is by turns crushing and restorative, busy and boring, awful and absurd and comic and uplifting。 We can’t get away from this constant amalgamation of feeling, can’t strain out the ostensible impurities in pursuit of some imaginary essence, and we shouldn’t want to if we could。 The world in all its complexity calls on us to respond in kind, so that to be conflicted is not to be adulterated; it is to be complete。”“What an astonishing thing to find someone。 Loss may alter our sense of scale, reminding us that the world is overwhelmingly large while we are incredibly tiny。 But finding does the same; the only difference is that it makes us marvel rather than despair。”This is a book I want to share with all my friends。A huge thank you to @NetGalley and @PenguinRandomHouse for the ARC of “Lost & Found”。 。。。more
Olive Fellows (abookolive),
It would be hard for any memoir to affect me as much as Why Fish Don't Exist: A Story of Loss, Love, and the Hidden Order of Life did, but this one came mighty close。 It would be hard for any memoir to affect me as much as Why Fish Don't Exist: A Story of Loss, Love, and the Hidden Order of Life did, but this one came mighty close。 。。。more
Jennifer,
This is so smart, moving and inspiring! If you avoid memoirs because you dislike navel-gazing, this book is for you。 Schulz’ cerebral exploration of life’s big losses and loves made me cry, then laugh, then laugh again。 Her ideas inspired me, both to synthesize my own, and to research the many pulled-from, literary references。 The book is not without its flaws - she provides such varied chunks of information that there’s bound to be parts some would skim - but Schulz asks big questions and share This is so smart, moving and inspiring! If you avoid memoirs because you dislike navel-gazing, this book is for you。 Schulz’ cerebral exploration of life’s big losses and loves made me cry, then laugh, then laugh again。 Her ideas inspired me, both to synthesize my own, and to research the many pulled-from, literary references。 The book is not without its flaws - she provides such varied chunks of information that there’s bound to be parts some would skim - but Schulz asks big questions and shares such nuanced personal answers without arrogance, that the result is highly emotional。 I will buy this for friends, I will read this again。Thanks to Random House and Barnes & Noble for the advanced reader’s edition。 。。。more
Aida Alberto,
Very much a must read。 A fascinating look into the life of a phenomenal author。 Her voice flows seamlessly and her view on her world is profound and beautiful。 This was amazing from beginning to end。 Happy reading! #LostFound #NetGalley
Alex,
The essay upon which Schulz based this book is one my desert island essays: a pure gem。 As with many seeds that sprout into larger ideas, the seed contained all the potential and none of the pitfalls of real growth。 This was an engaging and luminous read, but personally I found Schulz' doe-eyed reflections of falling in love a little too luminous, as if she presumes the luster of that experience would never fade。 I think a more nuanced telling would balance the light and the dark just as she mas The essay upon which Schulz based this book is one my desert island essays: a pure gem。 As with many seeds that sprout into larger ideas, the seed contained all the potential and none of the pitfalls of real growth。 This was an engaging and luminous read, but personally I found Schulz' doe-eyed reflections of falling in love a little too luminous, as if she presumes the luster of that experience would never fade。 I think a more nuanced telling would balance the light and the dark just as she masterfully balances the idea of loss with the idea of finding。 Or maybe I'm just not as much of a romantic。。。 。。。more
Nilou,
What a beautifully written and profound memoir。 This book must be read slowly as there are so many thought-provoking nuggets of wisdom that captures very visceral emotions and brings them to the surface in the most wonderful way。 It is divided into three parts: loss (death, grief, etc。), finding (love), and "and" - everything else in between that allows for the coming together of losing what we find and finding what we lost。 My favourite section of all was the one on loss as Schulz dissects grie What a beautifully written and profound memoir。 This book must be read slowly as there are so many thought-provoking nuggets of wisdom that captures very visceral emotions and brings them to the surface in the most wonderful way。 It is divided into three parts: loss (death, grief, etc。), finding (love), and "and" - everything else in between that allows for the coming together of losing what we find and finding what we lost。 My favourite section of all was the one on loss as Schulz dissects grief most divinely。 The best book on grief I have ever read。 It's just so hard to explain how extraordinary this book is。 I highly recommend it! This ARC was kindly provided by NetGalley and Random House Publishing in exchange for an honest review。 。。。more
Drea,
Breathtaking。 This is a book that will resonate with every single person who reads it。 We have all had losses and we have all found things that have added to the beauty of our lives - in both large and small, meaningful ways 。 Ms Schultz won the Pulitzer for her writing in 2016。 She can write in a way that is relatable and revelatory at the same time - a true gift。 I loved this book。 I read the last section and then reread it - it’s THAT beautiful。 Gorgeous。 Read it and share with the people in Breathtaking。 This is a book that will resonate with every single person who reads it。 We have all had losses and we have all found things that have added to the beauty of our lives - in both large and small, meaningful ways 。 Ms Schultz won the Pulitzer for her writing in 2016。 She can write in a way that is relatable and revelatory at the same time - a true gift。 I loved this book。 I read the last section and then reread it - it’s THAT beautiful。 Gorgeous。 Read it and share with the people in your life and discuss。 Highly recommended! 。。。more
Jenna,
This memoir really made me understand the weight of loss and the beauty in what you are capably of finding while mourning your loss。 This read found me at an amazing time, my parents are getting older and I am seeing the signs of real age。 Right in front of my face aging。 It is the most frightening thing to ever experience。 With reading this novel it made me feel good that I was not alone, and to cherish this time I have。 I can't begin to explain how close I now hold this memoir to my heart。 If This memoir really made me understand the weight of loss and the beauty in what you are capably of finding while mourning your loss。 This read found me at an amazing time, my parents are getting older and I am seeing the signs of real age。 Right in front of my face aging。 It is the most frightening thing to ever experience。 With reading this novel it made me feel good that I was not alone, and to cherish this time I have。 I can't begin to explain how close I now hold this memoir to my heart。 If you are struggling with loss no matter how small it may be, try giving this a read 。。。more
Kristen Perry,
I received this an ARC through Netgalley。 I was intrigued to read about a daughter's relationship with her father as I am very close to my own father。 However, I felt like this book was all over the place。 I was expecting more of a linear story, instead what is presented is the life of her father and herself all over the places with different connections to other things that just didn't flow for me at all。 I received this an ARC through Netgalley。 I was intrigued to read about a daughter's relationship with her father as I am very close to my own father。 However, I felt like this book was all over the place。 I was expecting more of a linear story, instead what is presented is the life of her father and herself all over the places with different connections to other things that just didn't flow for me at all。 。。。more
Becca for Paperback Treasures,
Kathryn Schulz is a Pulitzer prize winning New Yorker journalist, so when I received an advanced copy of Lost & Found, I was thrilled to read it。 There are so many options for books on grief and in recent years, we have seen some really incredible books about losing a loved one。 However, I am always drawn to the ones written about the loss of a parent because it is such a challenging process to get through。 My dad died 4。5 years ago and it still remains a really complicated piece of my life。 At Kathryn Schulz is a Pulitzer prize winning New Yorker journalist, so when I received an advanced copy of Lost & Found, I was thrilled to read it。 There are so many options for books on grief and in recent years, we have seen some really incredible books about losing a loved one。 However, I am always drawn to the ones written about the loss of a parent because it is such a challenging process to get through。 My dad died 4。5 years ago and it still remains a really complicated piece of my life。 At times, it stays nicely packed into a box, but there are moments where it spills over in unexpected ways and I find that I lack the words to fully explain how I feel。 Which is where books like Lost & Found come in so nicely because they put words to my feelings。 Schulz perfectly captures the intensely emotional time that comes right after losing someone - in this case, her father。 However, she counters this with the story of falling in love with the woman that would become her wife who she met 18 months before her fathers death。 The combination of losing someone while finding another is incredibly compelling。 She writes with incredible grace and it's very absorbing。 All that said, Schulz sometimes crosses into the esoteric with her references。 Both her parents are professors and she is an incredibly gifted writer, but is slightly pretentious tone (though likely unintentional) that comes through because of her references。 For example, there is an entire section devoted to how "and" used to be part of the alphabet that then turned into the ampersand。 Is this interesting? Yes。 Is it relevant to her story? Maybe。 For some, it may result in a book that is not terribly accessible。Nonetheless, if you can move past these sections, Lost & Found is well worth the read。 It reminds us that our loved ones remain with us while we move forward with our lives。 Grief is not a unilateral process, but one that ebbs and flows。 Books like this provide us with an outlet for all of these moments while we are working through the pain。 Thank you to RandomHouse and NetGalley for early access in return for my honest review。 。。。more
Shannon Hunt,
This book is divided into three sections: the first of which being about the grief of losing her beloved father, the second devoted to her falling in love with her wife, and the third focused on the convergence and complexity of human emotions in life。 It’s beautifully written — emotional and heartfelt, cerebral and academic。 I especially loved all the poetic quotations and allusions, particularly how many of them were from Elizabeth Bishop poems, whom I love。
Kathy,
Kathryn Schulz writes of two of the strongest human emotions; grief at the loss of a loved one, and joy at the discovery of someone to love and share your life with。The author's father was an incredibly interesting, vibrid man who naturally drew others to him; I wouldn't mind reading his whole story someday。The love throughout this book is very clear。 I have not read Ms。 Schultz's writings before, and I can easily see why she is a prize-winning author。 Her writing is filled with passages that re Kathryn Schulz writes of two of the strongest human emotions; grief at the loss of a loved one, and joy at the discovery of someone to love and share your life with。The author's father was an incredibly interesting, vibrid man who naturally drew others to him; I wouldn't mind reading his whole story someday。The love throughout this book is very clear。 I have not read Ms。 Schultz's writings before, and I can easily see why she is a prize-winning author。 Her writing is filled with passages that resonate with me deeply。 I would read and then reread them, marvelling at her skill。 In the next moment, she'd seem to be off on a philosphical tangent, which I found distracting。 It is almost as if she couldn't bear to keep the reader so close, so near to her raw emotions for too long, so she would toss us out and away, until feeling comfortable enough to be vulnerable again。 This drawing the reader in, and pushing us away for a breather continued through the book。Her ability to capture the essence of intense feelings makes it a worthwhile read。My thanks to Random House who allowed me to read an ARC of this book (scheduled to be published on 1/11/22) via NetGalley。 All opinions expressed in this review are my own and are freely given。 。。。more
Jean,
I received an advance reader's edition through a Goodreads Giveaway。 What struck me most about this book is the writing is TIGHT。 Each sentence contains the cleanest, most correct words。 It reads like an operating nylon zipper, each story/musing/fact about loss, &, and found meeting neatly with the others to become something whole and great。 I received an advance reader's edition through a Goodreads Giveaway。 What struck me most about this book is the writing is TIGHT。 Each sentence contains the cleanest, most correct words。 It reads like an operating nylon zipper, each story/musing/fact about loss, &, and found meeting neatly with the others to become something whole and great。 。。。more
Alwynne,
Part memoir, part essay, part extended meditation, this is an impressive exploration of myriad forms of loss and discovery。 New Yorker writer Kathryn Schulz goes back to a momentous time in her life, when she met and fell for the woman she would later marry, a turbulent period inextricably linked to the death of her father Isaac。 In lyrical, probing, sometimes passionate prose, Schulz has constructed a nuanced portrait of grief that’s also a celebration of happenstance, of unexpected, profound c Part memoir, part essay, part extended meditation, this is an impressive exploration of myriad forms of loss and discovery。 New Yorker writer Kathryn Schulz goes back to a momentous time in her life, when she met and fell for the woman she would later marry, a turbulent period inextricably linked to the death of her father Isaac。 In lyrical, probing, sometimes passionate prose, Schulz has constructed a nuanced portrait of grief that’s also a celebration of happenstance, of unexpected, profound connection。 It’s a nuanced, intellectually complex, admirably disciplined piece that roams through territories and concepts。 Schulz draws on literature from quest narrative to poetry, philosophy, anecdote and personal experience, inviting comparisons to work by Leslie Jamison, Susan Sontag or Maggie Nelson。 Schulz’s father’s a particularly memorable figure, deftly drawn。 An erudite, Jewish lawyer who could quote a stream of lines from plays and books, hold forth on everything from Italian anarchists to baseball but rarely find his keys。 Someone who grew up in the shadow of trauma and immense loss - most of his relatives were deported from Lodz in Poland to Auschwitz during the war。 He’s juxtaposed with C, Schulz’s later wife, originally working-class, a country girl whose love of reading took her to Harvard, and whose devout Christianity makes her seem an unlikely choice for an atheist, steeped in Jewish heritage and lore, like Schulz, but is somehow, and absolutely, the right fit。 A richly-textured, moving, thought-provoking piece。 Thanks to Netgalley and publisher Picador, Pan Macmillan for an arc 。。。more
KELLY SILVEIRA,
I wish I could write a review that would do this book justice。 It's a highly intelligent memoir that delves into the biggest events in our lives: finding love & losing our loved ones。 The author bounces back & forth between a story-telling style and an extremely scientific one, which doesn't sound like it should work, but MAN OH MAN, does it ever! Her insights into the enormous sorrows & joys that make up life, wrapped up wonderfully in the section called "And," will stay with me forever。 I ofte I wish I could write a review that would do this book justice。 It's a highly intelligent memoir that delves into the biggest events in our lives: finding love & losing our loved ones。 The author bounces back & forth between a story-telling style and an extremely scientific one, which doesn't sound like it should work, but MAN OH MAN, does it ever! Her insights into the enormous sorrows & joys that make up life, wrapped up wonderfully in the section called "And," will stay with me forever。 I often jot down quotes from books I'm reading: whether they be an idea that somehow hits home or just a beautifully written sentence。 Ms。 Schulz's writing is so full of both that I've filled PAGES in my journal。 I thoroughly recommend this book! 。。。more
Kaytee Cobb,
Very highlightable! I know exactly who I'm gifting this one to and have already pre ordered it。 My one complaint: divide up your chapters, woman! Very highlightable! I know exactly who I'm gifting this one to and have already pre ordered it。 My one complaint: divide up your chapters, woman! 。。。more
Divided into three sections, the first part, Loss, is spectacularly beautifully written and poetic。 It’s about the loss of her father, who had been ill for many years, which in no way blunted the grief she felt afterward, but it’s also about how much of life is about loss。 Sometimes it's things that are just irritating to lose like keys and phones and wallets, but also the much bigger things that can’t be replaced。 I highlighted so much of this memoir because of the insights and gorgeous writing Divided into three sections, the first part, Loss, is spectacularly beautifully written and poetic。 It’s about the loss of her father, who had been ill for many years, which in no way blunted the grief she felt afterward, but it’s also about how much of life is about loss。 Sometimes it's things that are just irritating to lose like keys and phones and wallets, but also the much bigger things that can’t be replaced。 I highlighted so much of this memoir because of the insights and gorgeous writing。 It’s not written linearly。 She’ll be writing about the grief that continued to hit her in waves after her father died, and then go into scientific explanations about all manner of things。 The second section of this book is about falling in love with the woman who would eventually become her wife, and the wonders of finally finding love several months before her father died。This is a memoir from a smart, well-educated person intended to be read by smart, well-educated people。 The first part alone makes it worth the although the entire book is compelling and wonderful。 Thanks to NetGalley for the opportunity to review this book, which RELEASES JANUARY 11, 2022。 。。。more
hodges,
i often don’t pick up memoirs unless they fall into my lap, which is exactly what this one did。 funny, all the little connections。
Jenny Lawson,
Sad, but a good book on grief should be。 But also uplifting in a different sort of way。
Aaron Akbar,
This book is memoir, but also deep exploration about how we lose things and how we find things。 Or。。。 That's the first two parts, which made for a good enough read。 But Schulz goes deep and beyond that with her "And" section at the end。 This third part is essential and unifies, well。。。 everything。 It both brings it all a life and a dance, but also a terror and grandness。 The first two sections were grand setup for this grander finale。 Deeply moving and connecting。 This book is memoir, but also deep exploration about how we lose things and how we find things。 Or。。。 That's the first two parts, which made for a good enough read。 But Schulz goes deep and beyond that with her "And" section at the end。 This third part is essential and unifies, well。。。 everything。 It both brings it all a life and a dance, but also a terror and grandness。 The first two sections were grand setup for this grander finale。 Deeply moving and connecting。 。。。more
Lauren,
What to say about this book… it was, on first impression, incredibly smart。 Kathryn’s writing and voice are so strong, and her use of language and words borderline divine。 Loss/grief is such a misunderstood and culturally quiet topic。 No one wants to talk about it, and when we do, it isn’t in the best ways。 I love Kathryn’s blend of personal experience, cultural history, and psychology to illustrate her and others’ difficulties with loss and how it changes who you are as a person。 But on the fli What to say about this book… it was, on first impression, incredibly smart。 Kathryn’s writing and voice are so strong, and her use of language and words borderline divine。 Loss/grief is such a misunderstood and culturally quiet topic。 No one wants to talk about it, and when we do, it isn’t in the best ways。 I love Kathryn’s blend of personal experience, cultural history, and psychology to illustrate her and others’ difficulties with loss and how it changes who you are as a person。 But on the flip side, how finding something new and special has the same affect。 Immensely thought provoking, I felt seen in this book。 I felt like I understood so much more what people I know who have experienced loss feel like; what they’ve struggled with。 。。。more