pickSuch a well-written and candid memoir. I loved the imperfect author and her family
The Long Goodbye: A Memoir | 
pickSuch a well-written and candid memoir. I loved the imperfect author and her family
pickI put off reading this for so long out of a weird skepticism. I shouldn't have. It's so beautiful. Not at all sentimental but full of feeling. Gorgeous metaphors, gracefully handled.
bailedI really wanted to finish this book. I actually liked what I‘d read, BUT, grief is weird. Most days, when I think about my mom, I don‘t think about her cancer; I think about my childhood and all of the fun and crazy memories that we made. So, when I started this book, I actually wanted to think about her death and her illness, and process it all. But, then, just like that, I didn‘t want to anymore. So, I‘m not finishing it- at least for now...
This!! ?!! Meghan has put into words all of the strange nuances of watching your mother suffer through terminal cancer. I remember thinking that my mother‘s impending death would somehow cancel out any disagreements and time would be filled with only meaningful and insightful moments. No way, José!
So true....I worry that my mom didn't know how great I thought she was, but this thought makes me think that she knew....❤️
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@RealLifeReading it's only been 5 months. Remember how excited/uncertain I felt when joining; had no idea what to expect. Been a fabulous ride- I still feel new at times...This book was so worth the read- I had to read it in bits snd pieces as it was so visceral; affected my whole being. My TBR stack overflowing...
"The making of the pie is the phone call. To Make a pie is to call your mom." Still reading this memoir in small bites as I grieve for my mom's death in January.
Hamlet:"He is radically dislocated, stumbling through the days while the test of the world acts as if nothing important has changed." This is grief..loss... Universal yet my experience ... in Meghan O' Rourke's words.
