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A Widow's Story
A Widow's Story: A Memoir | Joyce Carol Oates
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Unlike anything Joyce Carol Oates has written before, A Widows Story is the universally acclaimed authors poignant, intimate memoir about the unexpected death of Raymond Smith, her husband of forty-six years, and its wrenching, surprising aftermath. A recent recipient of National Book Critics Circle Ivan Sandrof Lifetime Achievement Award, Oates, whose novels (Blonde, The Gravediggers Daughter, Little Bird of Heaven, etc.) rank among the very finest in contemporary American fiction, offers an achingly personal story of love and loss. A Widows Story is a literary memoir on a par with The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion and Calvin Trillins About Alice.
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Felso
A Widow's Story: A Memoir | Joyce Carol Oates
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cobwebmoth Sending hugs to you. 6y
Libby1 🦋 6y
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Abailliekaras
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Seeking recommendations! Do you know any good books about grief? 😬 My friend (75)‘s husband has died - they did everything together & she‘s feeling lost. She‘s looking for a non-fiction that will reassure her that it gets better. She read The Year of Magical Thinking but found it too magical. I thought this sounded good. She loved Our Souls At Night (fiction-wise). Thank you in advance, Littens! 🙏🏼

ClairesReads Oh Our Souls at Night 😢😢😢❤️❤️❤️ sorry for your friend- this one is good. 6y
BarbaraBB I can only think of fiction but I loved 6y
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Abailliekaras @BarbaraBB thank you! I‘ll pass it on. 6y
andrew61 H is for hawk by Helen macdonald. 6y
andrew61 There is also a very good podcast by a British comedian called Griefcast by cariad lloyd - in which she talks to other comedian friends about people they have lost, she says the things that you are thinking but wouldn't say, certainly i found that listening to it, maybe you could try it first and see if it wd suit your friend 6y
Abailliekaras @andrew61 thank you! Great recommendations . 😊 6y
Abailliekaras @BarbaraBB she‘s read Nora Webster and loved it. ☺️ 6y
Felso Option B by Sheryl Sandburg. ~ It‘s Okay to Laugh (and crying is okay too) and No Happy Endings by Nora McInerny. Nora has a podcast Terrible, Thanks for Asking. ~ I just bought A Widow‘s Story by Joyce Carol Oates (it‘s a memoir). A Grief Observed by CS Lewis. I will start reading those soon. 6y
Felso ~ Three I have but haven‘t read yet ; The Rules of Inheritance, After This: When Life is Over, Where do We Go?, and Anxiety: The Missing Stage of Grief by Claire Bidwell Smith 6y
Felso Nora Webster was the first book I read after becoming a widow. It was so comforting. I‘m glad your friend read that one. Another good fiction is The Sea by John Banville. 6y
Abailliekaras @Felso thank you so much! I will pass those on. 🙏🏼 6y
Felso @Abailliekaras You‘re welcome, hope they help. 6y
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BooksForEmpathy
A Widow's Story: A Memoir | Joyce Carol Oates
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More cheesecake (it‘s seriously unreal) and ginger tea with honey and this book!

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BooksForEmpathy
A Widow's Story: A Memoir | Joyce Carol Oates
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Bookstore browsing. I bought Joyce Carol Oates‘ memoir about her husband who was brought to the hospital for pneumonia and ended up dying one week later. I have such dark taste haha 🤷🏼‍♀️. Such a great shop of used books!

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ReadingEnvy
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I was clicking around the Kindle deals while I edited the next podcast and oh lookie there I bought three books! #bookhaul

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annkuch13 Dang those books always jumping into the Amazon cart! I had 5 jump into mine last week. 😀 7y
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A Widow's Story: A Memoir | Joyce Carol Oates

There is an hour, a minute - you will remember it forever - when you know instinctively on the basis of the most inconsequential evidence, that something is wrong. You don't know - can't know - that it is the first of a series of "wrongful" events that will culminate in the utter devastation of your life as you have known it.

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