A Widow's Story

Felso

A Widow's Story: A Memoir | Joyce Carol Oates

Book haul! #lifeinwidowland #grief

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Abailliekaras

A Widow's Story: A Memoir | Joyce Carol Oates

Seeking recommendations! Do you know any good books about grief? š¬ 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! š™¸š¸¼

ClairesReads Oh Our Souls at Night š¢š¢š¢ā¯¤ļø¸ā¯¤ļø¸ā¯¤ļø¸ sorry for your friend- this one is good. 5y

Abailliekaras @clairesreads thank you! 5y

BarbaraBB I can only think of fiction but I loved

Nora Webster

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Abailliekaras @BarbaraBB thank you! I‘ll pass it on. 5y

andrew61 H is for hawk by Helen macdonald. 5y

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 5y

Abailliekaras @andrew61 thank you! Great recommendations . š 5y

Abailliekaras @BarbaraBB she‘s read Nora Webster and loved it. āŗļø¸ 5y

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. 5y

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 5y

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. 5y

Abailliekaras @Felso thank you so much! I will pass those on. š™¸š¸¼ 5y

Felso @Abailliekaras You‘re welcome, hope they help. 5y

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BooksForEmpathy

A Widow's Story: A Memoir | Joyce Carol Oates

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

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 š¤·š¸¼ā€¨ā™€ļø¸. Such a great shop of used books!

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ReadingEnvy

A Widow's Story: A Memoir | Joyce Carol Oates

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. š€ 7y

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GoneFishing

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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MMenefee

A Widow's Story: A Memoir | Joyce Carol Oates

This book is so very sad and beautiful.

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