The Long Goodbye The Long Goodbye

The Long Goodbye

A Memoir

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Publisher Description

"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 at the age of fifty-five, Meghan O'Rourke found that nothing had prepared her for the intensity of her sorrow. In the first anguished days, she began to create a record of her interior life as a mourner, trying to capture the paradox of grief-its monumental agony and microscopic intimacies-an endeavor that ultimately bloomed into a profound look at how caring for her mother during her illness changed and strengthened their bond. 

O'Rourke's story is one of a life gone off the rails, of how watching her mother's illness-and separating from her husband-left her fundamentally altered. But it is also one of resilience, as she observes her family persevere even in the face of immeasurable loss. 

With lyricism and unswerving candor, The Long Goodbye conveys the fleeting moments of joy that make up a life, and the way memory can lead us out of the jagged darkness of loss. Effortlessly blending research and reflection, the personal and the universal, it is not only an exceptional memoir, but a necessary one.

GENRE
Biographies & Memoirs
RELEASED
2011
April 14
LANGUAGE
EN
English
LENGTH
320
Pages
PUBLISHER
Penguin Publishing Group
SELLER
PENGUIN GROUP USA, INC.
SIZE
795.3
KB

Customer Reviews

tom shay ,

The long goodbye

Great book and very well written. Lost my girl too and feel like I knew Barbra Jean Kelly after reading this one…

loving you is easy ,

Love, help and healing

This book helped me so much after my dad passed away. I can't thank the author enough for writing about her experience and helping me with mine. I wish I could buy her a cup of coffee and give her a hug. I highly recommend it to anyone who's lost a parent or even just some they loved.

Vik3333 ,

Great book

Beautifully written. Very sad and very helpful if you are in grief.

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