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Winner of the Dzanc Nonfiction Prize, The Loved Ones presents
an intimate portrait of family grief, for fans of Maggie Nelson's Jane: A Murder
and Kristin Prevallet's
I, Afterlife There are so many ways to bury the dead. In an
autobiographical series of essays, The Loved Ones explores the deaths of
four family members across three generations: an inexplicable double murder, a
fatal car accident, a long illness, and a conscripted solider killed in action. The Loved Ones is about the intricate reality of
grief, the instability of time and memory in the face of loss, and the feeling
of being left behind still living. It asks, what does it mean to bury our loved
ones when our only desire is to never let them go?
an intimate portrait of family grief, for fans of Maggie Nelson's Jane: A Murder
and Kristin Prevallet's
I, Afterlife There are so many ways to bury the dead. In an
autobiographical series of essays, The Loved Ones explores the deaths of
four family members across three generations: an inexplicable double murder, a
fatal car accident, a long illness, and a conscripted solider killed in action. The Loved Ones is about the intricate reality of
grief, the instability of time and memory in the face of loss, and the feeling
of being left behind still living. It asks, what does it mean to bury our loved
ones when our only desire is to never let them go?
- Format: Trade Paperback
- Author: Davis, Madison
- ISBN: 9781950539772
- Condition: Used
- Publication Year: 2023
Language:
English