Grief is for People
A Memoir
by Sloane Crosley
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Pub Date Feb 29 2024 | Archive Date Feb 28 2024
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Description
'Potent and propulsive, a lyrical meditation on loss and what comes after' - TARA WESTOVER
For most of her adult life, Sloane and Russell worked together and played together as they navigated the corridors of office life, the literary world, and the dramatic cultural shifts in New York City. One day, while Russell is still alive, Sloane's apartment is broken into. Along with her most prized possessions, the thief makes off with her sense of security, leaving a mystery in its place.
When Russell dies exactly one month later, his suicide propels her on a wild quest to right the unrightable, to explore what constitutes family and possession as the city itself faces the staggering toll brought on by the pandemic.
Crosley's search for truth is frank, darkly funny, and gilded with a resounding empathy. Upending the 'grief memoir' in this deeply moving and surprisingly suspenseful portrait of friendship, Grief Is for People is a category-defying story of the struggle to hold on to the past without being consumed by it. A modern elegy, it is a book about loss packed with verve for life, rising precisely to console and challenge our notions of mourning during these grief-stricken times.
Advance Praise
'A marvelously tender memoir on suicide and loss' - Kirkus Reviews
'Exposing the magical thinking and murk that follow a friend's suicide... honest, painful and bitingly funny, I can't imagine a better companion to guide us through the pain of losing a friend; I will be keeping it close for years to come' - Meghan O'Rourke, author of The Invisible Kingdom
'I have come to rely on Sloane Crosley for her oyster knife humour, bourbon hot observation, and indelible portraits of how we live with each other [but this] about how we live without the ones we love... it is the book I didn't know I needed to read' - Tayari Jones, author of An American Marriage
'Is it wrong to say that a memoir about loss and grieving is fun to read? If so, I'm in trouble, because I enjoyed every word of this book. I also ached and suffered along with Crosley: her portrait of mourning after the suicide of her best friend is gutting and deeply engaging' - Susan Orlean, author of The Orchid Thief
'Potent and propulsive, a lyrical meditation on loss and what comes after. Grief Is for People is heartbreaking and wholly original' - Tara Westover, author of Educated
'An indelible portrait of a singular friendship, Grief Is for People is a beautifully written and sharply observed memoir about grief, yes, but also: secrets, betrayal, rage, work, community, and most of all, love. It's both a provocation and a balm to the soul' - Dani Shapiro, author of Family History
'Grief Is for People captures the feeling of watching a beloved, inappropriate and wild person fit less and less with the times we live in. Like Didion's The Year Of Magical Thinking or Defoe's Journal of a Plague Year, Grief Is for People takes us through the ordinary, awful and never-quite-ending experience of loss. It also made me laugh very hard, many times. I can't stop thinking about it' - John Mulaney
Available Editions
| EDITION | Other Format |
| ISBN | 9781805223023 |
| PRICE | £10.99 (GBP) |
| PAGES | 208 |
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