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Grief Is for People

A Memoir

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Grief Is for People

By: Sloane Crosley
Narrated by: Sloane Crosley
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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.

©2024 Sloane Crosley (P)2026 Profile Books Ltd
Cultural & Regional Grief & Loss Mental Health Awareness Personal Development Memoir Grief Funny New York
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The narrative the delicacy of words.

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Excellent reading and a canny voice for anyone who has ever experienced the suicide of someone they love

Moving and beautifully written

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This book was so beautifully written and narrated in the first half.the way she describes loss, grief and the weird feelings in between made for a great listen. The last part was an obnoxious word salad about the least known place on god’s green earth-New York. Even at 2x speed it was boring and pointless.

A beautifully written first half totally marred by the latter

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