Grief is for people [book club]
Edition
First paperback edition.
Publication Information
New York : MCD / Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2025.
Physical Description
191 pages ; 21 cm
Series
Summary
Disarmingly witty and poignant, Sloane Crosley's memoir explores multiple kinds of loss following the death of her closest friend. How do we live without the ones we love? "Grief Is for People" is a deeply moving and suspenseful portrait of friendship, and a book about loss that is profuse with life. Sloane Crosley is one of our most renowned observers of contemporary behavior, and now the pathos that has been ever present in her trademark wit is on full display. After the pain and confusion of losing her closest friend to suicide, Crosley looks for answers in philosophy and art, hoping for a framework more useful than the unavoidable stages of grief. 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, 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 Sloane on a wild quest to right the unrightable, to explore what constitutes family and possession as the city itself faces the staggering toll of the pandemic.
Notes
Holds allowed on multiple copies. Please place each hold separately.
"Originally published in 2024 by MCD / Farrar, Straus and Giroux"--Title page verso.
Contents
- I: Don't let me keep you (denial)
- II: Object permanence (bargaining)
- III: Kids of all ages (anger). Act 1: Shangri-La ; Act 2: Purgatory ; Act 3: The descent
- IV: Do the monkeys miss us? (depression)
- V: The vertical Earth (afterward).