ENGLISH

The Grief of Others

By Cohen , Leah Hager

Book information

Publisher
Penguin Group USA, Inc.;Riverhead Books
Year
2011
ISBN
9781101547779, 9781101547045, 1101547049, 1101547774
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
306 kB (313276 bytes)
Series
Moody Mary
Pages
\0
Time added
2020-07-26 19:24:52
Children--Death;FICTION--Contemporary Women;Litera

Description

It begins with loss. John and Ricky Ryrie are stricken by the death of their third child, only fifty-seven hours after his birth. Struggling to regain a semblance of normalcy, they find themselves pretending not only that little has changed, but that nothing was wrong before this baby came so briefly into their lives. Yet in the aftermath of his death, long-suppressed uncertainties about their relationship come roiling to the surface. A dreadful secret emerges concerning what Ricky knew about her pregnancy and concealed from everyone, even John. And the couple's two older children, grappling with the tensions around them, begin to act out in exquisitely, perhaps courageously, idiosyncratic ways. Ultimately, though, the grief that was initially so isolating brings the ...

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