![]() ![]() The prose of the book, much of it resembling poetry, is driven forward by the depth of the narrator's feeling for the man she has loved and lost. This lament for the betrayal that often accompanies romantic love – in this case the narrator is part of a triangle that involves a married couple – is the heart laid bare, in all its rawness and power. By Grand Central Station I Sat Down and Wept by Elizabeth Smart It is a beautiful and lyrical look at grief, told by a chorus of mourners. ![]() The family travel with the body of their mother in a coffin built by the carpenter son, Cash, and each of the children narrates a part of the journey. ![]() This novel tells the story of the adult Bundren children, on their way, by horse and cart, to bury their mother, Addie, in Jefferson, a town 40 miles away from where she has died. ![]() Music was the focus of his life, and I took great comfort from listening to the music he loved during the most intense period of my grief. I have also included a piece of music in the list because my brother was a musician, a classical pianist. In my list, I have included books that speak to multiple types of grief, not just the grief that is experienced when losing a loved one, since even without facing a death, we are often grieving – for an absent love, or a place, or a lost part of our own lives. ![]()
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