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Coping With Election Grief: While half of Americans are celebrating, the other half are in mourning
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Tag Archives: Joan Didion
Messages from Beyond Death: “My Husband’s Things”
In the midst of grieving, widow Joans Marans Dim digs through her husband's past
The latest non-fiction essay by Joans Marans Dim, “My Husband’s Things”, is an intimate look into the grieving author’s struggle to accept the death of her husband, Stuart. Published in The New York Times last Wednesday, Dim’s essay chronicles the … Continue reading
Widows Reflect on Aging and Dying
Helen Nearing and Joan Didion Offer Us Their Thoughts
I was recently rummaging through an old bookstore when I stumbled on a copy of the book Light on Aging and Dying, by Helen Nearing, written when she was a widow. I was familiar with Helen and her husband Scott’s … Continue reading
