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Tag Archives: Loss of a Loved One
Healing After Loss, by Martha W. Hickman
Sorting your way through grief a little at a time, day by day
As we approach the holidays, it can be both a joyful and a sorrowful time for those who have lost loved ones. For a season that cherishes time spent with friends and family, it can be also be a harsh … Continue reading
“Making Toast” by Roger Rosenblatt
The beautiful, tragic story of a grandfather losing his daughter
In his 2010 memoir, Making Toast, Roger Rosenblatt paints a beautiful portrait of what it means to lose someone too soon. After his daughter, Amy, dies suddenly of a rare heart abnormality, Rosenblatt and his wife move in with their … Continue reading
Controversial Art Finds a Home in the East Bay
Varese Layzer's Artwork Joins Others' Addressing the Loss of a Loved One
Photographer Varese Layzer has found a welcoming home for her collection Making Room, photographs that document her experience of clearing out her childhood home after her mother’s death. Nine months ago, the collection was removed from its promised (and contracted) … Continue reading
Posted in Soulful Expressions
Tagged Art, Installation, Krowswork, Loss of a Loved One, photography, San Francisco Bay Area, Video
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“A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius” by Dave Eggers
A Memoir of a Strange and Unique Life After the Loss of a Loved One
Through his popular memoir, A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius, San Francisco author Dave Eggers chronicles his experience raising his younger brother Toph after the family loses each of their parents to cancer. The book is, indeed, at times heartbreaking … Continue reading
Posted in Lending Insight
Tagged Book Review, Cancer, Dave Eggers, Family, Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius, Loss of a Loved One, Memoir
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The Descendants by Alexander Payne
Looking into all the Oscar buzz and pleasantly surprised by a film's message
Amidst Oscar buzz and recent nominations, it seems only fitting to head to the movies this weekend. I’m sure it came as no surprise to see The Artist among the nominees, but who ever thought a romantic comedy about … Continue reading
The Darjeeling Limited directed by Wes Anderson
Wes Anderson's tragicomic tale of three brothers dealing with grief and family dysfunction in India
Francis (Owen Wilson), Jack (Jason Schwartzman), and Peter (Adrien Brody) Whitman are brothers meeting on a train in India. They have not seen or spoken to each other in a year, since the day of their father’s funeral. When we … Continue reading
