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My Cousin’s Death Taught Me the Meaning of Life:
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Tag Archives: Memoir
“The Dead Moms Club” by Kate Spencer
The memoir gracefully blends comedy and heartbreak to portray the messiness of grief
Kate Spencer’s mother, Martha, died from pancreatic cancer when Kate was 27 years old. “The Dead Moms Club” is the 2017 memoir that chronicles Kate’s experience dealing with grief and life following her mother’s death. Spencer is a comedian by trade, … Continue reading
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Tagged Cancer, Comedy, Death of a Mother, Death of a Parent, funny, Grief, Kate Spencer, Memoir, The Dead Moms Club
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“On Being Ill” by Virginia Woolf
Woolf dared to write about illness when it was a taboo subject
Most recognized for her feminist novels, Virginia Woolf also broke literary barriers tackling a topic previously shunned by American writers: sickness. “On Being Ill” first appeared in 1926, in an early issue of T.S. Eliot’s literary review, the New Criterion. In the essay, Woolf seeks … Continue reading
A Man Without a Country by Kurt Vonnegut
Kurt Vonnegut talks to readers about the meaning of life
Kurt Vonnegut is undeniably funny, and so is A Man Without a Country. But Vonnegut’s sort-of-memoir goes beyond wry witticism. He distills all that he has learned in his decades on this planet into this one short book. It’s a … Continue reading