Memorial Days: A Memoir

ISBN: 0593654005

Author: Brooks, Geraldine

Condition: New

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A National Book Critics Circle Award FinalistA New York Times Notable Book of 2025 A Washington Post Notable Nonfiction Book of 2025 A Time Best Memoir of 2025 Named a Best Book of 2025 by NPR, People, Air Mail, Bookreporter, and Publishers WeeklyBrooks tracks the geography of grief with patience and grace as she comes to terms with the ongoing nature of outliving the ones you love most. ... Her memoir is certainly a testament to her own unique loss, but its moreover a lifeline to others who will find themselves in this familiar, shattered landscape of grief. -The Los Angeles TimesA rich account of marriage and mourning. -The Washington PostA heartrending and beautiful memoir of sudden loss and a journey towards peace, from the bestselling, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of HorseMany cultural and religious traditions expect those who are grieving to step away from the world. In contemporary life, we are more often met with red tape and to-do lists. This is exactly what happened to Geraldine Brooks when her partner of more than three decades, Tony Horwitz - just sixty years old - collapsed and died.After spending their early years together in conflict zones as foreign correspondents, Geraldine and Tony settled down to raise two boys on Marthas Vineyard. But all of this ended abruptly when, on Memorial Day 2019, Geraldine received the phone call we all dread. The demands were immediate and many. Without space to grieve, the sudden loss became a yawning gulf. Three years later, she flew to a remote island off the coast of Australia to finally give herself time to mourn.A spare and profoundly moving memoir that joins the classics of the genre, Memorial Days is a portrait of a larger-than-life man and a timeless love between souls that exquisitely captures the joy, agony, and mystery of life.