Title: An exact replica of a figment of my imagination: a memoir
Author: Elizabeth McCracken
Published: 2008
Language: English
ISBN: 9780316027670
Publisher: Hachette Digital, Inc.
Extension: EPUB
Size: 151 KB
Subjects: Novelists; American - 21st century, 20th century, Novelists; American, 21st century, General, Literary, Family & Relationships, Personal Memoirs, Death; Grief; Bereavement, Self-Help, Biography & Autobiography, Novelists; American - 20th century, McCracken; Elizabeth, Gynecology & Obstetrics, Medical, Biography, Women
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"This is the happiest story in the world with the saddest ending," writes Elizabeth McCracken in her powerful, inspiring memoir. A prize-winning, successful novelist in her 30s, McCracken was happy to be an itinerant writer and self-proclaimed spinster. But suddenly she fell in love, got married, and two years ago was living in a remote part of France, working on her novel, and waiting for the birth of her first child.
This book is about what happened next. In her ninth month of pregnancy, she learned that her baby boy had died. How do you deal with and recover from this kind of loss? Of course you don't -- but you go on. And if you have ever experienced loss or love someone who has, the company of this remarkable book will help you go on.
With humor and warmth and unfailing generosity, McCracken considers the nature of love and grief. She opens her heart and leaves all of ours the richer for it.
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