{"product_id":"the-long-goodbye-9781594485664","title":"The Long Goodbye","description":"\u003cb\u003e\"Anguished, beautifully written... \u003ci\u003eThe Long Goodbye\u003c\/i\u003e is an elegiac depiction of drama as old as life.\" -- \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Invisible Kingdom\u003c\/i\u003e, one of America's foremost young literary voices, a transcendent portrait of the unbearable anguish of grief and the enduring power of familial love.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhat does it mean to mourn today, in a culture that has largely set aside rituals that acknowledge grief? After her mother died of cancer at the age of fifty-five, Meghan O'Rourke found that nothing had prepared her for the intensity of her sorrow. In the first anguished days, she began to create a record of her interior life as a mourner, trying to capture the paradox of grief-its monumental agony and microscopic intimacies-an endeavor that ultimately bloomed into a profound look at how caring for her mother during her illness changed and strengthened their bond. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eO'Rourke's story is one of a life gone off the rails, of how watching her mother's illness-and separating from her husband-left her fundamentally altered. But it is also one of resilience, as she observes her family persevere even in the face of immeasurable loss. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWith lyricism and unswerving candor, \u003ci\u003eThe Long Goodbye\u003c\/i\u003e conveys the fleeting moments of joy that make up a life, and the way memory can lead us out of the jagged darkness of loss. Effortlessly blending research and reflection, the personal and the universal, it is not only an exceptional memoir, but a necessary one.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eMeghan O'Rourke\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of the poetry collections \u003ci\u003eOnce\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eHalflife\u003c\/i\u003e. She is a cultural critic for \u003ci\u003eSlate\u003c\/i\u003e, and her essays and poems have appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker, The Nation, \u003c\/i\u003eand other publications. She lives in Brooklyn, New York.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Riverhead Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50901410087186,"sku":"9781594485664","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_4b17cda2-7e26-480d-bb18-acea548e5c7d.jpg?v=1738425152","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-long-goodbye-9781594485664","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}