Inspiring Memoirs About Facing Death
They may sound dark, but these memoirs are actually incredibly uplifting.
Published on May 7, 2018
The Bright Hour: A Memoir of Living and Dying
Nina RiggsA mother and a poet, Nina Riggs discovered she would die at just 37. Her memoir is as much about what it means to live as what it means to die, and is (as you might expect from a poet who also happens to be a descendent of Emerson) gorgeously written.
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The Tragic, Beautiful Story of Two Widows Who Found Each Other in Grief
WE FRET A LOT ABOUT THE EMOTIONAL BAGGAGE WE BRING to relationships, as if the goal is to come to each new love empty-handed, our hearts wiped clean. But recently, when I read that the widows of two best-selling memoirists had fallen in love, I was r
Oh, did you think this list would be all about death? You’re wrong! It’s also about love! In a twist just destined for the movies, the widow and widower of the authors of the two previous books on this list met up after the success of their spouses’s books. And then they fell in love. I'm not kidding. Seriously, it’s true. Read this article and weep at the tragic beauty of it all.
In Gratitude
Jenny DiskiI first encountered Diski’s writing about her terminal diagnosis in the “London Review of Books.” I was initially somewhat shocked, but I quickly came around to the refreshing honesty with which she confronted her death. There aren’t any false silver linings here — just honest reflections and deep introspection.