Letters to Brian
A Year of Living and Remembrance
Nonfiction, Family & Relationships, Family Relationships, Death/Grief/Bereavement, Biography & Memoir
| Author: | Martha Brooks | ISBN: | 9780888015228 |
| Publisher: | Turnstone Press | Publication: | April 15, 2015 |
| Imprint: | Turnstone Press | Language: | English |
| Author: | Martha Brooks |
| ISBN: | 9780888015228 |
| Publisher: | Turnstone Press |
| Publication: | April 15, 2015 |
| Imprint: | Turnstone Press |
| Language: | English |
In daily love letters written to her husband and soul companion, Brian, over the year following his death from brain cancer, critically acclaimed author, playwright, and jazz singer Martha Brooks leads us on a journey through grief that is both deeply personal and undeniably universal.
By turns funny, shattering, and uplifting, Brooks wrestles with the crucial question of how to continue a lifelong romance once your lover is gone. The answer seems to come from Brian himself, leaving timely clues and orchestrating surprising synchronicities of healing through family, friends, and complete strangers. Through her �Letters to Brian�, Brooks learns not to overcome her grief but to live with loss. And she comes to realize that we are never truly alone.
In daily love letters written to her husband and soul companion, Brian, over the year following his death from brain cancer, critically acclaimed author, playwright, and jazz singer Martha Brooks leads us on a journey through grief that is both deeply personal and undeniably universal.
By turns funny, shattering, and uplifting, Brooks wrestles with the crucial question of how to continue a lifelong romance once your lover is gone. The answer seems to come from Brian himself, leaving timely clues and orchestrating surprising synchronicities of healing through family, friends, and complete strangers. Through her �Letters to Brian�, Brooks learns not to overcome her grief but to live with loss. And she comes to realize that we are never truly alone.
