The Glen Rock Book of the Dead
By Marion Winik
By Marion Winik
By Marion Winik
By Marion Winik
Category: Biography & Memoir
Category: Biography & Memoir
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$13.95
Dec 01, 2010 | ISBN 9781582436340
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Sep 15, 2018 | ISBN 9781582439648
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Praise
“Much of literature is elegiac in nature. Much of Winik’s propulsive, come–clean writing has been about coping with loss. So it makes sense that her newest essay collection comprises tributes to her dead. Glen Rock is the quiet place she lives; Spoon River Anthology was her template. Bold and funny, Winik is the queen of pithiness and punch, and the micro–lives she has created here are far more difficult to forge than their brevity and blithe tone might suggest. Each family member, friend, lover, or neighbor is identified by occupation, temperament, obsession, or curse, such as The Art Star, The Junkie, The Mah Jongg Player, The Bad Influence. And each portrait is a window onto some aspect of Winik’s life, one that has been pitted and torn by deaths accidental, suicidal, and simply tragic, including many due to AIDS. It is a fine and noble act to remember the dead as Winik has with candor, bemusement, and sorrow, and her gracefully crafted miniatures will inspire others to summon memories of their own lost ones.” Donna Seaman, Booklist
“… Although she’s known many people who died young, in sad or unsavory ways, the book is uplifting, funny and deep. This is partly because Winik resists the temptation to be overly reverent or poetic, though there are plenty of graceful passages. Her fascinating, tiny tributes tell the bare–assed truth about relationships while coming together to create a portrait of Winik’s own imperfect, love–filled life.” Marcia Menter, More
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