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The Long Goodbye by Meghan O'Rourke is a self-help book available to read on EtoBox.

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'Anguished, beautifully written... The Long Goodbye is an elegiac depiction of drama as old as life.'-- The New York Times Book ReviewFrom one of America's foremost young literary voices, a transcendent portrait of the unbearable anguish of grief and the enduring power of familial love. What 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. O'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. With lyricism and unswerving candor, The Long Goodbye conveys the fleeting m

Who reads The Long Goodbye?

Author

Meghan O'Rourke

Publisher

Riverhead Books

Published

2011

Language

EN

ISBN

9781101486559

Category

self-help

Subjects

Psychology, Family & Relationships, Memoir

Rating

3.91 / 5 (2,363 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14