{"product_id":"memorial-days-a-memoir-2","title":"Memorial Days","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNEW YORK TIMES \u003c\/i\u003eBESTSELLER - A National Book Critics Circle Award Finalist \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e A \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003eNotable Book of 2025 - A \u003ci\u003eWashington Post \u003c\/i\u003eNotable Nonfiction Book of 2025 - A \u003ci\u003eTime \u003c\/i\u003eBest Memoir of 2025 - Named a Best Book of 2025 by NPR, \u003ci\u003ePeople\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eAir Mail\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBookreporter\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Brooks tracks the geography of grief with patience and grace as she comes to terms with the ongoing nature of outliving the ones you love most. ... Her memoir is certainly a testament to her own unique loss, but it's moreover a lifeline to others who will find themselves in this familiar, shattered landscape of grief.\" --\u003ci\u003eThe Los Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"A rich account of marriage and mourning.\" --\u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e A heartrending and beautiful memoir of sudden loss and a journey towards peace, from the bestselling, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of \u003ci\u003eHorse\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMany cultural and religious traditions expect those who are grieving to step away from the world. In contemporary life, we are more often met with red tape and to-do lists. This is exactly what happened to Geraldine Brooks when her partner of more than three decades, Tony Horwitz - just sixty years old - collapsed and died. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAfter spending their early years together in conflict zones as foreign correspondents, Geraldine and Tony settled down to raise two boys on Martha's Vineyard. But all of this ended abruptly when, on Memorial Day 2019, Geraldine received the phone call we all dread. The demands were immediate and many. Without space to grieve, the sudden loss became a yawning gulf. Three years later, she flew to a remote island off the coast of Australia to finally give herself time to mourn. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA spare and profoundly moving memoir that joins the classics of the genre, \u003ci\u003eMemorial Days \u003c\/i\u003eis a portrait of a larger-than-life man and a timeless love between souls that exquisitely captures the joy, agony, and mystery of life.","brand":"Penguin Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51661064143138,"sku":"9780593654002","price":19.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/8637\/3154\/files\/imageloader_ab80733d-a81f-406c-866a-1dc7ff6f1d53.jpg?v=1779449307","url":"https:\/\/godmothers.com\/products\/memorial-days-a-memoir-2","provider":"Godmothers","version":"1.0","type":"link"}