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The Goldfish Went on Vacation: A Memoir of Loss (and Learning to Tell the Truth about It)
Patty Dann
#UB9362
Paperback, 166 pages; 2007 (2007)
$5.90
Brave and gentle, insightful and fortifying, Patty Dann's memoir shares how she coped with her husband's sudden illness and untimely death— and how she explained it all to their three-year-old son. Her reflections on love and loss are deftly rendered through a series of vignettes, each one focusing on a specific little incident or memory. Dann draws inspiration and finds comfort in many ways: from the students in her writing class, from her lively young son, and from recollections of the "sweet and crazy life" she led with her husband. With generous grace and just the right dose of cheerful wit, The Goldfish Went on Vacation offers a candid and helpful contemplation about dealing with death as a family.
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