The long goodbye a memoir

In this eloquent, somber memoir about the death of her mother and grieving aftermath, poet and journalist O'Rourke (Halflife) ponders the eternal human question: how do we live with the knowledge that we will one day die?

Main Author: O'Rourke, Meghan.
Format: Books Print Book
Language: English
Published: New York, N.Y. : Riverhead Books, 2011.
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Summary: In this eloquent, somber memoir about the death of her mother and grieving aftermath, poet and journalist O'Rourke (Halflife) ponders the eternal human question: how do we live with the knowledge that we will one day die?
Item Description: Subtitle from book jacket.
Physical Description: 306 pages ; 22 cm
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (pages 301-306).
ISBN: 9781594487989
1594487987
Author Notes: Meghan O'Rourke is the author of the poetry collections Once and Halflife . She is a cultural critic for Slate , and her essays and poems have appeared in The New Yorker, The Nation, and other publications. She lives in Brooklyn, New York.