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“I am not sure how a book about grief could also be
witty and entertaining, but Modern Loss accomplishes just that.”
(Mindy Kaling, writer for The Office and author of Is Everyone
Hanging Out Without Me?)
“Talking about loss can feel y. This book isn’t. It’s about
grieving deeply over the long term, and the reassurance that
you’re far from broken because of it. These surprisingly funny
and candid stories aren’t about death; they’re about life, and
thriving in the face of loss.” (Stephen Colbert)
“Modern Loss is a book about grieving and death that shimmers
with life. In turn raw, searing, charming, witty and funny—Modern
Loss is full of surprises and is definitely not your mother’s
death and dying book.” (Dave Isay, Founder, Storycorps)
“Loss is devastating, but this frank and funny book makes it less
isolating. I want to give it to everyone I know who is grieving,
has grieved, or will grieve. In other words, I want to give it to
everyone” (Anna Sale, host of WNYC’s Death, Sex and Money)
“I love this book! Humans spilling their feelings with so much
humility, hope, and humor.” (Nancy Lublin, Founder and CEO,
Crisis Text Line)
“Profound, irreverent, probing, and consoling, Modern Loss is the
guide to grief I wish I’d had when my mother died at 55. Mourning
a parent years earlier than my peers, I felt alone with my loss.
This is the company I wish I’d kept in those first years; Soffer
and Birkner have compiled a book that feels like sitting with
your best friends over dinner and laughing and crying and
connecting over the most profound experiences you can have.”
(Meghan O'Rourke, author of The Long Goodbye)
“Finally, a book that fearlessly embraces grief and finds
heretofore undiscovered areas of inspiration, humor and above
all, light. Modern Loss is our collective Modern Gain.” (Damon
Lindelof, co-creator of Lost and The Leftovers)
“Devastatingly poignant, Modern Loss took me to a safe place and
allowed me to feel comforted by reading about something that I’ve
always feared: death. Especially as I deal with aging parents, I
found myself feeling some of my anguish dissipate as I was
reminded of the universality of grieving. It allowed me to take a
breath, and I needed to. We all do.” (Lisa Ling, host and
executive producer of CNN’s “This Is Life”)
“A frank, often funny meditation on grief and death from the
founders of the website Modern Loss. With essays from more than
40 contributors, the book is an important contribution to the
national conversation about loss.” (New York Post)
“A very relatable and real book of personal essays written that
cover almost every grief and loss topic and pulls no punches.”
(Strategist)
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From the Back Cover
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Inspired by the website hailed as “redefining mourning” by the
New York Times, a wise and irreverent collection of essays and
tips on navigating grief in the modern age
Let’s face it: most of us have a difficult time talking about
death and sharing our grief. We’re awkward and uncertain; we
avoid, ignore, or even deny feelings of sadness; we offer
platitudes; we send sympathy bouquets whittled out of fruit.
And at a time when we mourn public figures and national tragedies
with hashtags, when posts about loss go viral and we
receive automated birthday reminders for dead friends, it’s clear
we are exploring this modern landscape of loss without a road
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Enter Rebecca Soffer and Gabrielle Birkner, who can help us do
better. Each having lost parents as young adults, they cofounded
the website Modern Loss, responding to a need to change the
dialogue around the messy experience of grief. Now, in this wise
and often funny book, they offer the ins of the Modern Loss
community to help us cry, laugh, grieve, identify, and—above
all—empathize.
Soffer and Birkner, along with more than forty guest
contributors, including rocker Amanda Palmer, CNN’s Brian
Stelter, and Dr. Lucy Kalanithi (widow of When Breath Becomes Air
author Paul Kalanithi), reveal their own stories on a wide range
of topics, such as triggers, intimacy, secrets, inheritance, and
more. Accompanied by beautiful hand-drawn illustrations and witty
how-to cartoons, each contribution provides a unique perspective
on loss as well as a remarkable life-affirming message.
Brutally honest and inspiring, Modern Loss invites us to talk
ly and humorously about grief, helping us confront the
humanity (and mortality) we all share. Beginners welcome.
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