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challenging
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Moderate: Suicide
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sad
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Content Warnings
Moderate: Suicide
emotional
reflective
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A memoir from the author of The Book of Goose and Wednesday’s Child amongst others. This is Yiyun Li’s heartbreaking but defiant account of what happened after her eldest son unalived himself at 16, followed 6 years later in almost identical steps by her youngest son. This is not a memoir about the grief journey but analyses society’s expectations of how grieving should look and how long it should last for, and how suicide affects family’s. This book is incredible but please check trigger warnings.
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Graphic: Suicide
reflective
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I admire Yuyin Li immensely for the courage it takes to write a memoir and reflection on the aftermath of her beloved son's suicide. I wish I could thank her personally for writing & creating this book and sending it out into the world.
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Moderate: Suicide
challenging
emotional
sad
fast-paced
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Graphic: Suicide
emotional
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medium-paced
“Words may fall short, but they cast long shadows that sometimes can reach the unspeakable.”
Sad and profound reflections on parenting and experiencing the loss of a child. Above all, this is a memoir about a mother trying to continue living in an abyss after losing two children by suicide.
Li is a gifted writer, and her prose is poetic and lyrical. The clearheaded, fact-driven approach to such an emotional subject matter was compelling. The perspectives shared in this book were not what I was expecting, in the best possible way. I also appreciated the important and practical information on how outsiders should and should not treat parents that have lost a child.
Sad and profound reflections on parenting and experiencing the loss of a child. Above all, this is a memoir about a mother trying to continue living in an abyss after losing two children by suicide.
Li is a gifted writer, and her prose is poetic and lyrical. The clearheaded, fact-driven approach to such an emotional subject matter was compelling. The perspectives shared in this book were not what I was expecting, in the best possible way. I also appreciated the important and practical information on how outsiders should and should not treat parents that have lost a child.
Vincent and James were beautiful and brilliant boys that were uniquely themselves and wise beyond their years. I feel honored to have learned about them through the words of their mother. RIP Vincent and James 💔
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Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Mental illness, Suicide
Moderate: Suicide attempt
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emotional
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Graphic: Child death, Death, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Grief, Suicide attempt
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A very personal and deep book on how the author copes and ponders over the death of her youngest son whom she honours through this book.
Children die, and parents go on living.
The book is astonishing, the words carefully chosen, circularity by reusing certain sentences with slightly different meanings. Unfathomable to lose both children by suicide and having “radical acceptance” of the choices they made.
A beautiful book, though not for everyone.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Grief
Moderate: Mental illness, Suicide
challenging
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
sad
medium-paced
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Minor: Suicide, Suicide attempt
dark
emotional
reflective
sad
slow-paced
Content Warnings
Moderate: Suicide