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244 reviews for:
What to Do When I'm Gone: A Mother's Wisdom to Her Daughter
Hallie Bateman, Suzy Hopkins
4.17 AVERAGE
244 reviews for:
What to Do When I'm Gone: A Mother's Wisdom to Her Daughter
Hallie Bateman, Suzy Hopkins
4.17 AVERAGE
emotional
hopeful
sad
medium-paced
It was cute, but not as moving as I imagine it would be for someone whose mom's voice is closer to that of Suzy Hopkins. Maybe I am less affected because I still have time to talk to my mom about this stuff (or maybe I'm an emotionless robot, as has been suggested before). Either way, I don't regret the <1 hour it took me to read this at lunch. Also, the recipes look pretty awesome. I would definitely try them.
No one is ever really ready to loose a loved one, and this book tries to help with that in it's own unique way. As the title states, the author's mother provides preemptive advice on how to function in the event of her death. The advice walks her daughter through day-by-day instructions on what to do, days even years, after her passing. As someone who has lost a parent, I thought the advice was poignant with the right amount of practicality. Not only does the book give permission to grieve and feel sad about death, but it also gives recipes and permission to be your quirky self. This book is an easy read but I found myself both tearing up and laughing out loud! The mother author and illustrator daughter made a wonderful book about a natural part of life that is sometimes not spoken about enough among families and society today. I could not recommend this book enough!
emotional
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informative
inspiring
reflective
fast-paced
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
relaxing
fast-paced
A mother and daughter collaborate and make a surviving your mums death guide. A sweet book of advice on grief and life. There were parts I liked and the art was pretty good but I’d only give it 2.5 stars. It was a cool idea that I think could have been done much better. For such a deep subject it was lacking depth and real feeling. It was also super middle class and formulaic in its expectations of what death and growing up are like. Very rose coloured glasses. My experiences of my mums death and the 4 years since have been nothing like this. It doesn’t capture the hopelessness, the unfairness, the anger. Grief can fuck you up.
emotional
reflective
sad
slow-paced
Pages 1-60 were lovely and hard and what I was expecting. Much of the rest is just general life advice. The last few pages are so good.
It’s been 1,342 days since my mom died. In truth we had a really complicated relationship. But it’s still hard. I still forget sometimes and gasp with the hurt of remembering.
I had to laugh at this, though: “Absent a nuclear war or global pandemic, you are in a more privileged position than any generation in history." (Published in 2018)
It’s been 1,342 days since my mom died. In truth we had a really complicated relationship. But it’s still hard. I still forget sometimes and gasp with the hurt of remembering.
I had to laugh at this, though: “Absent a nuclear war or global pandemic, you are in a more privileged position than any generation in history." (Published in 2018)
Content Warnings
Minor: Death, Death of parent, Alcohol
hopeful
reflective
sad
slow-paced