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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
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A cute, short read. I’m pretty sure this was on NPR or something but anyways I do think a lot about this, now that I’ve lost my grandmother.
Just... sweet. And I only cried a little.
Just... sweet. And I only cried a little.
My parents should've created something like this so I didn't feel lost when they left me.
This book is inspirational, I created mine already lolol.
This book is inspirational, I created mine already lolol.
This book turns a sad moment into sweet and funny guidance from a mother. What a bittersweet read.
Cute and life-affirming. In the face of death and grief, as long as you have memories and minimal cooking skills, you can take on the world.
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Disclaimer: I receive a free copy of this book from @definitelybooks #pansing in exchange for an honest review.
"Memories will come to you in waves, unbidden. Grief isn't the only byproduct of a death. And death isn't just subtraction. You're left with a treasure of memories that can be triggered by sights, sounds, smells - a record of how my life enriched yours."
I know coming into this book it was going to be emotional and heavy.
However, I love that there is a balance of humour, reflection, learning, emotion, love, anger and all.
What more knowing that this book is written by the mother of the illustrator.
It makes it even more special and emotional.
The illustrations are so beautiful. You don't want to miss every single detail.
With what the mother was writing, her advice, humour and thoughts and seeing the parallel of the illustrations are just beautiful.
We are all not ready when our parents, guardians or loved ones die.
There is no direct answer.
But in this book it makes us think, look back and be content and grateful with our life.
Highly recommends to everyone to read this baby, not for the answer of losing our mother but to understand and look at how we can and find different ways to grief and face death when the time comes.
"This bad patch will pass, just like the bad patches in the past and the ones that lie ahead. Passing clouds, all."
"Memories will come to you in waves, unbidden. Grief isn't the only byproduct of a death. And death isn't just subtraction. You're left with a treasure of memories that can be triggered by sights, sounds, smells - a record of how my life enriched yours."
I know coming into this book it was going to be emotional and heavy.
However, I love that there is a balance of humour, reflection, learning, emotion, love, anger and all.
What more knowing that this book is written by the mother of the illustrator.
It makes it even more special and emotional.
The illustrations are so beautiful. You don't want to miss every single detail.
With what the mother was writing, her advice, humour and thoughts and seeing the parallel of the illustrations are just beautiful.
We are all not ready when our parents, guardians or loved ones die.
There is no direct answer.
But in this book it makes us think, look back and be content and grateful with our life.
Highly recommends to everyone to read this baby, not for the answer of losing our mother but to understand and look at how we can and find different ways to grief and face death when the time comes.
"This bad patch will pass, just like the bad patches in the past and the ones that lie ahead. Passing clouds, all."
My mom went to Barnes and Noble today, which we used to do together on Sundays, but now live in different cities and I work on the weekends. She picked this up off the shelves and went to read it at our classic BN orange cafe table. She texted me a few entries from the book that she thought I’d like, and I was sad to be missing out on our tradition but happy to be included all the same. I asked what the book was, to which she responded: You will NOT like the title.
She was right, of course, but I bought the book nonetheless and read it in one sitting this evening. I cried from start to finish, and it opened a lot of things that I’ve refused to acknowledge even though the endless churning of life is inevitable and my best friend isn’t going to be here forever.
I really loved this book, and I plan to revisit again. (Probably with more tears.)
She was right, of course, but I bought the book nonetheless and read it in one sitting this evening. I cried from start to finish, and it opened a lot of things that I’ve refused to acknowledge even though the endless churning of life is inevitable and my best friend isn’t going to be here forever.
I really loved this book, and I plan to revisit again. (Probably with more tears.)
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fast-paced
emotional
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reflective
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