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A Living Remedy by Nicole Chung

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challenging emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

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challenging emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

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challenging emotional reflective sad slow-paced

4.5

Very moving, a portrait of the complicated yet ultimately simple relationship between the author and her parents and the impact of distance and COVID-19 on their passing and her grief.

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4.5

This wrecked me. And it didn’t put me back together. It hurt and it’s beautiful and I loved it.

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challenging dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

Thanks to Ecco Books for the free advance copy of this book.

 - My goodness, is A LIVING REMEDY a powerful book. It boils over with rage and love. It brings the reader along the confusing, overwhelming path of grief.
- Chung meanders between the present day and memories of her childhood, giving us a full picture of who her parents were and the bond she had with them. Her writing is to the point, but always thoughtful.
- For me, I am grateful that this book shows that strange pre-grief period, when you know a loved one is dying but they're still here, and there isn't much you can do about anything. It's a strange, though common, situation that our society and our health care system don't really know how to deal with. 

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