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theythemsam's review against another edition
4.5
“How do you learn to cherish your life, when grief has made it unrecognizable? I’m starting to feel that we do so not by trying to fill a void that can never be filled, but by living as best as we can in this strange, yawning terrain our loved ones have left behind.” I feel like Nicole talks about grief and her life so beautifully so I’m not surprised I liked this book as much as her last one. The chapter where her mom calls her on her 39th birthday saying she wouldn’t forget😭. This book was just a glimpse of the thousands and millions of families who experienced loss so far during the pandemic and I hope this book is able to help people not feel alone with the grief they feel with losing a loved one
aweekinthelife's review against another edition
emotional
reflective
sad
medium-paced
4.5
content/material-wise, this book like a part ii/continuation of Chung's previous memoir, All You Can Ever Know.
the bulk of the book is reflecting on her relationship with her parents post-college, their illnesses (renal failure ande cancer), and losing them - all while located on the other side of the country and later, unexpectedly due to the pandemic. the reflections on her grief are moving and the memoir underscores the failure of our (US) healthcare system and how her middle class (self-identified label) parents struggled to afford and have access to real healthcare amidst job losses.
the bulk of the book is reflecting on her relationship with her parents post-college, their illnesses (renal failure ande cancer), and losing them - all while located on the other side of the country and later, unexpectedly due to the pandemic. the reflections on her grief are moving and the memoir underscores the failure of our (US) healthcare system and how her middle class (self-identified label) parents struggled to afford and have access to real healthcare amidst job losses.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Cancer, Grief, and Death of parent
Moderate: Pandemic/Epidemic
nrousselet's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
sad
medium-paced
5.0
hollielovesromance's review against another edition
emotional
hopeful
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fast-paced
5.0
What a touching memoir. Chung shares these deeply painful and beautiful moments during the life and deaths of her parents and reflecting on what family means and is to an adoptee.
dauhns_booklist's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
informative
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sad
5.0
ralukas's review against another edition
emotional
informative
inspiring
reflective
sad
medium-paced
4.0
princemackerel's review against another edition
reflective
5.0
even better than her last memoir, she really solidfied her voice