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A Memoir of Love and Suicide
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Rachel Zimmerman
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Rachel Zimmerman
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When a state trooper appeared at Rachel Zimmerman’s door to report that her husband had jumped to his death off a nearby bridge, she fell to her knees, unable to fully absorb the news. How could the man she’d married, a devoted father and robotics professor at MIT, have committed such a violent act? How would she explain this to her young daughters? And could she have stopped him?
A longtime journalist, she probed obsessively, believing answers would help her survive. She interviewed doctors, suicide researchers, and a man who jumped off the same bridge and lived.
Us, After examines domestic devastation and resurgence, digging into the struggle between public and private selves, life’s shifting perspectives, the work of motherhood, and the secrets we keep. In this memoir, Zimmerman confronts the unimaginable and discovers the good in what remains.
“This poignant, soul-baring memoir is truly one of the most moving accounts of grief, loss and resilience that I’ve read.”—Tara Parker-Pope, The Washington Post
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By: Leslie Jamison
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Did I Say That Out Loud?
- Midlife Indignities and How to Survive Them
- By: Kristin van Ogtrop
- Narrated by: Kristin van Ogtrop
- Length: 7 hrs and 42 mins
- Unabridged
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Do you hate the term “middle age?” So does Kristin van Ogtrop, who is still trying to come up with a less annoying way to describe those years when you find yourself both satisfied and outraged, confident and confused, full of appreciation but occasional disdain for the world around you.
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Boring
- By Jacqueline Andrade on 06-17-21
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Stone Yard Devotional
- A Novel
- By: Charlotte Wood
- Narrated by: Ailsa Piper
- Length: 6 hrs and 37 mins
- Unabridged
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Burnt out and in need of retreat, a middle-aged woman leaves Sydney to return to the place she grew up, taking refuge in a small religious community hidden away on the stark plains of rural Australia. She doesn't believe in God, or know what prayer is, and finds herself living this strange, reclusive existence almost by accident.
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A profound inward journey
- By Kathlene barrett on 02-17-25
By: Charlotte Wood
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The Harder I Fight the More I Love You
- A Memoir
- By: Neko Case
- Narrated by: Neko Case
- Length: 7 hrs and 1 min
- Unabridged
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Neko Case has long been revered as one of music’s most influential artists, whose authenticity, lyrical storytelling, and sly wit have endeared her to a legion of critics, musicians, and lifelong fans. In The Harder I Fight the More I Love You, Case brings her trademark candor and precision to a memoir that traces her evolution from an invisible girl “raised by two dogs and a space heater” in rural Washington state to her improbable emergence as an internationally acclaimed talent.
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The ending
- By Katherine Phillips on 04-28-25
By: Neko Case
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Memorial Days
- A Memoir
- By: Geraldine Brooks
- Narrated by: Geraldine Brooks
- Length: 4 hrs and 56 mins
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Many cultural and religious traditions expect those who are grieving to step away from the world. In contemporary life, we are more often met with red tape and to-do lists. This is exactly what happened to Geraldine Brooks when her partner of more than three decades, Tony Horwitz–just sixty years old and, to her knowledge, vigorous and healthy–collapsed and died on a Washington, D. C. sidewalk.
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Uninspired, mediocre writing.
- By C. Tyler on 03-04-25
By: Geraldine Brooks
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The Emperor of Gladness
- A Novel
- By: Ocean Vuong
- Narrated by: James Aaron Oh
- Length: 14 hrs and 5 mins
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One late summer evening in the post-industrial town of East Gladness, Connecticut, nineteen-year-old Hai stands on the edge of a bridge in pelting rain, ready to jump, when he hears someone shout across the river. The voice belongs to Grazina, an elderly widow succumbing to dementia, who convinces him to take another path. Bereft and out of options, he quickly becomes her caretaker. Over the course of the year, the unlikely pair develops a life-altering bond, one built on empathy, spiritual reckoning, and heartbreak.
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Compelling characters, hopeful and sad
- By MB on 05-20-25
By: Ocean Vuong
Gripping!
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Beautiful memoir of grief and life
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As a survivor of familial suicide I found it engaging and well told but unrelatable. The privilege to have physical circumstances unchanged and access to so many experts to ask all the questions reads like a fairytale. It does help prove no matter how much money and determination there are no answers to why.
There’s no “good suicide”
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What I like the most is that Rachel, with her honesty, integrity, talent, skills, and everything else, was the person to write it. This book in this time should become the new classic read for those surviving the loss of a loved one to suicide. It has been 25 years for me but I was still riveted to the writing.
Surviving Suicide Loss
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As a mom, Zimmerman’s top priority is making sure her daughters can still have happy, normal childhoods. The way the story jumps between events before and after the tragedy gives readers a better picture of what happened and how everyone coped.
Listening to the audiobook, narrated by Zimmerman herself, makes the emotions in the story feel even more real. And don’t worry, despite the heavy topic, the book ends on a hopeful note that leaves you feeling uplifted.
Heartbreaking, but uplifting
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A family’s Raw Grief after suicide
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Couldn’t stop listening
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Beautiful and gripping
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