The story of her first year of being a widow, in her mid thirties. Her husband was a Zen priest so a lot of her discussion is informed by Buddhism and Zen practice in particular. But she's not really a practitioner of any particular religion or lineage herself.

I kind of wish I had her guts. I picked up the book to see if it had anything that could give me insights about the grief surrounding the end of a relationship. She just powers through stuff in a way that I don't have the energy for. I wish there were such a thing as grief disability.


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Breathe and know you're breathing