Mercy Papers: A Memoir of Three Weeks - Paperback
by Robin Romm
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Languages:EnglishPublisher:Scribner Book CompanyISBN-13:9781416567929ISBN-10:1416567925UPC:9781416567929Book Category:Biography & Autobiography, Self-Help, Family & RelationshipsBook Subcategory:Memoirs, Death, Grief, BereavementSize:7.90 x 5.20 x 0.60 inchesWeight:0.6Product ID:SC62M6RP2M
In her searing memoir, Robin Romm magically expands the weeks before her mother's death into a story about a daughter in the moments before and after loss. With a striking mix of humor and honesty, Romm ushers us into a world where an obstinate hospice nurse tries to heal through pamphlets and a yelping grandfather squirrels away money in a shoe-shine kit. Untrained dogs scamper about as strangers and friends rally around death, offering sympathy as they clamor for attention. The pillbox turns quickly into a metaphor for order; questions about medication turn to musings about God. The mundane and spiritual melt together as Romm reveals the sharp truths that lurk around every corner and captures, with great passion, the awe, fear, and fury of a daughter losing her mother. The Mercy Papers was started in the midst of heartbreak, and not originally intended for an audience. The result is a raw, unsentimental book that reverberates with humanity. Robin Romm has created a tribute to family and an
Languages:EnglishPublisher:Scribner Book CompanyISBN-13:9781416567929ISBN-10:1416567925UPC:9781416567929Book Category:Biography & Autobiography, Self-Help, Family & RelationshipsBook Subcategory:Memoirs, Death, Grief, BereavementSize:7.90 x 5.20 x 0.60 inchesWeight:0.6Product ID:SC62M6RP2M
Romm, Robin: - Robin Romm is the author of the critically acclaimed short story collection, The Mother Garden, which was a finalist for the 2008 PEN USA Fiction Award. Born and raised in Eugene, Oregon, she currently lives in Berkeley, California, and New Mexico, where she is assistant professor of creative writing and literature at the College of Santa Fe.
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