Grief.
It sucks.
It is a horrible fact of life. Something I have a hard enough time talking about it, and would never dream of writing a novel to tell the world how I dealt with it.
Claire Bidwell Smith wrote The Rules of Inheritance, which details the way she handled losing both of her parents to cancer. Both parents were diagnosed with cancer a month apart when she was only fourteen years old.
She loses her mom at the age of eighteen and her father in her twenties. She deals through drinking, an abusive relationship, and self-destructive behavior.
Through the book she goes through the five stages of grief by Elizabeth Kubler-Ross. The truth about grief, and this book is that everyone deals with it differently. She goes through the stages and her life in a non-linear manner jumping from the twenties to her teens and back.
It’s a hard read, but it is an honest read and one I had a hard time putting down. One thing that struck me was the lack of religion in a book dealing with death. I was actually refreshed by this because I didn't feel like I was being preached at. I felt like a friend was simply relaying her story to me.
I recommend Rules of Inheritance. I was given this book We will be discussing it over the next several weeks with the BlogHerBook Club. Please come join in the conversation!
*Disclosure: As always, this is a paid review by BlogHer Book Club, but all opinions stated are fully my own!
It sucks.
It is a horrible fact of life. Something I have a hard enough time talking about it, and would never dream of writing a novel to tell the world how I dealt with it.
Claire Bidwell Smith wrote The Rules of Inheritance, which details the way she handled losing both of her parents to cancer. Both parents were diagnosed with cancer a month apart when she was only fourteen years old.
She loses her mom at the age of eighteen and her father in her twenties. She deals through drinking, an abusive relationship, and self-destructive behavior.
Through the book she goes through the five stages of grief by Elizabeth Kubler-Ross. The truth about grief, and this book is that everyone deals with it differently. She goes through the stages and her life in a non-linear manner jumping from the twenties to her teens and back.
It’s a hard read, but it is an honest read and one I had a hard time putting down. One thing that struck me was the lack of religion in a book dealing with death. I was actually refreshed by this because I didn't feel like I was being preached at. I felt like a friend was simply relaying her story to me.
I recommend Rules of Inheritance. I was given this book We will be discussing it over the next several weeks with the BlogHerBook Club. Please come join in the conversation!
*Disclosure: As always, this is a paid review by BlogHer Book Club, but all opinions stated are fully my own!
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