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description: Joanne Hichens lost first her mother then in quick succession her husband her father and her mother-in-law  two deaths anticipated two coming as the worst kind of shock. In this memoir of grief and recovery she writes with honesty and humour of death our constant companion and the stumbling journey through the country of grief. By turns searing and sparkling her account gives compelling insight into the losses that stalk us all while also celebrating the mainstays of life  friendship family and the memories of those we love and lose.
language: English
title: Death and the After Parties
publisher: None