The widower's notebook
Subtitle: a memoir
By: Jonathan Santlofer
Publisher: Penguin Books
Published: 2018
Language: eng
Number of pages: 260
ISBN-13: 9780143132493
Copyright date: 2018
Subjects: Widowers; Authors; Bereavement; Biography; Artists
Description: "Written with unexpected humor and great warmth, The Widower's Notebook is a portrait of a marriage, an account of the complexities of finding oneself single again after losing your spouse, and a story of the enduring power of familial love. On a summer day in New York Jonathan Santlofer discovers his wife, Joy, gasping for breath on their living room couch. After a frenzied 911 call, an ambulance race across Manhattan, and hours pacing in a hospital waiting room, a doctor finally delivers the fateful news. Consumed by grief, Jonathan desperately tries to pursue life as he always had -- writing, social engagements, and working on his art -- but finds it nearly impossible to admit his deep feelings of loss to anyone, not even his to beloved daughter, Doria, or to himself.  As Jonathan grieves and heals, he tries to unravel what happened to Joy, a journey that will take him nearly two years."--Jacket flap.