Grief Is for People
Written by Sloane Crosley
Narrated by Sloane Crosley
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"An unflinching and deeply absorbing memoir of grief and loss, expertly narrated by the author."—Library Journal (Starred Review)
"Crosley's fresh imagery and pithy one-liners are delivered with perfect timing."—AudioFile
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Disarmingly witty and poignant, Sloane Crosley’s memoir explores multiple kinds of loss following the death of her closest friend.
Grief Is for People is a deeply moving and surprisingly suspenseful portrait of friendship, and a book about loss packed with verve for life. Sloane Crosley is one of our most renowned observers of contemporary behavior, and now the pathos that has been ever present in her trademark wit is on full display. After the pain and confusion of losing her closest friend to suicide, Crosley looks for answers in friends, philosophy, and art, hoping for a framework more useful than the unavoidable stages of grief.
For most of her adult life, Sloane and Russell worked together and played together as they navigated the corridors of office life, the literary world, and the dramatic cultural shifts in New York City. One day, while Russell is still alive, Sloane’s apartment is broken into. Along with her most prized possessions, the thief makes off with her sense of security, leaving a mystery in its place.
When Russell dies exactly one month later, his suicide propels her on a wild quest to right the unrightable, to explore what constitutes family and possession as the city itself faces the staggering toll brought on by the pandemic.
Crosley’s search for truth is frank, darkly funny, and gilded with a resounding empathy. Upending the “grief memoir,” Grief Is for People is the category-defying story of the struggle to hold on to the past without being consumed by it. A modern elegy, it rises precisely to console and challenge our notions of mourning during these grief-stricken times.
A Macmillan Audio production from Farrar, Straus and Giroux.
Editor's Note
Memoir-meets-elegy…
In 2019, writer Crosley (“Cult Classic”) came home to a burgled apartment. One month later, she lost her best friend to suicide. As recounted in this memoir-meets-elegy, Crosley channels her sorrow into a search for the stolen jewelry, with each attempt mirroring a stage of grief. “Grief is for People” is a beautifully and uniquely rendered ode to the ones we miss and how we make sense of the unimaginable.
Sloane Crosley
SLOANE CROSLEY is the author of one novel, The Clasp, and two New York Times bestselling books of personal essays, I Was Told There’d Be Cake and How Did You Get This Number. Currently the Hot Type columnist for Vanity Fair, she lives in Manhattan.
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