RE: JCO: Missing Mom
Marie,
My favorite writer on grief is the under-appreciated Irish short story writer Mary Lavin (1911-199?). Her 'widow stories' are scattered throughout her later volumes (1965 and later) but there is nothing like them. Some of her celebrated stories addressing grief include: In a Cafe, In the Middle of the Fields, The Cuckoo Spit and Happiness. JCO reviewed her back in the 70's and seemed to admire her. A study about Lavin is appropriately titled Quiet Rebel. Her stories are quiet shockers. I also think the second half of Woolf's To the Lighthouse is superb on grief.
Rick O
My favorite writer on grief is the under-appreciated Irish short story writer Mary Lavin (1911-199?). Her 'widow stories' are scattered throughout her later volumes (1965 and later) but there is nothing like them. Some of her celebrated stories addressing grief include: In a Cafe, In the Middle of the Fields, The Cuckoo Spit and Happiness. JCO reviewed her back in the 70's and seemed to admire her. A study about Lavin is appropriately titled Quiet Rebel. Her stories are quiet shockers. I also think the second half of Woolf's To the Lighthouse is superb on grief.
Rick O
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