{"product_id":"memorial-days","title":"MEMORIAL DAYS","description":"\u003cstyle type=\"text\/css\"\u003e.cs13DCAC4{text-align:left;margin:12pt 0pt 12pt 0pt;line-height:1.15;text-indent:0pt} .cs1844654{text-align:left;margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;line-height:1.15;text-indent:0pt} .cs47DB3EB{12pt;font-weight:normal;color:#181B21;font-style:italic;Segoe UI;} .cs95B300B{11pt;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-style:normal;Calibri;} .cs3388614{text-align:left;margin:0pt 0pt 10pt 0pt;line-height:1.15;text-indent:0pt} .csDF76FDB{12pt;font-weight:normal;color:#181B21;font-style:normal;Segoe UI;}\u003c\/style\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"cs13DCAC4\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"csDF76FDB\"\u003eMany cultural and religious traditions expect those who are grieving to step away from the world. In contemporary life, we are more often met with red tape and to-do lists. This is exactly what happened to Geraldine Brooks when her partner of more than three decades, Tony Horwitz - just sixty years old and, to her knowledge, vigorous and healthy - collapsed and died on a Washington, DC street.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"cs1844654\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"csDF76FDB\"\u003eAfter spending their early years together in conflict zones as foreign correspondents, and living in Sydney, Geraldine and Tony settled down to raise two boys on Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts. The life they built was one of meaningful work, good humour, and tenderness, as they spent their days writing and their evenings cooking family dinners or watching the sun set with friends. But all of this came to an abrupt end when, on the US Memorial Day public holiday of 2019, Geraldine received the phone call we all dread. The demands were immediate and many. Without space to grieve, the sudden loss became a yawning gulf.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"cs1844654\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"cs1844654\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"csDF76FDB\"\u003eThree years later, she booked a flight to remote Flinders Island off the coast of Tasmania with the intention of finally giving herself the time to mourn. In a shack on the island's pristine, rugged coast she often went days without seeing another person. There, she pondered the various ways in which cultures grieve, and what rituals of her own might help to rebuild a life around the void of Tony's death.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"cs1844654\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"cs3388614\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"csDF76FDB\"\u003eA spare and profoundly moving memoir that joins the classics of the genre, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cs47DB3EB\"\u003eMemorial Days\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"csDF76FDB\"\u003e is a portrait of a larger-than-life man and a timeless love between souls that exquisitely captures the joy, agony and mystery of life.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Books N Gifts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49483677630704,"sku":"9780733651083","price":24.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0509\/1855\/5830\/files\/9780733651083_1.jpg?v=1774907235","url":"https:\/\/booksngifts.com.au\/products\/memorial-days","provider":"Books N Gifts","version":"1.0","type":"link"}