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“We learn as we get older to appreciate the people we love for who they are, and for how they love us.”

It's Okay to Laugh (Crying is Cool Too) by Nora McInerny

January 12, 2020 by faintingviolet 5 Comments

Other than knowing I had initially picked this book out to be my Far and Away CBR Bingo square I have no idea how this book got on my radar. I didn’t read this before Bingo ended, so this book has been hanging around my house since late October (thanks library extensions!) waiting for me to get to it. Its due back in two days, so now is the time. Since this was my Far and Away square it was picked because its so different […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir, Non-Fiction Tagged With: Death, faintingviolet, Fuck Cancer, grief, It's Okay to Laugh, Nora McInerny

faintingviolet's CBR12 Review No:6 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, Non-Fiction · Tags: Death, faintingviolet, Fuck Cancer, grief, It's Okay to Laugh, Nora McInerny ·
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“I couldn’t talk about my happiness without touching the uncomfortable truth that everything I have now is built on everything I lost.”

No Happy Endings by Nora McInerny

July 11, 2019 by Carriejay Leave a Comment

Bingo Square: True Story Nora McInerny knows loss. In the space of a few weeks she lost a pregnancy, her father, and her husband. In the aftermath she wrote a memoir, It’s Okay to Laugh, and started a podcast, Terrible, Thanks for Asking, both of which were well received and successful. She was suddenly an expert on navigating grief and often called upon to talk about it. But then a crazy thing happened. She fell in love again. And within a few months they were […]

Filed Under: Non-Fiction Tagged With: cbr11bingo, Nora McInerny

Carriejay's CBR11 Review No:28 · Genres: Non-Fiction · Tags: cbr11bingo, Nora McInerny ·
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