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After life: ways we think about death
By Merrie-Ellen Wilcox. 2019
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Self help, Death and bereavement, Canadian authors (Non-fiction)
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Moving between science and culture, Wilcox takes a straightforward look at the fascinating, diverse ways in which we understand death,…
both today and throughout our history. Each chapter includes a brief telling of a death legend, myth or history from a dNobody Ever Talks About Anything But the End: A Memoir
By Liz Levine. 2020
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Women biography, Journals and memoirs, Death and bereavement
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A genuinely moving, funny, and inventive account of loss and grief, mental illness and suicide, from film and TV producer…
Liz Levine (Story of a Girl), written in the aftermath of the deaths of her sister and best friend.I feel like I might be a terrible person to be laughing in these moments. But it turns out, I’m not alone. In November of 2016, Liz Levine’s younger sister, Tamara, reached a breaking point after years of living with mental illness. In the dark hours before dawn, she sent a final message to her family then killed herself. In Nobody Ever Talks About Anything But the End, Liz weaves the story of what happened to Tamara with another significant death—that of Liz’s childhood love, Judson, to cancer. She writes about her relationship with Judson, Tamara’s struggles, the conflicts that arise in a family of challenging personalities, and how death casts a long shadow. This memorable account of life and loss is haunting yet filled with dark humor—Tamara emails her family when Trump is elected to check if she’s imagining things again, Liz discovers a banana has been indicted as a whistleblower in an alleged family conspiracy, and a little niece declares Tamara’s funeral the “most fun ever!” With honesty, Liz exposes the raw truths about grief and mourning that we often shy away from—and almost never share with others. And she reveals how, in the midst of death, life—with all its messy complications—must also be celebrated.Before I was a critic I was a human being / (Essais series #no. 7)
By Amy Fung. 2019
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Essays, Canadian authors (Non-fiction)
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Fung takes a closer examination at Canada's mythologies of multiculturalism, settler colonialism, and identity through the lens of a national…
art critic. Following the tangents of a foreign-born perspective and the complexities and complicities in participating in ongoing acts of colonial violence, the book as a whole takes the form of a very long land acknowledgement. Taken individually, each piece roots itself in the learning and unlearning process of a first generation settler immigrant as she unfurls each region's sense of place and identity. 2019.Occuper les distances: essai (L'écritoire)
By Esther Laforce. 2021
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Essays, Canadian non-fiction, Literature, Criticism
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Je n'ai rien dautre que mes mots, mon clavier, du papier et des livres pour me soutenir. Mais n'est-ce pas…
le chemin sur lequel je me suis engagée ? N'ai-je pas choisi de détourner le regard du bonheur et de la joie pour me tourner vers la douleur des autres ? Je savais que le chemin était risqué, mais je ne peux pas me laisser avaler. Je dois remonter et saisir mieux comment l'écriture peut me réengager dans la vie. Essai littéraire à la fois rigoureusement documenté et hautement personnel, Occuper les distances reprend les motifs de Tombée, roman d'Esther Laforce paru simultanément chez Leméac, dans un lumineux dialogue avec la ction