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More copies of this ISBN:This title in other formats:Epilogueby Anne Roiphe
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Anne Roiphe was not quite seventy years old when her husband of nearly forty years unexpectedly passed away. But it was not until her daughters placed a personal ad in a literary journal that Roiphe began to consider the previously unimagined possibility of a new man. Moving between heartbreaking memories of her marriage and the pressing needs of a new day-to-day routine, Epilogue takes us on her journey into the unknown world of life after love. Roiphe decides to reenter the dating world. But between new lunches, coffee dates, and e-mail exchanges, she wrestles with an unsettling loneliness. Recollections of marriage evoke complex, unexpected emotions on her journey through grief toward new companionship. In beautifully wrought vignettes, she recalls hailing a cab for the first time and learning to lock and unlock the front door—tasks her husband had always done. Eloquent and astute, Epilogue tells the story of love rekindled and life remade. Roiphe offers us an elegant literary pastiche not of grief, but of hope and renewal. Review:"'Grief is in two parts,' writes Roiphe (Fruitful; 1185 Park Avenue). 'The first is loss. The second is the remaking of life.' In her new memoir of late-life widowhood, she encounters the latter. Roiphe's husband, 'H' (Herman), died of a heart attack after 39 years of marriage. He left stacks of publications forwarded from his office that she can't help reading — psychoanalytic case histories in which patients are known only by initials. She lives in a stunned, rhythmless disconnect, unsure how to mark time, sleep or stave off fear and loneliness. Thoughts of suicide comfort her as her former sense of independence evaporates. She struggles to manage her finances, decide where to live, keep up with the contents of her refrigerator and learn countless tasks that had always been H's. Courtship, sex and gender roles confound her as she ventures to date men she meets through Match.com and the personal ad that her daughters place on her behalf. She considers her role in her family, her circle of friends, her new 'sisterhood' of widows and the broader world in which she has 'no right to complain.' In poignant flashes of everyday moments and memories, Roiphe tells an unflinching and unsentimental story of widowhood's stupefying disquiet, of surviving love and living on. (Sept.)" Publishers Weekly (Starred Review) (Copyright Reed Business Information, Inc.) About the AuthorAnne Roiphe is the author of fifteen books, including Fruitful, which was a finalist for the 1996 National Book Award. She has written for the New York Times, the New York Observer, Vogue, Elle, Redbook, Parents, and The Guardian, and is a contributing editor to the Jerusalem Report. She lives in New York City. What Our Readers Are SayingBe the first to add a comment for a chance to win!Product Details
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