Day 4 - your favorite book. has it changed since your loss?
I haven't read very much since Stella died. My father-in-law gave me a book when we were still in the hospital with Stella. It was a nice gesture but there was no way I could have done anything during that time except stare at my baby. Even after she died it took me a while to get through it but it was an excellent book and one day I would like to revisit it: The Elegance of the Hedgehog by Muriel Barbery.
After Stella died I also read An Exact Replica of a Figment of My Imagination by Elizabeth McCracken. Although I find the title to be annoyingly long, especially because I recommend it to so many people, the book was a breath of fresh air. That the author went on to have a healthy baby after her loss was comforting to me so soon after losing my Stella. I would also like to go back and reread this one. I marked it up a lot the first time I read it, underlining quotes that I found meaningful and helped me to put in my own words how I was feeling, and I would love to see how I feel now compared to those first few foggy months.
Other than that, I have started a few books and only finished one, which I didn't really like. I used to be a voracious reader but I also used to travel almost 3 hours round trip every day to get to work. Now I drive and mostly listen to NPR or podcasts. I have often thought about getting audio books from the library for my car rides too.
My favorite book, though? Since I was a teenager it was She's Come Undone by Wally Lamb. It follows a girl through her childhood, adolescence, and adulthood with all those moments of happiness, terror, embarrassment, sadness, and on and on. I wonder how it would hold up now that I have have had so much sadness.
1 comment:
Replica is an amazing book. It gave me hope.
I love She's Come Undone, but it's been a while since I read it.
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