Love in the Archives

The loss of a child is a difficult topic to read about but the author's writing style invites you in. This book has deservedly won awards because the author's writing is crisp, unique, and clever. It's a book of essays and the voice of each one changes, often imbuing humor into this sad topic which elevates it. Anyone grieving a child or who has experienced the loss of a loved one should read this book.

I can't imagine a topic as sensitive as suicide loss being delivered more tenderly than in this book. It broke my heart and punched me in the gut and made me laugh. Only a brilliantly skillful author can pull that off. Vorbach collins did.

Eileen Vorbach Collins has a rare gift. Few writers are able to evoke the visceral grief of the suicide of a 15-year-old daughter, the most tragic and gut-wrenching of losses, while also leaving room for hope and even humor. In each essay she finds new angles into the truth of her experience; in every case, love is the underpinning that carries her--and us--through to a satisfying and genuine close, though of course her story has no end. Themes including the natural world and interfaith marriage round out these stories and leave us with a reading journey we're grateful to have… show more.