Ghosting: A Widow's Voyage Out

Winner of Pushcart’s Editors Book Award,Ghosting is a love story that is as much about life as it is about death. Married at a young age to an older man , neither he nor she doubted that he would predecease her; but she discovers that there is no preparing for the loss a beloved. Their marriage was a passionate 35 year love affair, as if the odds against its longevity engendered a rare intensity. She discovers that love has no boundaries, grief is not eternal and ?her husband’s motto “Life is a love story” is so very true. Ascher writes passionately about her unlikely marriage, her husband’s illness and death and her ensuing sorrow. A witness to the insanity that grief visits upon its victims with a seeming determination to destroy, she gazes straight into the eye of grief and does not blink. In time she moves beyond that grief - her voyage out. Ghosting is, by turns, moving and funny, tender and brutal . The wonder of Ghosting is that Ascher, like Montaigne, calls forth Everyman. About previous books: Pat Conroy on Dancing In The Dark: “One of those books that wakes you up to the life you have failed to live,…What a wonderful book.” Publishers Weekly on The Habit of Loving:? ”With her sharp, unflinching eye, she discovers wonder and truth at our very doorsteps.” Boston Globe on Landscape Without Gravity: “Her honesty touches the reader’s heart, opens the scars of old wounds, and helps heal them…wrenching, insightful…compelling” Eudora Welty on Playing After Dark: "Barbara Ascher has a serious mind and the gift of a light touch."
ASIN: 0960097767
VSKU: LFV.0960097767.A
Condition: Acceptable
Author/Artist:Ascher, Barbara
Binding: Paperback
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Condition Notes: Book is in acceptable condition. May have shelf wear, edge wear, and spine wear, but a very readable copy. May not come with supplemental materials if applicable. Does not include original dustcover jacket. Possibly Ex Library Copy