Aftermath
Sandra M. Gilbert
Collects poems on loss and the author's grief over the sudden death of her partner, and also includes wry meditations on aging and its delights and discontents.
Read Time: ~2.4 hr
The blue dress
by Alison Townsend (2003)
About this book
The author meditates on loss--childhood bereavement, depression, divorce--to arrive at the realization that it is through loss that we come to possess some of life's most profound gifts.
Setting / LocationGlobal
Story EraModern Era
Protagonist / CoreThe blue dress Lead Character
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