Grief... A Comedy

First book to make my cry in 2025. Alison tells the story with such love and humor, I feel like I knew and loved Bhima myself. More impressively, however, was how in the face of his death she was able to not only maintain that voice but amplify it. This book was funny and sad and, although cliche, m......more

How do you write about grief without getting swallowed by it? Grief… A Comedy pulls off the nearly impossible: it finds real, warm, laugh-out-loud light in the shadow of profound loss. Alison’s story is both intimate and universal. In the wake of a life-changing love and a devastating loss, she begin......more

How do you write about grief without getting swallowed by it? Grief… A Comedy pulls off the nearly impossible: it finds light—real, warm, laugh-out-loud light—in the shadow of devastating loss. Alison’s story is at once intimate and universal. After falling deeply in love later in life, she loses Bhi......more

Alison's book takes a true look at grief and life in a bold and new approach. Instead of playing the victim of some of life's brutal moments (first husband loosing all their money for instance), she shows how she finds peace/joy in her life when meeting Bhima. From there, you get to follow along as......more

larkin somehow turns what is objectively a tragic story into a narrative that left me feeling hopeful. she is so funny, and her voice really shines through in this. her descriptions of loss and grief are so profound but so simple. i think this juxtaposition works really well to get her point across......more