Thursday, November 12, 2015

A Son's Stirring Memoir of His Father's Death


Off the Shelf
By Hilary Krutt    |   Wednesday, November 11, 2015
There is no solace in pain but the promise of its end. The old cliché that time heals all wounds holds court over our suffering. But if we do not fully comprehend the source of our pain, if questions remain in our hearts and doubts linger in our minds, there can be no reprieve. As Michael Hainey writes in his disquietingly powerful memoir After Visiting Friends, “It’s our human need—to circle back to the stations of our sorrow.” READ MORE

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