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Us, After

A Memoir of Love and Suicide

by Rachel Zimmerman
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"This poignant, soul-baring memoir is truly one of the most moving accounts of grief, loss and resilience that I've read." — Tara Parker-Pope, The Washington Post "Masterfully written and compelling... Zimmerman's book is a marvelous feat; I stayed up all night reading it." — Deesha Philyaw, author, The Secret Lives of Church Ladies "Us, After is one of the best memoirs I have read in a very long time. It is poetic and lyrical, unflinching, and a testament to the strength of the human soul...We bleed for Zimmerman and her two daughters. We laugh and cry with them. And ultimately we marvel at their strength and resilience." — Buzz Bissinger, author, Friday Night Lights When a state trooper appeared at Rachel Zimmerman's door to report that her husband had jumped to his death off a nearby bridge, she fell to her knees, unable to fully absorb the news. How could the man she married, a devoted father and robotics professor at MIT, have committed such a violent act? How would she explain this to her young daughters? And could she have stopped him? A longtime journalist, she probed obsessively, believing answers would help her survive. She interviewed doctors, suicide researchers and a man who jumped off the same bridge and lived. Us, After examines domestic devastation and resurgence, digging into the struggle between public and private selves, life's shifting perspectives, the work of motherhood, and the secrets we keep. In this memoir, Zimmerman confronts the unimaginable and discovers the good in what remains.

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    June 30, 2024

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      • ISBN: 9781951631369

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      • ISBN: 9781951631369
      • File size: 1431 KB

  • Languages

    • English

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    • Library Journal

      Starred review from March 1, 2024

      Award-winning journalist Zimmerman (coauthor, The Healing Power of Storytelling) reflects on her personal journey in coping with the loss of her husband, MIT robotics professor Seth Teller, in 2014. The ebb and flow of life and death wash over the pages of her memoir. She switches from her reporter's perspective (interrogating why her husband and so many others die by suicide) to writing about her personal mourning for not only the person that he was but for the life she and her two daughters had with him. From treasured memories of her husband and family life to her feeling survivor's guilt, her book's vignettes offer a glimpse into how she navigated the daily demands of life with her daughters and discovered a new path to hope. This book's topic is a heavy one, but it's ultimately a narrative of resilience, detailing how Zimmerman and her two young daughters survived devastating loss to rebuild their lives and find love anew. VERDICT Readers who have experienced grief will find comfort in this deeply moving memoir of love and loss.--Donna Marie Smith

      Copyright 2024 Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.

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