Anne Roiphe's seventeen books include Fruitful, a finalist for the National Book Award. She has written for the New York Times, the New York Observer, Vogue, Elle, Redbook, Parents, and The Guardian, and is a contributing editor to the Jerusalem Report. She lives in New York City.
"[A] raw, painful, and yet occasionally comic memoir. . . . [Roiphe] isn't reticent about taking off the bandages and showing us the extent and depth of her injuries. . . . The moving, immeasurably sad story of the aftermath of an irreplaceable relationship." - New York Times Book Review"[A] deeply honest memoir. . . . Written in a brief, simple style reminiscent of a personal journal. . . . [Roiphe] poignantly shares the roller-coaster ride of grief. . . . Roiphe honestly reveals the painful yet predictable thoughts and emotions of grieving." - Philadelphia Inquirer"[Roiphe's] willingness to expose her uncertainties is brave and moving. . . . A reader may cry, too." - Boston Globe"Each word seems like the individual beat of a human heart. . . . As fragile and as haunting as memory itself." - Kirkus Reviews (starred)"In poignant flashes of everyday moments and memories, Roiphe tells an unflinching and unsentimental story of widowhood's stupefying disquiet, of surviving love and living on." - Publishers Weekly (starred review)"A searing memoir. . . . [Roiphe] celebrates the wondrous and paralyzing nature of life. . . . Roiphe fights hard to walk tall. . . . Epilogue is an elegant case study. Ultimately it's a beautifully written tale of a life reclaimed." - USA Today"Radiates with raw emotion and is both painful to read and terrifying to consider. . . . No one can really prepare a woman for this passage in life, but Roiphe's luminous memoir is a beacon of help and, ultimately, hope." - Booklist
"Grief is in two parts," writes Roiphe (Fruitful; 1185 Park Avenue). "The first is loss. The second is the remaking of life." In her new memoir of late-life widowhood, she encounters the latter. Roiphe's husband, "H" (Herman), died of a heart attack after 39 years of marriage. He left stacks of publications forwarded from his office that she can't help reading--psychoanalytic case histories in which patients are known only by initials. She lives in a stunned, rhythmless disconnect, unsure how to mark time, sleep or stave off fear and loneliness. Thoughts of suicide comfort her as her former sense of independence evaporates. She struggles to manage her finances, decide where to live, keep up with the contents of her refrigerator and learn countless tasks that had always been H's. Courtship, sex and gender roles confound her as she ventures to date men she meets through Match.com and the personal ad that her daughters place on her behalf. She considers her role in her family, her circle of friends, her new "sisterhood" of widows and the broader world in which she has "no right to complain." In poignant flashes of everyday moments and memories, Roiphe tells an unflinching and unsentimental story of widowhood's stupefying disquiet, of surviving love and living on. (Sept.) Copyright 2008 Reed Business Information.
"In poignant flashes of everyday moments and memories, Roiphe tells an unflinching and unsentimental story of widowhood's stupefying disquiet, of surviving love and living on." -- Publishers Weekly (starred review)"Each word seems like the individual beat of a human heart. . . . As fragile and as haunting as memory itself." -- Kirkus Reviews (starred)"Radiates with raw emotion and is both painful to read and terrifying to consider. . . . No one can really prepare a woman for this passage in life, but Roiphe's luminous memoir is a beacon of help and, ultimately, hope." -- Booklist
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