“A painfully beautiful memoir….Written with such restraint as to be both heartbreaking and instructive.”
—E. L. Doctorow
A revered, many times honored (George Polk, Peabody, and Emmy Award winner, to name but a few) journalist, novelist, and playwright, Roger Rosenblatt shares the unforgettable story of the tragedy that changed his life and his family. A book that grew out of his popular … grew out of his popular December 2008 essay in The New Yorker, Making Toast is a moving account of unexpected loss and recovery in the powerful tradition of About Alice and The Year of Magical Thinking. Writer Ann Beattie offers high praise to the acclaimed author of Lapham Rising and Beet for a memoir that is, “written so forthrightly, but so delicately, that you feel you’re a part of this family.”
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This is not fiction, but entertaining story of coping with the unexpected death of a young, vibrant, intelligent doctor, mother and wife. Her parents move in to help take care of 3 young children. Ups and downs and how each family member coped shows the strength of love and family.
The story of grandparents moving in to help take care of the grandchildren after a daughter’s early death.
This book documents the care and loving assistance given by family members in a difficult situation. Two grandparents had the compassion to move in with their deceased daughter’s family to help after her death. It was written with great insight by the grandfather.
A close look at the way different people deal with the death of a loved one. I was very moved.
Love a book i can’t put down and this was one of those. Quick read
Tragic but realistic. How everyone copes with a loss.
It was a life situation I have never experienced. I felt is was realistic and the plot made sense. I was disappointed when it ended. But as time has passed my feelings have changed and I think it was an excellent ending.
This is an inspirational story written by a father whose grown daughter suddenly dies. He and his wife move from New York to the basement in their daughter’s house to help the daughter’s husband raise her children. After being empty nesters for many years, it’s about the adjustments they all have to make in order to hold the family together.
What a writer!
Hard to relate to. didn’t really seem an honest account of a woman’s life.
Well written story by the father of his young adult daughter, also a mother, who died unexpectedly. Emotional to read, my Mom died the day before my 10th birthday.
The sadness in our lives is beautifully written about in this book. It reminds us to live each day to the fullest and say I Love You every day to our loved ones.
How family and friends can make such a difference when tragedy hits.
A bittersweet and tender story with moments that make you laugh out loud.
Well written book dealing with a sudden and unexpected loss,
Easy-to-read, poignant account after a devastating loss.
Initially, I hadn’t noticed that this book was non fiction. As I read I was pulled into the warmth and reality of what I thought to be well written characters, only to realize it’s a true account of one man’s reframing of his life after the sudden death of his daughter. Written with honesty and passion, it journals the way loss changes us forever. Yet it isn’t presenting hopelessness, but a new appreciation for the smallest pieces of our existence.
I think it was cathartic for the author, who lost his daughter, to write this book. Perhaps this story would be greater appreciated by Rosenblatt’s family or those who know them.
Having lost a daughter 17 years ago, and moving to raise her child, I found this book really helpful in sorting old feelings and wonderful memories.
I like the way he writes. It was a true life story of a tragic event in his family and how they came to grips and moved forward. Not what I expected, but enjoyed reading this book very much.