ACT's THE YEAR OF MAGICAL THINKING: Beyond the Theatre
A Contemporary Theatre presents PASS OVER by Antoinette Nwandu from May 31 to June 23, 2019. Librarians at The Seattle Public Library created this resource list of books, music, and films to enhance your experience of the show.
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On Grief & Grieving
Psychiatrist Kübler-Ross' groundbreaking work on death, dying and the five stages of grief made her a household name. An essential text on grief.
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A Grief Observed
Written after his wife's untimely death from cancer, "A GRIEF OBSERVED is C.S. Lewis's honest reflection on the fundamental issues of life, death, and faith in the midst of loss."-- Harper
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Beloved
A young woman escapes slavery but is haunted by the ghost of her dead child in this moving Pulitzer Prize-winning novel that plumbs the depths of slavery’s traumatic and corrosive impact on individuals and society. --SeattleNonFicLibrarians
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Lincoln in the Bardo
Saunders’ boldly imagined, exquisitely sensitive, and sharply funny historical and metaphysical drama pivots on President Lincoln’s grief over the death of his young son, Willie, as the cemetery’s dead tell their stories in a wild and wily improvisation on the afterlife.--SeattleNonFicLibrarians
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The Rules of Inheritance
Journalist and psychotherapist Bidwell's memoir chronicles her experiences when, as a 14-year-old only child, both her parents are diagnosed with cancer. This "direct and unflinching memoir is Claire's account of how she coped (or didn't cope)...Pared down prose makes this an intense and affecting little book." -- Guardian
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