About this item
Inspired by the website that the New York Times hailed as "redefining mourning," this book is a fresh and irreverent examination into navigating grief and resilience in the age of social media, offering comfort and community for coping with the mess of loss through candid original essays from a variety of voices, accompanied by gorgeous two-color illustrations and wry infographics.At a time when we mourn public figures and national tragedies with hashtags, where intimate posts about loss go viral and we receive automated birthday reminders for dead friends, it's clear we are navigating new terrain without a road map.Let's face it: most of us have always had a difficult time talking about death and sharing our grief. We're awkward and uncertain; we avoid, ignore, or even deny feelings of sadness; we offer platitudes; we send sympathy bouquets whittled out of fruit.
About the Author
Rebecca Soffer is cofounder of Modern Loss, a website and global movement offering creative, meaningful and encouraging content and community addressing the long arc of grief. She is also coauthor of the book MODERN LOSS: CANDID CONVERSATION ABOUT GRIEF. BEGINNERS WELCOME (Harper Wave, 2018) , which debuted as a #1 new release on Amazon and "The Strategist" named a best book on loss for a younger generation. Rebecca is also the author of THE MODERN LOSS HANDBOOK: AN INTERACTIVE GUIDE TO MOVING THROUGH GRIEF AND BUILDING YOUR RESILIENCE (Running Press, 2022) . Rebecca also writes and publisher the Modern Loss newsletter, a long form monthly deep dive into various themes stemming from grief. She has been featured across media, including on "CBS Sunday Morning," NPR, NY1, MSNBC, Fox, and CTV; led retreats at Kripalu; and spoken nationally on loss and resilience at Chicago Ideas Week, HBO, Capital One, SoFi, and Amazon. Her writing has appeared in outlets such as The New York Times, Marie Claire, Glamour and NBC. Rebecca is a former producer for the Peabody Award-winning "The Colbert Report" and a Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism alumna. She lives in New York City and the Berkshires in Western Massachusetts.
