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Disarmingly witty and poignant, Sloane Crosley's memoir explores multiple kinds of loss following the death of her closest friend.Grief Is for People is a deeply moving and surprisingly suspenseful portrait of friendship, and a book about loss packed with verve for life. Sloane Crosley is one of our most renowned observers of contemporary behavior, and now the pathos that has been ever present in her trademark wit is on full display. After the pain and confusion of losing her closest friend to suicide, Crosley looks for answers in friends, philosophy, and art, hoping for a framework more useful than the unavoidable stages of grief. . For most of her adult life, Sloane and Russell worked together and played together as they navigated the corridors of office life, the literary world, and the dramatic cultural shifts in New York City.
About the Author
SLOANE CROSLEY is the author of the New York Times bestselling essay collections "I Was Told There'd Be Cake," a 2009 The Thurber Prize finalist and "How Did You Get This Number" as well as "Look Alive Out There," a 2019 Thurber Prize finalist. Her debut novel, "The Clasp," was a national bestseller and has been optioned for film by Universal Pictures. She lives in New York City.