| Epilogue: A Memoir Contributor(s): Roiphe, Anne (Author) |
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ISBN: 0061254630 ISBN-13: 9780061254635 Publisher: Harper Perennial OUR PRICE: $14.24 Product Type: Paperback Published: September 2009 Annotation: Anne Roiphe was not quite seventy years old when her husband of nearly forty years unexpectedly passed away. But it was not until her daughters placed a personal ad in a literary journal that Roiphe began to consider the previously unimagined possibility of a new man. Eloquent and astute, moving between heartbreaking memories of her marriage and the pressing needs of a new day-to-day routine, "Epilogue" takes us on her journey into the unknown world of life after love. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography | Personal Memoirs - Family & Relationships | Death, Grief, Bereavement - Self-help | Death, Grief, Bereavement |
| Dewey: B |
| LCCN: 2008034530 |
| Physical Information: 0.59" H x 5.34" W x 7.92" (0.38 lbs) 224 pages |
| Themes: - Topical - Death/Dying - Sex & Gender - Feminine |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: From Anne Roiphe, the critically acclaimed author of Fruitful, comes the New York Times bestselling Epilogue, a beautiful memoir about death, life, and widowhood. Roiphe explores what happened when, at age 70, she lost her husband of 40 years. Moving between heartbreaking memories of her marriage and the pressing needs of a new day-to-day routine, Epilogue takes readers on her journey into the unknown world of life after love. |
Contributor Bio(s): Roiphe, Anne: - 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. |