Good grief : embracing life at a time of death

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Label

Good grief : embracing life at a time of death

Title remainder

embracing life at a time of death

Statement of responsibility

Catherine Mayer and Anne Mayer Bird

Creator

• Mayer, Catherine

Contributor

• Mayer Bird, Anne

Author

• Mayer, Catherine
• Mayer Bird, Anne

Subject

• Mayer Bird, Anne
• Mayer, Catherine
• Widowhood
• COVID-19 (Disease)
• Widows -- Biography
• Gill, Andy -- Death and burial
• Grief

Genre

• Biography

Language

eng

Summary

Catherine Mayer and her mother, Anne Mayer Bird, lost their beloved husbands just 41 days apart on the eve of the pandemic. Entering the nation-wide lockdown as new widows, they began meeting every week (socially distanced and in masks) as Catherine cared for her mother and both women learned to navigate loss, and the startling questions and challenges that confronted them. In this book, Catherine investigates the possibility that her husband, musician Andy Gill, contracted Covid-19 when his band toured China. Her main focus, however, is not on death, but life and love. Her accounts of lives well lived is interwoven with letters Anne wrote to her husband John to tell him of the events since his death. In sharing their insights and experiences, Catherine and Anne aim to help those who have lost people or who wish to know how best to support others in such circumstances. They also celebrate love -- for John, Andy, and each other

Biography type

autobiography

Cataloging source

SALS

Dewey number

155.937

Index

no index present

Literary form

non fiction

Target audience

adult