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nonfiction/memoir - love, grief after sudden loss of husband (author is Chinese/British-Canadian).

not quite written "in verse" but the chapters are short, with short sentences/paragraphs formatted in a way that is super readable and very poetic in a modern way. When I casually picked it up, thinking I was not currently in the mood for a "grief memoir," I took in the first chapter in one glance and was instantly pulled in--so I ended up starting this one earlier than expected, and then just had to keep reading until I'd finished it.

These pages are filled with so much love intertwined with the heartwrenching pain of having one's life so unexpectedly, irrevocably turned upside down--and also provide a realistic picture of grief (unlike the commonly held misconceptions that the author learns are false).

See also the graphic memoir In Waves by AJ Dungo, about the death of his partner at a young age.… (plus d'informations)