{"product_id":"guesswork-martha-cooley-9781936787463","title":"Guesswork: A Reckoning with Loss","description":"\u003cb\u003e\"[A] splendid and subtle memoir in essays\" --\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHaving lost eight friends in ten years, Cooley retreats to a tiny medieval village in Italy with her husband. There, in a rural paradise where bumblebees nest in the ancient cemetery and stray cats curl up on her bed, she examines a question both easily evaded and unavoidable: mortality. How do we grieve? How do we go on drinking our morning coffee, loving our life partners, stumbling through a world of such confusing, exquisite beauty? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLinking the essays is Cooley's escalating understanding of another loss on the way, that of her ailing mother back in the States. Blind since Cooley's childhood, her mother relies on dry wit to ward off grief and pity. There seems no way for the two of them to discuss her impending death. But somehow, by the end, Cooley finds the words, each one graceful and wrenching. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePart memoir, part loving goodbye to an unconventional parent, \u003ci\u003eGuesswork\u003c\/i\u003e transforms a year in a pastoral hill town into a fierce examination of life, love, death, and, ultimately, release.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Martha Cooley\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1936787466\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781936787463\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Catapult\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/25\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 192\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.55lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.20h x 5.40w x 0.60d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/16\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/01\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eShelf Awareness\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/16\/2017","brand":"Martha Cooley","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47759854633215,"sku":"9781936787463","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_c16ea10a-cc84-4c5c-9474-90e568d26403.jpg?v=1765512981","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/guesswork-martha-cooley-9781936787463","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}