Wonder and Loss: A Practical Memoir for Writing about Grief by Meekings, Sam

Wonder and Loss: A Practical Memoir for Writing about Grief (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781350550773)

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Wonder and Loss: A Practical Memoir for Writing about Grief by Meekings, Sam

Wonder and Loss: A Practical Memoir for Writing about Grief

$19.95
Wonder and Loss: A Practical Memoir for Writing about Grief by Meekings, Sam

Wonder and Loss: A Practical Memoir for Writing about Grief

$19.95
Format: Paperback
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A braided memoir that interweaves the author's personal journey through grief with a guide on how to write about it, this book is both Sam Meekings' raw account of the death of his younger brother and a step-by-step breakdown of the memoir writing process. With a twin focus on how to heal and preserve precious memories whilst exploring the mechanics of writing about the self, Wonder and Loss uses personal story, writing theories, useful strategies and detailed prompts to invite the reader to write alongside Sam on a path that is both painful and profound.

One of the most straightforward approaches to writing memoir put to page, Sam Meekings breaks down the craft of personal narrative into understandable steps and considerations, and provides a sequence of actions and suggestions that are both practical and motivating. Allowing readers to take control of their own stories, this book shares references to related works as well as new theories from the worlds of neuroscience, neurology, psychology and creative writing, translating them into processes writers can use to remember those lost and to rediscover themselves. Compellingly honest and an introspective look at the transformation through grief and loss as it's written, readers will learn to both honour and record the memories of those they mourn, and to rediscover the person they are and can be.

Author: Sam Meekings
ISBN-10: 1350550779
ISBN-13: 9781350550773
Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
Language: English
Published: 10/30/2025
Pages: 216
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.00lbs
Size: 9.21h x 6.14w x 1.00d
By Sam Meekings
By Sam Meekings
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Sam Meekings is Associate Professor of Creative Writing at Northwestern University in Qatar. He is the author of Under Fishbone Clouds (2011, called 'a poetic evocation of the country and its people' by the New York Times), The Book of Crows (2012), and The Afterlives of Dr Gachet (2018). He has a PhD in creative writing from Lancaster University, UK, and has taught writing at NYU (Global Campus) and the University of Chichester, UK. He is co-editor of the volumes The Place and the Writer (2021), The Scholarship of Creative Writing (2024) and The Creative Writing Workshop in the 21st Century (2026), all with Bloomsbury Academic. He researches the intersections of trauma and narrative, and the practices and processes of digital storytelling.

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