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02744aam a2200457 i 4500 001 144FF00AE5FB11EB9DB2ACEA33ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20210716010010 008 210107t20202020enk e 000 0aeng 020 $a 0008436118 020 $a 9780008436117 020 $a 000843610X 020 $a 9780008436100 035 $a (OCoLC)1237420254 040 $a AU@ $b eng $e rda $c AU@ $d OCLCO $d OCLCF $d NZAUC $d IOU $d SILO 082 04 $a 155.9370922 $2 23 100 1 $a Mayer, Catherine, $e author. 245 10 $a Good grief : $b embracing life at a time of death / $c Catherine Mayer and Anne Mayer Bird. 246 30 $a Embracing life at a time of death 264 1 $a London : $b HQ, $c 2020. 300 $a 242 pages ; $c 24 cm. 520 $a 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. 505 0 $a Introduction -- Loss -- Denial -- Death -- The first letter to John -- Aftermath -- The second letter to John -- Three funerals and a memorial -- Eulogies -- The third letter to John -- Sadmin -- The fourth letter to John -- Covid -- The fifth letter to John -- Comfort -- The sixth letter to John -- Love -- A letter from Anne to herself -- In conclusion. 600 10 $a Mayer, Catherine. 600 10 $a Bird, Anne Mayer. 600 10 $a Gill, Andy $x Death and burial. 650 0 $a Grief. 650 0 $a Widowhood. 650 0 $a Widows $v Biography. 650 0 $a COVID-19 (Disease) 655 7 $a Autobiographies. $2 lcgft 700 1 $a Bird, Anne Mayer, $e author. 941 $a 6 952 $l GYPE631 $d 20240626011115.0 952 $l UGPF911 $d 20231207014843.0 952 $l BOPG851 $d 20231010023910.0 952 $l OEPC877 $d 20220707164729.0 $m 306 May 952 $l KLPC566 $d 20210922010318.0 952 $l BAPH771 $d 20210716010038.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=144FF00AE5FB11EB9DB2ACEA33ECA4DB 994 $a C0 $b IOUInitiate Another SILO Locator Search