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All Set for Black, Thanks : A New Look at Mourning by Miriam Weinstein (2016, Trade Paperback)

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Product Identifiers

PublisherShe Writes Press

ISBN-101631521098

ISBN-139781631521096

eBay Product ID (ePID)219405747

Product Key Features

Book TitleAll Set for Black, Thanks : a New Look at Mourning

Number of Pages224 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2016

TopicDeath, Grief, Bereavement, Personal Memoirs, Customs & Traditions, Form / Essays

GenreFamily & Relationships, Social Science, Biography & Autobiography, Humor

AuthorMiriam Weinstein

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Length8.5 in

Item Width5.5 in

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Intended AudienceTrade

LCCN2016-932854

Reviews"Who knew I'd find a collection of essays about death to be shockingly funny? I should have known--given the collection's title, All Set for Black, Thanks , and the cover, which is a Vogue -ish drawing of some little-black-going-to-a-funeral dresses. But of course Miriam Weinstein's new book is also touching, for the what-to-wear dilemmas she addresses are surrounded by evocative descriptions of how loved one's react at life's passing. These are intensely personal essays about death written by an introspective woman with a keen gift for outré and, dare I say 'cheering,' gab." -Rebecca Coffey, author of Hysterical "With grace and keen wit Miriam Weinstein provides a survivor's manual for all who face loss. Colleagues, friends, and loved ones die frequently in her account. This book is a love letter to them, as well as a guide to those left behind. Weinstein teaches us how to mourn as well as how to embrace the gift of life that is still ours." -Daniel Jacobs, Director, Center for Advanced Psychoanalytic Studies " All Set for Black, Thanks is an important contribution to grief literature. By nimbly straddling memoir and self-help, Miriam Weinstein reveals both the universal and personal road we all must travel when we lose someone we deeply loved." -Allison Gilbert, author of Passed and Present: Keeping Memories of Loved Ones Alive and Always Too Soon: Voices of Support for Those Who Have Lost Both Parents, "Who knew I'd find a collection of essays about death to be shockingly funny? I should have known--given the collection's title, All Set for Black, Thanks , and the cover, which is a Vogue -ish drawing of some little-black-going-to-a-funeral dresses. But of course Miriam Weinstein's new book is also touching, for the what-to-wear dilemmas she addresses are surrounded by evocative descriptions of how loved one's react at life's passing. These are intensely personal essays about death written by an introspective woman with a keen gift for outr and, dare I say 'cheering,' gab." -Rebecca Coffey, author of Hysterical "With grace and keen wit Miriam Weinstein provides a survivor's manual for all who face loss. Colleagues, friends, and loved ones die frequently in her account. This book is a love letter to them, as well as a guide to those left behind. Weinstein teaches us how to mourn as well as how to embrace the gift of life that is still ours." -Daniel Jacobs, Director, Center for Advanced Psychoanalytic Studies " All Set for Black, Thanks is an important contribution to grief literature. By nimbly straddling memoir and self-help, Miriam Weinstein reveals both the universal and personal road we all must travel when we lose someone we deeply loved." -Allison Gilbert, author of Passed and Present: Keeping Memories of Loved Ones Alive and Always Too Soon: Voices of Support for Those Who Have Lost Both Parents " All Set for Black , Thanks takes mourning out of the closet as we follow Miriam Weinstein through a year of funerals, shivas, casseroles and eulogies. We see loss and the rituals that surround it through her wry, resilient, wise lens, feeling almost guilty when we can't help laughing. Weinstein's little black dress allows you to be your true vulnerable self in the face of what we fear the most. Put it on! You'll be surprised." -Sally Ryder Brady, Author, A Box of Darkness, "Who knew I'd find a collection of essays about death to be shockingly funny? I should have known--given the collection's title, All Set for Black, Thanks , and the cover, which is a Vogue -ish drawing of some little-black-going-to-a-funeral dresses. But of course Miriam Weinstein's new book is also touching, for the what-to-wear dilemmas she addresses are surrounded by evocative descriptions of how loved one's react at life's passing. These are intensely personal essays about death written by an introspective woman with a keen gift for outré and, dare I say 'cheering,' gab." -Rebecca Coffey, author of Hysterical, "Who knew I'd find a collection of essays about death to be shockingly funny? I should have known--given the collection's title, All Set for Black, Thanks , and the cover, which is a Vogue -ish drawing of some little-black-going-to-a-funeral dresses. But of course Miriam Weinstein's new book is also touching, for the what-to-wear dilemmas she addresses are surrounded by evocative descriptions of how loved one's react at life's passing. These are intensely personal essays about death written by an introspective woman with a keen gift for outré and, dare I say 'cheering,' gab." --Rebecca Coffey, author of Hysterical "With grace and keen wit Miriam Weinstein provides a survivor's manual for all who face loss. Colleagues, friends, and loved ones die frequently in her account. This book is a love letter to them, as well as a guide to those left behind. Weinstein teaches us how to mourn as well as how to embrace the gift of life that is still ours." --Daniel Jacobs, Director, Center for Advanced Psychoanalytic Studies " All Set for Black, Thanks is an important contribution to grief literature. By nimbly straddling memoir and self-help, Miriam Weinstein reveals both the universal and personal road we all must travel when we lose someone we deeply loved." --Allison Gilbert, author of Passed and Present: Keeping Memories of Loved Ones Alive and Always Too Soon: Voices of Support for Those Who Have Lost Both Parents " All Set for Black , Thanks takes mourning out of the closet as we follow Miriam Weinstein through a year of funerals, shivas, casseroles and eulogies. We see loss and the rituals that surround it through her wry, resilient, wise lens, feeling almost guilty when we can't help laughing. Weinstein's little black dress allows you to be your true vulnerable self in the face of what we fear the most. Put it on! You'll be surprised." --Sally Ryder Brady, Author, A Box of Darkness, "Who knew I'd find a collection of essays about death to be shockingly funny? I should have known--given the collection's title, All Set for Black, Thanks , and the cover, which is a Vogue -ish drawing of some little-black-going-to-a-funeral dresses. But of course Miriam Weinstein's new book is also touching, for the what-to-wear dilemmas she addresses are surrounded by evocative descriptions of how loved one's react at life's passing. These are intensely personal essays about death written by an introspective woman with a keen gift for outré and, dare I say 'cheering,' gab." -Rebecca Coffey, author of Hysterical "With grace and keen wit Miriam Weinstein provides a survivor's manual for all who face loss. Colleagues, friends, and loved ones die frequently in her account. This book is a love letter to them, as well as a guide to those left behind. Weinstein teaches us how to mourn as well as how to embrace the gift of life that is still ours." -Daniel Jacobs, Director, Center for Advanced Psychoanalytic Studies " All Set for Black, Thanks is an important contribution to grief literature. By nimbly straddling memoir and self-help, Miriam Weinstein reveals both the universal and personal road we all must travel when we lose someone we deeply loved." -Allison Gilbert, author of Passed and Present: Keeping Memories of Loved Ones Alive and Always Too Soon: Voices of Support for Those Who Have Lost Both Parents " All Set for Black , Thanks takes mourning out of the closet as we follow Miriam Weinstein through a year of funerals, shivas, casseroles and eulogies. We see loss and the rituals that surround it through her wry, resilient, wise lens, feeling almost guilty when we can't help laughing. Weinstein's little black dress allows you to be your true vulnerable self in the face of what we fear the most. Put it on! You'll be surprised." -Sally Ryder Brady, Author, A Box of Darkness, "Who knew I'd find a collection of essays about death to be shockingly funny? I should have known--given the collection's title, All Set for Black, Thanks , and the cover, which is a Vogue -ish drawing of some little-black-going-to-a-funeral dresses. But of course Miriam Weinstein's new book is also touching, for the what-to-wear dilemmas she addresses are surrounded by evocative descriptions of how loved one's react at life's passing. It is with sideways glances at family and religious rituals of loss that Weinstein acknowledges sorrow. But some of those customs? Well, they're as hilarious as really awful fashions. These are intensely personal essays about death written by an introspective woman with a keen gift for outré and, dare I say "cheering," gab." -Rebecca Coffey, author of Hysterical, "Who knew I'd find a collection of essays about death to be shockingly funny? I should have known--given the collection's title, All Set for Black, Thanks , and the cover, which is a Vogue -ish drawing of some little-black-going-to-a-funeral dresses. But of course Miriam Weinstein's new book is also touching, for the what-to-wear dilemmas she addresses are surrounded by evocative descriptions of how loved one's react at life's passing. These are intensely personal essays about death written by an introspective woman with a keen gift for outré and, dare I say 'cheering,' gab." -Rebecca Coffey, author of Hysterical "With grace and keen wit Miriam Weinstein provides a survivor's manual for all who face loss. Colleagues, friends, and loved ones die frequently in her account. This book is a love letter to them, as well as a guide to those left behind. Weinstein teaches us how to mourn as well as how to embrace the gift of life that is still ours." -Daniel Jacobs, Director, Center for Advanced Psychoanalytic Studies

Dewey Edition23

Dewey Decimal393/.9

SynopsisA wry, irreverent take on how we mourn, how we remember, and how we keep our dead with us even as we (sort of) let them go., When Miriam Weinstein's good friend died unexpectedly, and other losses followed close behind, it led to a year of introspection and black outfits. All Set For Black, Thanks ditches the sanctimony to give us the help, and the laughs, that we actually need in times of mourning and grief. She explores such topics as how we keep our dead with us even as we learn to let them go; why we should not bring casseroles; how to write the Best Eulogy Ever. Part memoir, part how-to, this book will help you get through the rough bargain of human existence: none of us gets out of here alive, but we live as if the lives of our loved ones had no end.

LC Classification NumberGT3390.W45 2016