EPISODE · Jan 16, 2026 · 9 MIN
"Memorial Day" by Geraldine Brooks
from All About Books · host Nebraska Public Media
The writer Geraldine Brooks received a phone call from an ER doctor that her husband, journalist and author Tony Horwitz, had died walking down a sidewalk in Washington D.C. In the scramble to deal with the immediate demands of her husband’s death, Brooks had no chance to truly grieve. Her book "Memorial Day” is a memoir of sudden loss and the journey towards peace.
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