Wednesday Weekly Blogging Challenge: Books That Deal with Tough Topics (Grief & Loss)

 

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Here we are on the last Wednesday in August. I hope the month was good to you. 

This week's topic is all about books that deal with tough topics. There are so many tough topics, but I decided to focus my list on books that deal with grief and loss. 

The Fault in Our Stars by John Green tells the story of Hazel and Augustus, who meet at the Cancer Kid Support Group. In addition to the loss of their young adulthood caused by their illnesses, [SPOILER AHEAD]Hazel experiences intense grief with the loss of Gus. 

Death is the first-person narrator of The Book Thief by Markus Zusak. As World War II toils on, Death becomes overwhelmed by the loss of life. 

The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion is her memoir of navigating the days and months after her husband's fatal heart attack, within days of their daughter being admitted to the hospital with a life-threatening illness. 

C.S. Lewis wrote A Grief Observed as he journeyed through the valley of grief and loss after his wife's death from cancer. 

Laura Carney was a thirty-something journalist when she discovered her late father's bucket list. In My Father's List, Carney embarks upon a six-year journey to complete her father's bucket list. I've met Laura, and she truly is an inspiration.