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The Light of the World: A Memoir
by Elizabeth Alexander
I didn't know what to expect from this book at ALL. I had seen Anne Bogel talk about it on her blog (and maybe on the podcast?) and to be honest, the cover design turned me off a little bit. But, I grabbed it from the library and decided to pick it up the other night and was so pleasantly surprised by it. The writing is poetic and beautiful and so incredibly moving-- it's the story of the death of the author's husband, and it's powerful and humbling. It reads like absolutely gorgeous poetry and I didn't want to put it down. I can't relate to anything about the story, but I loved reading about their love and marriage and Alexander's process of healing after loss. It's a must-read memoir.