{"product_id":"9781950539772","title":"The Loved Ones","description":"Author: Madison Davis\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781950539772\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Dzanc Books\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 19 Oct 2023\u003cbr\u003ePages: \u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the Dzanc Nonfiction Prize, \u003ci\u003eThe Loved Ones\u003c\/i\u003e presents an intimate portrait of family grief, for fans of Maggie Nelson's \u003ci\u003eJane: A Murder \u003c\/i\u003eand Kristin Prevallet's \u003ci\u003eI, Afterlife\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThere are so many ways to bury the dead. In an autobiographical series of essays,\u003ci\u003e The Loved Ones \u003c\/i\u003eexplores the deaths of four family members across three generations: an inexplicable double murder, a fatal car accident, a long illness, and a conscripted solider killed in action.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePiece by piece, each essay explores the death a loved one in a collage of vignettes: the loss, the aftermath, the funerals, and the rituals used to say goodbye to the body. As the investigation deepens, Davis lines up other forms of death-capital punishment and murder; medically-assisted suicide and \"natural\" death from disease; military conscription and \"freak accident\"-to see what comes to the surface.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Loved Ones\u003c\/i\u003e is about the intricate reality of grief, the instability of time and memory in the face of loss, and the feeling of being left behind still living. It asks, what does it mean to bury our loved ones when our only desire is to never let them go?\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46867133497502,"sku":"ADS-9781950539772","price":29.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9781950539772.jpg?v=1779430714","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9781950539772","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}