(Memoir, 160 pp. 2024)
French rabbi Delphine Horvilleur’s very approachable stories about her own experiences sharing individuals’ loss and mourning, venture from sincere compassion to the pragmatics of preparing herself and others to face death, burial, and open-ended grief. The book won France’s 2021 Babelio Prize for nonfiction. Sensitive and true, the stories offer beautiful insights into the extraordinariness of real people’s normal lives at their most vulnerable moments.
Review in Kirkus Reviews, February 10, 2024
Review by Lauren Kramer, Jewish Book Council, May 6, 2024
Review by Emily Barton, Tablet Magazine, June 2, 2024
Review by Matt Henderson, Winnipeg Free Press, May 18, 2024
Review by Rabbi Rachel Esserman, The Reporter, May 30, 2024
Review by Howard Freedman, J. The Jewish News of Northern California, July 17, 2024
Interview with the author, Toronto Public Library, May 23, 2024 (video)
Interview with the author by Virginie Larousse, Le Monde, October 16, 2023
