The Cure for Grief by Nellie Hermann

Description

Bibliographic Details

• Author: Nellie Hermann
• Title: The Cure For Grief
• Publisher: ‎ Scribner; First Scribner Hardcover Edition (August 5, 2008)
• Language: ‎ English
• Format: Hardcover – 272 pages
• ISBN-10: ‎ 1416568239
• ISBN-13: ‎ 978-1416568230
• Item Weight: ‎ 1.1 pounds
• Dimensions: ‎ 6.5 x 1.1 x 9.25 inches
• Book Condition: Used – Fair (shows some discoloration on pages / page edges)
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good
• Edition: Scribner First Hardcover Edition

Synopsis:

Ruby is the youngest child in the tightly knit Bronstein family, a sensitive, observant girl who looks up to her older brothers and is in awe of her stern but gentle father, a Holocaust survivor whose past and deep sense of morality inform the family's life. 

But when Ruby is ten, her eldest brother enters the hospital and emerges as someone she barely recognizes. It is only the first in a startling series of tragedies that befall the Bronsteins and leave Ruby reeling from sorrow and disbelief.

This disarmingly intimate and candid novel follows Ruby through a coming-of-age marked by excruciating loss, one in which the thrills, confusion, and longing of adolescence are heightened by the devastating events that accompany them. As Ruby's family fractures, she finds solace in friendships and the beginnings of romance, in the normalcy of summer camp and the prom. But her anger and heartache shadow these experiences, separating her from those she loves, until she chooses to reconcile what she has lost with whom she has become.

Nellie Hermann's insightful debut is a heartbreakingly authentic story of the enduring potential for resilience and the love that binds a family.

About the Author:

Nellie Hermann was born in Boston, Massachusetts, and is a graduate of Brown University and the MFA program at Columbia University. She teaches creative writing at Columbia University and has taught and lectured widely on the use of creativity in nontraditional contexts. She lives in Brooklyn, NY.