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Falling Out of Time by David Grossman (view source)
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Indeed, like an endlessly peeling onion, grief keeps on affecting these characters. Grossman offers no hope of pain disappearing or even decreasing, but he acknowledges that it changes over time: 'his death – it swells, / abates, / fulminates.' He wrote the book between 2009 and 2011; by that point five years had passed since his son's death. Though it can be read in one sitting, this is a novel that continues affecting you long after you put it down. It is no 'easy' read emotionally, but you cannot help but admire Grossman for giving a voice to his loss.
Further reading suggestion: [[To the End of the Land by David Grossman|To the End of Timethe Land]] is Grossman's masterpiece. [[The Grief of Others by Leah Hager Cohen]] also tackles the loss of a child.
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