The Book of Grief and Hamburgers

Name: The Book of Grief and Hamburgers
Brand: Findaway
Availability: InStock
Author: Stuart Ross
ISBN: 9781773059921

Author: Stuart Ross

Narrator: Stuart Ross

Unabridged: 2 hr 14 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: ECW Press

Published: 04/05/2022

Categories: Nonfiction, Biography & Autobiography, Memoirs, Social Science, Judaism

Synopsis

A poignant meditation on mortality from a beloved Canadian poet A writer friend once pointed out that whenever Stuart Ross got close to something heavy and “real” in a poem, a hamburger would inevitably appear for comic relief. In this hybrid essay/memoir/poetic meditation, Ross shoves aside the heaping plate of burgers to wrestle with what it means to grieve the people one loves and what it means to go on living in the face of an enormous accumulation of loss. Written during the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, shortly after the sudden death of his brother left him the last living member of his family and as a catastrophic diagnosis meant anticipating the death of his closest friend, this meditation on mortality — a kind of literary shiva — is Ross’s most personal book to date. More than a catalogue of losses, The Book of Grief and Hamburgers is a moving act of resistance against self-annihilation and a desperate attempt to embrace all that was good in his relationships with those most dear to him.

Reviews

Goodreads review by karen on April 12, 2022

What is grief? Is this grief? i picked this book up on the first day of april, thinking it would be a fine way to celebrate the start of national poetry month. turns out, it was a fine way to celebrate april fool's day, because this is not a poetry collection. i don't know why i assumed this was poet......more

Goodreads review by Dave on April 17, 2022

Wait: Am I grieving yet? Grief and Hamburgers is ultimately a good book about grief, but it took me a little while to get the hang of it. . . or the sizzle of it. As you get older you lose more and more of your friends and family and Stuart Ross makes this clear. The hamburgers? Over the years, Ross......more

Goodreads review by Elizabeth on September 24, 2023

This is beautiful. A friend sent this to me, knowing that I've had a tough year, full of sadness and grief. It was exactly what I needed. If you've lost people in your life and "good vibes only" isn't working for you, reading Stuart Ross's own struggles with knowing how to grieve and process the mor......more

Goodreads review by Lynn on May 24, 2022

I did not know what to expect when I began this book. The vulnerability displayed was unexpected. I felt like Stuart Ross was personally talking to his reader(s), each and every one of us, sharing precious moments. I'm so use to Ross's zany phrasing and surreal approach to poems, yet even the insert......more

Goodreads review by Tina on March 19, 2022

I really enjoyed listening to this audiobook narrated by the author! THE BOOK OF GRIEF AND HAMBURGERS by Stuart Ross is an emotionally devastating yet humorous book as he shares his thoughts on losing friends and family. A whole book about grief is very heavy to read and I appreciated all the hambur......more