Without Her

A Chronicle of Grief

Rebecca Spiegel

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Milkweed Editions
02 January 2025

Memoirs; Coping with death & bereavement; Family & relationships

""What is comfort but a filament between past and present with some sort of future implied? In other words, safety. In other words, care. I know it is possible to find these things without her-I know they are there. But it can be so hard to ask. So much is unknown.""

Rebecca Spiegel is working as a teacher in New Orleans when she learns of her sister's suicide. Only after the funeral does shock give way to grief-and to many questions. How could Emily do this to herself? How could she have abandoned all those who loved her? And what could have been done differently to prevent this devastating loss?

In the days and weeks that follow, Spiegel embarks on a search for answers. She unpacks family history, documents the last traces of her sister's life, and questions what more she could have done to prevent her death. What she finds instead is that there is no narrative on the other side of grief like this. There is no answer, no easy resolution-only those that leave and those that keep living. Unflinchingly honest, visceral, and raw, this courageous elegy lays bare the hard realities of surviving the loss of a loved one.

By: Rebecca Spiegel
Imprint: Milkweed Editions
Country of Publication: United States
Edition: Paperback original
Dimensions: Height: 215mm, Width: 139mm,
ISBN: 9781571311962
ISBN 10: 1571311963
Pages: 256
Publication Date: 02 January 2025
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Rebecca SpiegelShe holds an MFA in creative writing from the University of North Carolina Wilmington, and Without Her is her first book.

Reviews for Without Her: A Chronicle of Grief

Praise for Without Her“Without Her is one of the most sensitive, profound, and honest accounts of grief and suicide loss I’ve ever encountered. In beautiful and bracingly direct prose, Spiegel describes the indescribable experience of losing someone who has shaped your very sense of self. This book is a gift to those seeking to understand what it’s like to sift through the unanswerable questions left in the wake of a loved one’s suicide, or to anyone trying to keep going after losing someone they don’t know how to live without.” —Chris Stedman, author of IRL “Without Her is a poignant memoir offered up in the tiny chunks of noticing that often accompany sudden grief. I swallowed Rebecca Spiegel’s book in one long gulp. Spiegel’s memories are so detailed I can’t help but sit beside her in her loss. This clear-eyed reckoning offers me a path toward understanding what always exists on the other side of grief: the joyful fact of a deep and abiding love.”—Camille Dungy, author of Soil