A Death on Paper

A heartening account of how to not only survive, but stay present through annihilating loss, even as everything unravels.

In this breathtaking memoir, Camille Roy pieces together journal entries, notes, and memories, to document the intensely personal experience of losing one’s partner of thirty years. Woven together with the wisdom of her community and chosen kin, she manages to stay open-hearted as her world collapses. Told with the kind of riveting clarity that could cut diamonds, Roy shares the difficult journey of caregiving and loss in this deeply tender, raw, and intimate combination of love letter and goodbye.