Black widow : a sad-funny journey through grief for people who normally avoid books with words like "journey" in the title
(Pre-loaded Audio)

Title from container.

"HD."

"Light."

Previously released by Hachette Audio, ℗2020.

Release date supplied by publisher.

Issued on Playaway, a dedicated audio media player.

Read by the author.

"Leslie Gray Streeter is not cut out for widowhood. She's not ready for hushed rooms and pitying looks. She is not ready to stand graveside, dabbing her eyes in a classy black hat. If she had her way she'd wear her favorite curve-hugging leopard-print dress to Scott's funeral; he loved her in that dress! But here she is, having lost her soul mate to a sudden heart attack, totally unsure of how to navigate her new widow lifestyle. ("New widow lifestyle sounds like something you'd find products for on daytime TV, things like comfy tracksuits and compression socks." Wait, is a widow even allowed to make jokes?) Looking at widowhood through the prism of race, mixed marriage, and aging, Black Widow redefines the stages of grief, from coffin shopping to day drinking, to being a grown-ass woman crying for your mommy, to breaking up and making up with God, to facing the fact that life goes on even after the death of the person you were supposed to live it with. While she stumbles toward an uncertain future as a single mother raising a baby with her own widowed mother (plot twist!), Leslie looks back on her love story with Scott, recounting their journey through racism, religious differences, and persistent confusion about what kugel is. Will she find the strength to finish the most important thing that she and Scott started?"--,Provided by publisher.

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