Joy rides through the tunnel of grief : a memoir
(Book)
Author
Published
Athens, Georgia : The University of Georgia Press, [2023].
ISBN
9780820365473, 0820365475
Physical Desc
xii, 230 pages ; 22 cm
Status
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Needham - New Books | BIOGRAPHY Nelson 2023 | On Shelf |
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Published
Athens, Georgia : The University of Georgia Press, [2023].
Format
Book
Language
English
ISBN
9780820365473, 0820365475
Notes
Description
"Joy Rides through the Tunnel of Grief is a compelling memoir in essays by Jessica Hendry Nelson. When Nelson's father died from an accident caused by complications of alcoholism, she knew immediately she had inherited his love-that it left his body, traveled through the air, and entered her own. And so, she needed a place to put it. She needed to know what to do with it, how not to waste it, how to make something with it, how to honor it and put language to it. So, she placed it with her brother, Eric, whose opioid addiction made his death feel always imminent. With her partner, Nick, together for thirteen years. With her exhausted, nicotine-addicted mother, her best friend Jessie, women at the gym she never met but loved completely. But mostly with her future child, the one she does not yet have but deeply wants. The child who is both the question of love-and the answer to it. So, when Nick suddenly confesses that he does not want to have children-not with her, not ever-the someday vessel for her boundless and insatiable love hunger swiftly disappears, taking with it a fundamental promise of her life: motherhood. Joy Rides through the Tunnel of Grief catalyzes from this place. Fluidly navigating through past, present, and future, Nelson asks: Where does her desire to have a child come from? Are the imperatives to make art and to make a child born from the same searching place? Are they both masked and misguided attempts to thwart death? Nelson investigates the tremulous makings and unmakings of our most intense and fragile bonds-family, friends, lovers-with searing insight, humor, and tenderness"--,Provided by publisher.
Awards
The Sue William Silverman prize for creative nonfiction
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Nelson, J. H. (2023). Joy rides through the tunnel of grief: a memoir . The University of Georgia Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Nelson, Jessica Hendry. 2023. Joy Rides Through the Tunnel of Grief: A Memoir. The University of Georgia Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Nelson, Jessica Hendry. Joy Rides Through the Tunnel of Grief: A Memoir The University of Georgia Press, 2023.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Nelson, Jessica Hendry. Joy Rides Through the Tunnel of Grief: A Memoir The University of Georgia Press, 2023.
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