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We That Are Left, by Clare Clark
When a loved one dies, their story ends. Their bereaved, however, have to find a way to continue with their own stories. After the Melville family loses their favorite son in battle in World War I, the pater familias retreats into scholarship and Lady Melville spends money on mediums. Clare Clark’s We That Are Left focuses on two (more or less) bereaved characters while also showing how others get lost in grief. It follows them from just before the war to about 1920. The two rarely meet (which may frustrate some readers), but their parallel lives are studies in filial duty, selfishness, and self-determination...
Read the rest of my review at A Bookish Type.
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