Widowed at 34, Tre Miller Rodriguez finds New York life difficult to bear, so she sets off to travel the world, her husband's ashes in hand. This spontaneous act becomes a self-searching journey,one that ultimately brings Rodriguez to reunite with the daughter she gave up for adoption at 18.
Story of a woman turning grief into courage...Blogospheric immediacy charges the book's pages. At once touching and shockingly stark...Gripping, real. —Publishers Weekly
No other book entangles romance and grief in such an urgent and beautiful way. Tr? Miller Rodr?guez writes as she lives: with breathless poise, unmatched style and fierce bravery.
—Claire Bidwell Smith, author of
The Rules of Inheritance Splitting the Differenceis a story of love and loss told with flair, ballsy bravado and unflinching honesty.
—Susan Shapiro, author of
5 Men Who Broke My HeartContents
Sunday Mourning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Dumb Sh*% People Say . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
I’m the White Elephant in the Room? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Ring on the Right Hand . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
The Cruelest Month . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Meltdowns & Melanoma . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Fight or Flight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
Travel as Prozac . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
(Not) Home for the Holidays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
Lost & Found in Brazil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
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