The Mourner's Bestiary -- Eiren Caffall, Hardcover Family / Parenting / Childbirth this memoir is "extraordinary" (Ann

this memoir is "extraordinary" (Ann Patchett) in the way that it reveals how

this is an endlessly fascinating look at American regionalism and the eleven "nations" that continue to shape North America--by the bestselling author of Nations Apart

and the more one fears them

And so "we're alone" is both a fearsome admission and an intimate invitation--we're alone now

With vivid

The Mourner's Bestiary -- Eiren Caffall, Hardcover Family / Parenting / Childbirth this memoir is "extraordinary" (AnnA critically acclaimed literary memoir braiding together environmental research and the personal journey of generational healing, grief, and chronic illness. "Caffall brilliantly parallels her family's suffering with large scale ecological upheaval, maintaining a flicker of hope for the future in both cases. This deserves a wide readership." Publisher's Weekly Starred Review Author Eiren Caffall is the inheritor of a family legacy of two hundred years