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With sharp wit and heartfelt honesty, Sloane Crosley’s memoir delves into the many facets of loss following the death of her closest friend.

How do we go on without the people we love? After losing her best friend to suicide, Sloane Crosley embarks on a search for understanding, turning to philosophy and art for guidance beyond the standard stages of grief.

For years, Sloane and Russell were inseparable, working alongside each other and sharing the experiences of literary life and an ever-changing New York City. Then, Sloane’s apartment is burglarized, stripping her not only of valuables but also of her sense of safety, leaving behind an unanswered mystery. Exactly one month later, Russell dies, sending Sloane on an urgent journey to make sense of the inexplicable and to examine the concepts of family, ownership, and loss—all while the city around her grapples with the devastating effects of the pandemic.

With candor, dark humor, and deep compassion, Crosley reshapes the traditional grief memoir. *Grief Is for People* is an exploration of how we hold onto the past without letting it overpower us. A modern elegy, the book offers both comfort and confrontation, redefining what it means to mourn in a world already steeped in grief.