{"product_id":"all-my-dead-cats-and-other-losses-practicing-good-grief-in-a-culture-that-fears-mourning-paperback","title":"All My Dead Cats and Other Losses: Practicing Good Grief in a Culture That Fears Mourning (Paperback)","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Both a grief book that doesn't read like a\nclinician's notes and a memoir wrapped around a bigger subject, \u003ci\u003eAll My\nDead Cats\u003c\/i\u003e takes grief from the taboo to the universal.\" — \u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eHave you suffered a loss? How was your life changed by\nthe grief you experienced? Mourning is a personal experience and shouldn't be\njudged. There are no do-overs in death, but there are do-betters.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eAll My Dead Cats \u003c\/i\u003eis not a book about pet loss.\nYou will meet award-winning journalist and debut author s.e. smith’s cats and\nread small slices of their stories. Their vignettes serve as an opening to\nscary conversations about loss, so grief can feel less intimidating and more\nrelatable.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eThis is a book about grief and mourning as collective\nactivities best undertaken in community. S.e. interviews dozens of experts—from\ndeath doulas to funeral home directors to therapists and psychologists—and\ndiscusses the different stages of grief. The shared perspectives help us\nunderstand that grief is not fixable but it can be livable. They teach us that\nif we have the courage, which begins with honest conversations about how we\nnavigate grief, then we can learn how to do better.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eAfter reading you'll better understand:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c!--[if !supportLineBreakNewLine]--\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul style=\"margin-top:0cm\" type=\"disc\"\u003e\n \u003cli class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eDisenfranchised\n     grief and how you can be part of the solution and not the problem\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n \u003cli class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eHow\n     to be an advocate for people subjected to trauma and violence\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n \u003cli class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eThe\n     stages of grief and how to process your experiences\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nGrief is not over once the body is neatly disposed of, the rubble of the house\nhas been taken away in dumpsters, the final fit on the prosthesis is done, the\nlaw is passed and withstands legal challenges, or when the permanent peace is\nbrokered. It is an ongoing shift in our relationship to the world, and one that\ndeserves attention and care as well as time and space to be amongst fellow\nmourners, to whom we do not need to justify or explain, because they understand\nwhere we are.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eReaders will feel seen rather than being chastised for how\nthey grieve and better understand how to process mourning--and how to help\nothers. \u003ci\u003eAll My Dead Cats\u003c\/i\u003e provides an entry point, by beginning\nthe conversation about a beloved pet, so readers can think about the larger\nstakes of death and live a more fulfilled life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003es.e. smith \u003c\/b\u003eis a National Magazine Award-winning\njournalist and cultural critic whose work has appeared in \u003ci\u003eEsquire, The\nGuardian, Rolling Stone, Bitch Magazine,\u003c\/i\u003e and numerous other\npublications in addition to anthologies such as \u003ci\u003eBody Language\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eDisability\nIntimacy. \u003c\/i\u003eSmith is also a cofounder of The Flytrap, a worker-owned\nfeminist media collective.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"TIMES DISTRIBUTION PTE LTD","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45673934389455,"sku":"9780063445994","price":38.7,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0574\/5662\/3823\/files\/download_924f81bb-0ecb-4412-9027-a126b1e6a53e.jpg?v=1785719682","url":"https:\/\/popular.com.sg\/products\/all-my-dead-cats-and-other-losses-practicing-good-grief-in-a-culture-that-fears-mourning-paperback","provider":"Popular Book Company Pte Ltd","version":"1.0","type":"link"}