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005			20231009192009.0
008			100209s2009 nyu 000 0aeng
010			_a2008010601
020			_a9781416567882
050	0	0	_aRC265.6 _b.R66 2009
082	0	0	_a362.1969 ROM
100	1		_aRomm, Robin
245	1	4	_aThe mercy papers _b: a memoir of three weeks _c/ Robin Romm
260			_aNew York _b: Scribner _c, c2009.
300			_a213 p. _b: port. _c; 21 cm.
520			_aIn her searing memoir, The Mercy Papers, Romm uses this magic to expand the weeks before her mother's death into a story about a daughter in the moments before and after loss. With a striking mix of humor and honesty, Romm ushers us into a world where an obstinate hospice nurse tries to heal through pamphlets and a yelping grandfather squirrels away money in a shoe-shine kit. Untrained dogs scamper about as strangers and friends rally around death, offering sympathy as they clamor for attention. The pillbox turns quickly into a metaphor for order; questions about medication turn to musings about God. The mundane and spiritual melt together as Romm reveals the sharp truths that lurk around every corner and captures, with great passion, the awe, fear, and fury of a daughter losing her mother.The Mercy Papers was started in the midst of heartbreak, and not originally intended for an audience. The result is a raw, unsentimental book that reverberates with humanity. Robin Romm has created a tribute to family and an indelible portrait that will speak to anyone who has ever loved and lost.
600	1	0	_aRomm, Robin
650			_aChildren of cancer patients _v--Biography
650		0	_aHospice care
942			_cMO
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