false 3007937 2 Rubyis the youngest child in the tightly knit Bronstein family, a sensitive, observant girl who looks up to her older brothers and is in awe of her stern but gentle father, a Holocaust survivor whose past and deep sense of morality inform the family's life. But when Ruby is ten, her eldest brother enters the hospital and emerges as someone she barely recognizes. It is only the first in a startling series of tragedies that befall the Bronsteins and leave Ruby reeling from sorrow and disbelief.<P>This disarmingly intimate and candid novel follows Ruby through a coming-of-age marked by excruciating loss, one in which the thrills, confusion, and longing of adolescence are heightened by the devastating events that accompany them. As Ruby's family fractures, she finds solace in friendships and the beginnings of romance, in the normalcy of summer camp and the prom. But her anger and heartache shadow these experiences, separating her from those she loves, until she chooses to reconcile what she has lost with whom she has become. <P>Nellie Hermann's insightful debut is a heartbreakingly authentic story of the enduring potential for resilience and the love that binds a family. 3038468 5 8 2008 The Cure for Grief: A Novel total:73|5:14|4:18|3:22|2:14|1:5| 73 241 146 24 4 4 false false Mon Sep 08 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Sep 01 08:27:23 -0700 2008 Tue Sep 09 19:08:27 -0700 2008
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I loved the voice of Ruby and her re-telling of her life from the age of nine and all of the tragedies that befall her family. But I also liked how well Nellie Hermann put you into the life of a teenager-how separate that world can be from family. Th...more...]]> 3 0 false false Sun Jan 04 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Tue Feb 03 12:51:03 -0800 2009 Tue Feb 03 12:55:07 -0800 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Wed Feb 11 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sat Jan 31 19:48:02 -0800 2009 Fri Feb 13 07:22:03 -0800 2009 The Cause of Grief: A Novel instead. I do know people that have multiple bad things happen to them in their lifetime, but to place it all on a young girl just seemed excessive. That said, the story itself wasn't bad, but I kept waiti...more...]]> 2 0 false false Sat May 23 07:17:07 -0700 2009 Sat May 23 07:18:29 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Sun Oct 25 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Oct 22 14:44:44 -0700 2009 Sun Oct 25 18:41:54 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Sun May 10 08:20:31 -0700 2009 Sun May 10 08:21:29 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Wed Sep 09 12:09:12 -0700 2009 Wed Sep 09 12:09:28 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Fri Oct 30 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Sep 07 16:27:42 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 30 07:56:29 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Wed Sep 03 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Aug 19 14:18:50 -0700 2008 Fri Oct 03 06:41:19 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sat Apr 11 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 17 15:05:03 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 01 13:14:31 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Sat Apr 25 09:19:08 -0700 2009 Tue Oct 07 10:32:41 -0700 2008 Sat Apr 25 09:19:08 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sun Sep 28 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Sep 23 12:45:05 -0700 2008 Sun Sep 28 09:24:45 -0700 2008 The Cure for Grief will be cherished by readers. ]]> 2 1 false false Wed Sep 17 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Sep 17 05:31:15 -0700 2008 Wed Sep 17 05:35:30 -0700 2008 1 2 1 false false Thu Mar 13 09:12:28 -0700 2008 Thu Mar 13 09:13:31 -0700 2008