false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255887264m/3291844.jpg 3291844 5 "This is the happiest story in the world with the saddest ending," writes Elizabeth McCracken in her powerful, inspiring memoir. A prize-winning, successful novelist in her 30s, McCracken was happy to be an itinerant writer and self-proclaimed spinster. But suddenly she fell in love, got married, and two years ago was living in a remote part of France, working on her novel, and waiting for the birth of her first child. This book is about what happened next. In her ninth month of pregnancy, she learned that her baby boy had died. How do you deal with and recover from this kind of loss? Of course you don't--but you go on. And if you have ever experienced loss or love someone who has, the company of this remarkable book will help you go on. With humor and warmth and unfailing generosity, McCracken considers the nature of love and grief. She opens her heart and leaves all of ours the richer for it. 3328337 10 9 2008 An Exact Replica of a Figment of My Imagination: A Memoir total:656|5:255|4:265|3:96|2:33|1:7| 656 2696 1343 274 5 6 false false Mon Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Sep 24 08:28:42 -0700 2008 Thu Sep 25 17:58:05 -0700 2008 Where the Red Fern Grows"?)

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Okay, so yesterday when I was sick with a weird, spacey cold, I lay in bed and read this book. It's beautiful, and incredibly sad, and what happened to Elizabeth...more...]]> 5 3 false false Sun Dec 21 15:33:56 -0800 2008 Mon Dec 22 14:38:41 -0800 2008 more...]]> 3 2 false false Sun Jan 11 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Jan 11 11:45:52 -0800 2009 Sun Jan 11 12:08:16 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 3 false false Thu Apr 09 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Apr 04 18:23:58 -0700 2009 Fri Apr 10 20:53:03 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 2 false false Wed Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Apr 01 09:22:20 -0700 2009 Sat Apr 04 17:41:28 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 2 false false Wed Feb 25 14:34:30 -0800 2009 Wed Feb 25 14:34:39 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 2 false false Mon Dec 29 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Tue Dec 30 08:45:33 -0800 2008 Tue Dec 30 08:50:48 -0800 2008 more...]]> 2 1 false false Mon Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sat Jan 03 23:58:54 -0800 2009 Tue Jan 20 12:34:28 -0800 2009 I started w/ out knowing anything about it as I liked the title. Finished it in a day. Odd that they named the unborn child Pudding and even craved that onto it...more...]]> 5 1 false false Tue Nov 11 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Tue Nov 11 08:53:26 -0800 2008 Tue Nov 11 08:56:50 -0800 2008 Magical Thinking.' McCracken is a cool customer too. I thought it was v...more...]]> 4 1 false false Thu Nov 20 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Tue Oct 28 18:11:04 -0700 2008 Thu Nov 20 13:21:28 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Jan 11 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sat Jan 10 21:43:38 -0800 2009 Sat Jan 10 21:44:02 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Fri May 29 07:46:49 -0700 2009 Fri May 29 08:31:23 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Aug 03 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 29 10:15:07 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 03 13:54:58 -0700 2009 more...]]> 0 0 false false Thu Feb 05 10:00:57 -0800 2009 Thu Feb 05 10:00:57 -0800 2009 In Elizabeth McCracken's heartrending memoir—a love letter to the child she lost and the devoted husband who suffered alongside her—McCracken displays her many talents. Her warmth, candor, crystalline prose, lovely imagery, and attention to detail bring her painful story to life. McCracken's dar...

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