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Named a Best Book of the Year by: Time * Harper’s Bazaar * Esquire * Booklist * USA Today * Elle

From the bestselling author of ALL YOU CAN EVER KNOW comes a searing memoir of family, class and grief—a daughter’s search to understand the lives her adoptive parents led,…

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2 authors picked A Living Remedy as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

Grief is such a universal experience, yet I don’t think we get enough opportunities to truly grieve.

Nicole’s book provided me with space to grieve alongside her but also to grieve my own losses. I also appreciated how she connected her father’s death to broader systemic failures and how his view of himself shaped the help he was willing to accept or not.

I was especially taken in by how the theme of community shows up throughout the book–how important community is, how we find community, and how we build communities of care.

Chung’s anger at the American healthcare system is all too relatable and the source of grief for so many people.

She writes about her parent’s illness and the frustration of trying to get them care, and then ultimately losing them with such an honest and deft hand. Constantly asking what could have gone different, the guilt of being far away, the anxiety and panic and rage are such an intrinsic part of the grieving process and Chung does not shy away.

I hold on to her rage and the eventual growth that comes of it like a map that will…

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