s. e. smith, author of All My Dead Cats and Other Losses, recommends four must-read books about grief and mourning. Sifting through these deeply intimate letters, I keep coming back to two themes as I think about how the way we mourn in America is deeply broken. It’s in part because we consider it a personal problem, rather than something we should carry and witness together. Thinking about the way grief is bigger than ourselves, not something we can repair like a lamp we learned to rewire by watching a YouTube tutorial, brings me to these recommendations. True Story Sign up for True Story to receive nonfiction news, new releases, and must-read forthcoming titles.