An Exact Replica of a Figment of my Imagination

[susanstinson]

I've got an enormous amount of respect and affection for Elizabeth McCracken, as a writer and as a human being. She's got a memoir coming out in September, and there is an excerpt from it up now at O magazine:

This Does Not Have To Be A Secret

This is how it starts:

Once upon a time, before I knew anything about the subject, a woman told me that I should write a book about the lighter side of losing a child.

(This is not that book.)


The memoir is called An Exact Replica of a Figment of my Imagination, and you can pre-order it here.

Comments

[beccawrites.livejournal.com]

this is the best thing i've read in a while:

I believe that if there's a God—and I am as neutral on the subject as is possible—then the most basic proof of his existence is black humor. What else explains it, that odd reliable comfort that billows up at the worst moments, like a beautiful sunset woven out of the smoke over a bombed city.

[susanstinson.livejournal.com]

I loved that, too.