Lanternfish Press Paperback English
My Therapist Says This Grief Journal Is a Good Idea
By Andrew Katz
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I am writing this grief journal at the repeated advice of my therapist. Im writing it to myself, as my own reader. I hate readers. Mostly because I hate myself. You could say Kyle Jr. grew up in a dysfunctional family. Thatd be an understatement. His mothers wealthy family disinherited her for marrying the working-class Kyle Sr., and shes never forgiven him (or KJ) for that. When his fathers suicide turns his life upside down, KJ fills his therapist-recommended grief journal with plenty of sarcasm, excerpts from sweary, punny high-school short stories, and fourth-wall-breaking asides. Through all the bravado and swagger, a portrait emerges of a young man confronting a dark past with genuine compassion and keen insight. Hes determined to reconcile with its legacyand to survive.
I am writing this grief journal at the repeated advice of my therapist. Im writing it to myself, as my own reader. I hate readers. Mostly because I hate myself.
You could say Kyle Jr. grew up in a dysfunctional family. Thatd be an understatement. His mothers wealthy family disinherited her for marrying the working-class Kyle Sr., and shes never forgiven him (or KJ) for that.
When his fathers suicide turns his life upside down, KJ fills his therapist-recommended grief journal with plenty of sarcasm, excerpts from sweary, punny high-school short stories, and fourth-wall-breaking asides. Through all the bravado and swagger, a portrait emerges of a young man confronting a dark past with genuine compassion and keen insight. Hes determined to reconcile with its legacyand to survive.