Books
“The intimacy and honesty of ‘Widower’ transforms the pain of loss into a moving celebration of human vulnerability. Elin Schoen is a splendid writer and cartographer of human feeling.”
Gael Greene
“A tough, moving book...Not to be missed if you want to learn not just how to deal with loss but how to love again.”
Working Woman
“Elin Schoen...successfully melds the most compelling techniques of social history – remembrances, conversations, letters, and diaries – with the pizzazz and intensity of good journalism and the rhythms of a gratifying novel...’Widower’ is a two-handkerchief book in the best possible sense; its emotional power springs naturally from Schoen’s honesty, and then never lets up.”
Allene Talmey, Vogue
What emerges from this very personal exploration of death and its effect on those who remain is remembrance of searing pain, but also strides toward growth and greater understanding of love. Family dynamics are an integral part of ‘Widower’, and the open way Schoen writes about them gives her book a special quality.”
Publishers Weekly
“A tough, moving book…Not to be missed if you want to learn not just how to deal with loss but how to love again.”
Working Woman on Widower