In "Making Toast", Roger Rosenblatt shared the story of his family in the days and months after the death of his 38-year-old daughter, Amy. Now, in "Kayak Morning", he offers a personal meditation on grief itself. Everybody grieves he writes. From that terse, melancholy observation emerges a work of[...]

Resisting the deadening silence of his family home in the elegant yet stiflingly safe neighborhood of Gramercy Park, nine-year-old Roger Rosenblatt imagines himself a private eye in pursuit of criminals. With the dreamlike mystery of the city before him, he sets off alone into the streets of Manhatt[...]

När hans dotter Amy - läkare, mamma och hustru - plötsligt kollapsar och dör av ett oväntat hjärtfel, lämnar Roger Rosenblatt och hans fru Ginny sitt hem på Long Island för att flytta in hos svärsonen Harris och deras tre barnbarn: sexåriga Jessica, fyraåriga Sammy och ettåringen James,[...]