Obittersweet: Life Lessons from Obituaries - Paperback

by Tamara MacPherson Vukusic (Author)

A fascinating collection of essays inspired by real obituaries and filled with quirky anecdotes, interesting perspectives, and thoughtful observations. Obittersweet delivers 120 life lessons, each dotted with a question to encourage meaningful reflection and organized into one theme for each month of the calendar year. Whether you have an insatiable curiosity about people, an appreciation of the craft of writing, or may be a connoisseur of the art of living, Obittersweet is a book to be cherished. This read is both timely and timeless. Readers will be back to purchase copies to gift to loved ones.

Author Biography

Former reporter, poetry lover, broadcast media veteran, and word nerd Tamara Macpherson Vukusic has devoured published obituaries for more than twenty years, a passion she shares with a surprisingly large number of people. She still clips her favorites, highlights the lines that make us feel the loss of someone we wish we knew. Twenty years later, finally, this book! She lives in Kamloops, British Colombia.