{"product_id":"book-launch-to-grieve-is-to-carry-another-time-by-matthew-salesses","title":"Book Launch | To Grieve Is to Carry Another Time by Matthew Salesses","description":"\u003ch3\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(255, 42, 0);\"\u003ePre-purchase your copy of the featured title to guarantee your signed copy! \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(255, 42, 0);\"\u003eCan't make it? Order your copy \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/yuandmebooks.com\/products\/9780316426015\"\u003ehere\u003c\/a\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(255, 42, 0);\"\u003einstead.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(255, 42, 0);\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eABOUT THE BOOK\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the critically acclaimed author of \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Sense of Wonder \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eand\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e Craft in the Real World\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e comes a deeply personal, poignant memoir, weaving together Salesses' multiple identities: adoptee, Asian American, husband, father, and, finally, widower.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMatthew Salesses has spent his career writing about the power of storytelling, but he wasn’t prepared for the story of his own life to fall apart. A Korean American adoptee, Salesses grew up unsure of who he was—until he fell in love and started a family with a native Korean, Cathreen. But when Cathreen was diagnosed with stage four stomach cancer, the map they made together suddenly led nowhere. After her untimely death, Salesses realized he would need new paths, new stories, new philosophies, new ways of understanding the world, to navigate the unknown landscape of loss.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eTo Grieve Is To Carry Another Time\u003c\/i\u003e is a stunning, thought-provoking meditation on what grief can offer the grieving, illuminating the way to embracing yourself, finding your community, and even loving and changing the world.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eABOUT THE AUTHOR\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMatthew Salesses\u003c\/strong\u003e is the author of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Sense of Wonder\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (Little, Brown, 2023),\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003ci\u003e Craft in the Real World\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (Catapult Books, 2021), \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003ci\u003eDisappear Doppelgänger Disappear\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (Little A, 2020), and other books. He was adopted from Korea and lives in Blacksburg, VA, where he is an Associate Professor of Creative Writing in the Virginia Tech MFA Program.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIN CONVERSATION WITH\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eKirstin Chen\u003c\/strong\u003e is the New York Times best-selling author of four novels, including Counterfeit, a Reese Witherspoon book club pick, a Roxane Gay book club pick, and a New York Times Editors' Choice. Her latest, Tech Wives, is forthcoming in April. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Yu \u0026 Me Books","offers":[{"title":"Book w\/Ticket","offer_id":67609088491749,"sku":"Matthew Salesses Event 12.1.26","price":30.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"FREE RSVP","offer_id":67609088524517,"sku":"Matthew Salesses Event 12.1.26","price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0709\/2581\/1941\/files\/12.1.26MatthewSalesses_f7dbc037-0ee8-4c7c-92ef-0f3c5981d9d2.png?v=1791078190","url":"https:\/\/yuandmebooks.com\/products\/book-launch-to-grieve-is-to-carry-another-time-by-matthew-salesses","provider":"Yu \u0026 Me Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}