Lives Other Than My Own

Emmanuel Carrere's memoir might have been called "Deaths Other Than My Own" but for the life-affirming outlook that makes his chosen title so apposite. Carrere, dividing the text into sections dealing with the 2004 Asian tsunami and the death of his sister-in-law, digs into the lives of those lost and those who remain. Grief, the search for meaning, and the will to go on are explored frankly and with clear eyes.