I looked over my shoulder. My co-worker, Carol, looked down and to the side as she approached, her eyebrows knit together. I put the plate in my hands back in the cupboard. Carol opened the fridge, put her lunch bag on a shelf, and shut the door. She proceeded to fix herself a healthy breakfast drink at the sink […]
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Toni Morrison, author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, Beloved, lost her adult son in 2010. In an interview 18-months later with Emma Brockes for the Guardian, Ms Morrison spoke about words and grief: What do you say? There really are no words for that. There really aren’t. Somebody tries to say, ‘I’m sorry, I’m so […]