Kali J Desautels

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Originally intended to simply focus on book reviews, over time, KaliDesautelsReads has morphed into its own entity. I write about issues that are near to my heart, be they political, feminist, motherhood, mental health, or, as the title holds, books. A thirty-something Canadian woman in my mid-thirties, I have been “super married” to my high school sweetheart since 2006, and together we have two crazy, clever, kind, hilarious, wonderful kids. My first book – How Not To Blog: Finding Myself, One Post at a Time is available on Amazon (in eBook formats for you clever tech readers, and paperback for those of us who love that new book smell!) I have tried a podcast – it’s still on Apple and Google Podcasts – but writing is where my heart is. My life changed dramatically when my husband was diagnosed with Stage 3 cancer in 2018, and I am now a writer for a leading Canadian Cancer Non-Profit. I am lucky enough to have a family that loves me and pushes me to be my best, even if it is outside of my cushiony comfort zone. I have a village of friends that nourish me, mentally, and spiritually. Welcome to my thoughts. Sit down. Stay a while. Enjoy a cup of coffee!

Grief Is For People ~ Sloane Crosley (2024)

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Read this book. If you can manage it, read it all at once. If you enjoyed Joan Didion’s A Year Of Magical Thinking, you will love Grief Is For People by Sloane Crosley.

Juxtaposing a burglary she endured, and the violent, sudden death of her best friend, Crosley tries to make sense of both events and the feelings of loss that pervaded the following year. She is also mourning her friend during the 2020 global COVID-19 pandemic, while living in NYC.

The book serves as a memoir of her relationship with her beloved friend, while also begging the question – can we ever truly get back what we have lost?

This book is beautifully written, sad, witty, and completely worth the read. I cannot recommend this highly enough. Coming in at 191 pages, it is easily devoured. I started reading it yesterday and finished it today, because it was so good.

(191 pgs)

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