An Exact Replica of a Figment of My Imagination

"This is the happiest story in the world with the saddest ending," writes Elizabeth McCracken in her powerful, inspiring memoir. A prize-winning, successful novelist in her 30s, McCracken was happy to be an itinerant writer and self-proclaimed spinster. But suddenly she fell in love, got married, and two years ago was living in a remote part of France, working on her novel, and waiting for the birth of her first child.

This book is about what happened next. In her ninth month of pregnancy, she learned that her baby boy had died. How do you deal with and recover from this kind of loss? Of course you don't -- but you go on. And if you have ever experienced loss or love someone who has, the company of this remarkable book will help you go on.

With humor and warmth and unfailing generosity, McCracken considers the nature of love and grief. She opens her heart and leaves all of ours the richer for it.

Author: Elizabeth McCracken
Publisher: Back Bay Books
Published: 02/22/2010
Pages: 208
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.42lbs
Size: 8.25h x 5.50w x 0.50d
ISBN13: 9780316027663
ISBN10: 0316027669
BISAC Categories:
- Biography & Autobiography | Memoirs
- Family & Relationships | Death, Grief, Bereavement
- Biography & Autobiography | Women

About the Author
Elizabeth McCracken is the author of The Giant's House, which was nominated for the National Book Award; Niagara Falls All Over Again, winner of the PEN/Winship Award; and Here's Your Hat What's Your Hurry, a collection of stories. She has received grants and awards from the Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown, the National Endowment for the Arts, the American Academy of Arts and Letters, the Guggenheim Foundation, and the American Academy in Berlin.