Rosenblatt, Roger

Roger Rosenblatt recounts how he and his wife struggled to accept a new sense of normal after their daughter Amy died of an asymptomatic heart condition and they moved in with Amy's husband to help care for the couple's three children.

Records the sentiments of children in the present war zones of the world. Based on a "Time" magazine cover story.

"In [his earlier book] 'Making Toast', Roger Rosenblatt shared the story of his family in the days and months after the death of his thirty-eight-year-old daughter, Amy. Now, in 'Kayak Morning', he offers a personal meditation on grief itself. 'Everybody grieves,' he writes. From that terse, melancholy observation emerges a work of art that addresses the universal experience of loss. On a quiet Sunday morning, two and a half years after Amy's death, Roger heads out in his kayak. He observes, 'You can't always make your way in the world by moving up. Or down, for that matter. Boats move laterally on water, which levels everything. It is one of the two great levelers.' Part elegy, part quest, 'Kayak Morning' explores Roger's years as a journalist, the comforts of literature, and the value of solitude, poignantly reminding us that grief is not apart from life but encompasses it. In recalling to us what we have lost, grief by necessity resurrects what we have had."-- Provided by publisher.

Roger Rosenblatt recounts how he and his wife struggled to accept a new sense of normal after their daughter Amy died of an asymptomatic heart condition and they moved in with Amy's husband to help care for the couple's three children.