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Ordinary People (1980)
Ordinary People (1980)
1980 | Drama

"That always sticks in my mind; Timothy Hutton, Mary Tyler Moore. Isn’t it devastating? It was just such an amazing performance by Mary Tyler Moore. I love a great family drama. There’s nothing like it, and Judd Hirsch as the therapist. It was just so beautifully written and sad. I love going to movies and crying and feeling moved and like you’ve changed. It’s one of my favorite things. That’s why I wanted to become an actress. I love dark. I don’t mind sobbing in a theater; I love that stuff. You can grieve parts of yourself and parts of your life through characters in movies. That’s the magic of moviemaking and cinema, seeing yourself in the characters. I loved making Other People too because I felt like people all have different experiences about life and grief, grief and death and family, all these beautiful themes."

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Travelling in a strange land
Travelling in a strange land
David Park | 2018 | Fiction & Poetry
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10.0 (1 Ratings)
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This book was such a surprise for me. I have never read any of David Park's work before so I really didn't know what to expect. What I got was a beautifully written, powerful story of loss and grief. A story about a family trying to survive and about a man trying to do the right thing. After reading this, I will definitely be looking up more of David Park's work.
  
The Diary of a Young Girl
The Diary of a Young Girl
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8.2 (52 Ratings)
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This is that one book I will return to again and again - each time it has a layer of new meaning (0 more)
Relatable, heart-rending writing
Anne’s honest and open aspirations are cruelly cut short at the end of the diary entries and her life. The universal grief experienced the first time I reached the end (after feeling as though I had become her best friend) will never leave me.
  
Everything I Never Told You
Everything I Never Told You
Celeste Ng | 2014 | Fiction & Poetry
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7.7 (14 Ratings)
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Loved this debut novel, not only did I feel as though the story was one never quite told like this I really loved the way it captured real grief and how it can tear a family apart or bring them together and now race/gender is something that almost always impacts a persons life and outlook on things, especially in a mixed race family in the early 60s.
  
The Winter Ghosts
The Winter Ghosts
Kate Mosse | 2009 | Fiction & Poetry
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7.3 (3 Ratings)
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A beautifully crafted ghost story full of atmosphere and vivid poignancy. The themes it portrays about war and grief are unsentimentalised yet moving. The backdrop of cold, winter and snow are on one hand symbolic of emotion but on the other are personnified to become almost a second protagonist. I'm a huge fan of classic ghost stories and loved Mosse's multi-layered tale with its historic and emotional twists.