Join us for an author reading at Pomegranate at 7pm on Wednesday, September 18th with author Rebecca Spiegel—a graduate of the UNCW Creative Writing Program—who will read from her debut book “Without Her,” a lucid memoir reckoning with grief and the search for meaning in the wake of a sister’s suicide.

You can preorder through us or get your copy in the store after its release date on September 10th!

More about the book:

Rebecca Spiegel is working as a teacher in New Orleans when she learns of her sister’s suicide. Only after the funeral does shock give way to grief—and to many questions. How could Emily do this to herself? How could she have abandoned all those who loved her? And what could have been done differently to prevent this devastating loss?

In the days and weeks that follow, Spiegel embarks on a search for answers. She unpacks family history, documents the last traces of her sister’s life, and questions what more she could have done to prevent her death. What she finds instead is that there is no narrative on the other side of grief like this. There is no answer, no easy resolution—only those that leave and those that keep living. Unflinchingly honest, visceral, and raw, this courageous elegy lays bare the hard realities of surviving the loss of a loved one.

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