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Jewish Book Series Presents Gabrielle Birkner and Rebecca Soffer, authors of Modern Loss

When: April 7, 2019 7:30 PM to 9:30 PM
Where: Michael-Ann Russell JCC
18900 NE 25th Avenue
North Miami Beach, Florida 33180
North Miami Beach, FL 33180
Organizer: Diane Azout
Contact: David Surowitz at [email protected] (3059324200)
Summary: Brutally honest and inspiring, Modern Loss invites us to talk intimately and humorously about grief, helping us confront the humanity (and mortality) we all share. Beginners welcome.
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2019-04-07 19:30:00 2019-04-07 21:30:00 America/New_York Jewish Book Series Presents Gabrielle Birkner and Rebecca Soffer, authors of Modern Loss Brutally honest and inspiring, Modern Loss invites us to talk intimately and humorously about grief, helping us confront the humanity (and mortality) we all share. Beginners welcome. (http://jewishmiami.org/events/jewish_book_series_presents_gabrielle_birkner_and_rebecca_soffer_authors_of_modern_loss) Michael-Ann Russell JCC Diane Azout [email protected]

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Inspired by the website that the New York Times hailed as "redefining mourning," this book is a fresh and irreverent examination into navigating grief and resilience in the age of social media, offering comfort and community for coping with the mess of loss through candid original essays from a variety of voices, accompanied by gorgeous two-color illustrations and wry infographics.

At a time when we mourn public figures and national tragedies with hashtags, where intimate posts about loss go viral and we receive automated birthday reminders for dead friends, it’s clear we are navigating new terrain without a road map.

Let’s face it: most of us have always had a difficult time talking about death and sharing our grief. We’re awkward and uncertain; we avoid, ignore, or even deny feelings of sadness; we offer platitudes; we send sympathy bouquets whittled out of fruit.

Enter Rebecca Soffer and Gabrielle Birkner, who can help us do better. Each having lost parents as young adults, they co-founded Modern Loss, responding to a need to change the dialogue around the messy experience of grief. Now, in this wise and often funny book, they offer the insights of the Modern Loss community to help us cry, laugh, grieve, identify, and—above all—empathize.

Soffer and Birkner, along with forty guest contributors including Lucy Kalanithi, singer Amanda Palmer, and CNN’s Brian Stelter, reveal their own stories on a wide range of topics including triggers, sex, secrets, and inheritance. Accompanied by beautiful hand-drawn illustrations and witty "how to" cartoons, each contribution provides a unique perspective on loss as well as a remarkable life-affirming message.

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Michael-Ann Russell JCC

18900 NE 25th Avenue

North Miami Beach, Florida 33180

North Miami Beach, FL 33180

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  • 2019-04-07 19:30:00 2019-04-07 21:30:00 America/New_York Jewish Book Series Presents Gabrielle Birkner and Rebecca Soffer, authors of Modern Loss Brutally honest and inspiring, Modern Loss invites us to talk intimately and humorously about grief, helping us confront the humanity (and mortality) we all share. Beginners welcome. (http://jewishmiami.org/events/jewish_book_series_presents_gabrielle_birkner_and_rebecca_soffer_authors_of_modern_loss) Michael-Ann Russell JCC, North Miami Beach, FL 33180 Diane Azout [email protected]
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