The Light Of The World Elizabeth Alexander

Now a widow with two teenage sons alexander began the lengthy often wrenching process of mourning the man who had been the light of her world with tenderness and fierce poetic precision alexander recalls the hours days months and years after her husband s death.

The light of the world elizabeth alexander. I just finished the light of the world by elizabeth alexander. Channeling her poetic sensibilities into a rich lucid prose alexander tells a love story that is itself a story of loss. Written by the poet elizabeth alexander it is an homage to her beloved husband ficre who died suddenly at the age of 50. The light of the world from grand central publishing.

It is not often that i read a book as beautiful and powerful as the light of the world. It s a memoir about coping with the death of her husband and it s magnificent first lady michelle obama from an interview in the skimm it is both raw and exquisitely crafted mercilessly direct and sometimes lavishly metaphorical. A deeply resonant memoir for anyone who has loved and lost from acclaimed poet and pulitzer prize finalist elizabeth alexander. In the light of the world elizabeth alexander finds herself at an existential crossroads after the sudden death of her husband.

Theirs was a strong love recognized at first sight and forged through a shared love of art food language and family. In the light of the world elizabeth alexander finds herself at an existential crossroads after the sudden death of her husband.