The Field

Memory grief and self-reflection mingle in debut author Garza’s account of the death of her sibling. The 52-year-old author recounts her experience with survivor’s guilt dissociation and spirituality as she undertook a long journey to reconstruct her identity. Throughout the author illustrates in observant poetic prose the reverberating effects that grief can have on a life and the many ways that her family has coped with it. Garza draws on multiple outside sources including the work of Rebecca Solnit the words of Saint Teresa of Ávila and the Tibetan Book of the Dead to explore how people understand and interact with death and how they ultimately learn to accept it as a constant companion. An achingly vulnerable elegantly worded meditation on grief and recovery. ?Kirkus Review