Being a widow is complicated. On top of the earth-shattering grief you experience, there’s a huge societal pressure to be the perfect image of a grieving partner, missing the love of your life. But what if the person who died was actually kind of a huge jerk? How do you take care of someone who doesn’t really deserve it? And what does it mean to be a good woman or a good widow?

All of This: A Memoir of Death and Desire by Rebecca Woolf

The Widow's Guide to Dead Bastards by Jessica Waite

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