What I’ve Read: Two Kisses for Maddy: A Memoir of Loss & Love by Matthew Logelin
You probably know of Matthew Logelin from his blog. He continued to blog after his wife, Liz, died shortly after giving birth to their daughter Madeline and the blog has continued to grow in the years since. Matt writes the most beautiful, heart-wrenching posts about love and loss and the pain he feels over losing Liz is always a palpable presence when browsing through his blog.
It’s no wonder his story was turned into a book. His wife’s loss was a freak tragedy, and was—as he notes—the kind of circumstance that make people turn to one another and say, “I’m glad it wasn’t us.” Where Matt’s blog posts are sometimes written in a poetry-like style, the book is straight prose with snippets of his posts inserted at the top of each chapter. This is no sugar-coated, come-to-Jesus account of loss, either. He eschews overwrought language and introspection for an honest depiction of his varying and overwhelming emotions, complete with cursing, anger and depression. There is no attempt to sugarcoat any of his experiences into a teachable moment for readers: he just tells his story.
Have you read this book or Matt’s blog?
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I’ve meet him personally… and he is a great friend of mine today : ) everyone needs to read his book!
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Been a reader for years. Couldn’t put the book down once I started it
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