http://www.tinhouse.com/blog/9631/lost-found-katie-arnold-ratliff.html Home of the magazine, the books, and the conference Mon, 17 Jun 2013 17:07:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 http://www.tinhouse.com/blog/9631/lost-found-katie-arnold-ratliff.html#comment-11890 Kara Krauze Tue, 03 Jul 2012 15:31:31 +0000 http://www.tinhouse.com/blog/?p=9631#comment-11890 What a lovely essay. I too remember Gloria Vanderbilt's memoir, most vividly its potent grief, an atmosphere (one which is often avoided), and that very scene with her son Carter on the balcony. Strangely, I am not at all sure when I read it. Strange, for me, because I feel that I was an adolescent, as Katie Arnold-Ratliff here describes herself, but now I've checked and this is not possible. The memoir was published in 1997, and so I read it after my father's suicide, which occurred three years prior, which makes far more sense. By a series of coincidences, I've read this thoughtful essay today, the eve of my father's death years earlier. Thank you for this reminder of a wonderful book, the introduction to Alison Rose's work - and "Bright Before Us," which I have recently read, a compelling, intense, and beautifully written novel. What a lovely essay. I too remember Gloria Vanderbilt’s memoir, most vividly its potent grief, an atmosphere (one which is often avoided), and that very scene with her son Carter on the balcony. Strangely, I am not at all sure when I read it. Strange, for me, because I feel that I was an adolescent, as Katie Arnold-Ratliff here describes herself, but now I’ve checked and this is not possible. The memoir was published in 1997, and so I read it after my father’s suicide, which occurred three years prior, which makes far more sense. By a series of coincidences, I’ve read this thoughtful essay today, the eve of my father’s death years earlier.
Thank you for this reminder of a wonderful book, the introduction to Alison Rose’s work – and “Bright Before Us,” which I have recently read, a compelling, intense, and beautifully written novel.

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