Bibliostar.TV's video: Ann Hood on Grief the Ambiguous Nature of Healing and The Obituary Writer

In this interview, Ann Hood, author of The Obituary Writer, discusses the etiquette of grief, the reality that "healing" is a relative term, and her discovery of Emily Post's references to the process of grieving in her 1922 book, Etiquette. On April 18, 2002, Hood's five-year-old daughter, Grace, died died from a virulent form of strep. For two years Hood found herself unable to write or even read. Hood's best-selling 2008 memoir Comfort: A Journey Through Grief chronicles her struggle to deal with her daughter's sudden death. Hood's newest novel is The Obituary Writer, a narrative of two women in two different eras whose lives have a startling connection. In 1961, Claire, a young wife in an unhappy marriage, is trying to decide whether to stay or break free. Her decision will be influenced by events from 1919 when Vivien, a writer, was still searching for the man she loved, missing since the 1906 San Francisco earthquake.