AN INSTANT  NEW YORK TIMES  BESTSELLER  A TIME MAGAZINE TOP 10 NONFICTION BOOK (AND A MUST-READ BOOK) OF 2024 * A NATIONAL PUBLIC RADIO BEST BOOK OF 2024 * A WASHINGTON POST BEST BOOK OF 2024 * A BOSTON GLOBE BEST BOOK OF 2024 * A PUBLISHERS WEEKLY BEST BOOK OF 2024 * A KIRKUS REVIEWS BEST BOOK OF 2024 * AN OPRAH DAILY BEST BOOK OF 2024 * AN ESQUIRE BEST BOOK OF 2024 * A BOOKPAGE BEST BOOK OF 2024 * A LIBRARY JOURNAL BEST BOOK OF 2024 * AN INDEPENDENT BEST BOOK OF 2024 * A NEW STATESMAN BEST BOOK OF 2024 * A VANITY FAIR BEST BOOK OF 2024 * A PEOPLE BEST BOOK OF 2024 * AN ELLE BEST BOOK OF 2024 * A VOGUE BEST BOOK OF 2024 * A SHELF AWARENESS BEST BOOK OF 2024 * A LITHUB BEST NONFICTION TITLE OF 2024 * A NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW Editors' Choice * LITHUB'S #1 BEST REVIEWED NONFICTION TITLE OF 2024... Disarmingly witty and poignant, Sloane Crosley's memoir explores multiple kinds of loss following the death of her closest friend. How do we live without the ones we love? Grief Is for People is a deeply moving and suspenseful portrait of friendship, and a book about loss that is profuse with life. Sloane Crosley is one of our most renowned observers of contemporary behavior, and now the pathos that has been ever present in her trademark wit is on full display. After the pain and confusion of losing her closest friend to suicide, Crosley looks for answers in philosophy and art, hoping for a framework more useful than the unavoidable stages of grief. For most of her adult life, Sloane and Russell worked together and played together as they navigated the corridors of office life, the literary world, and the dramatic cultural shifts in New York City. One day, Sloane's apartment is broken into. Along with her most prized possessions, the thief makes off with her sense of security, leaving a mystery in its place. When Russell dies exactly one month later, his suicide propels Sloane on a wild quest to right the unrightable, to explore what constitutes family and possession as the city itself faces the staggering toll of the pandemic. Sloane Crosley's search for truth is frank, darkly funny, and gilded with resounding empathy. Upending the "grief memoir," Grief Is for People is a category-defying story of the struggle to hold on to the past without being consumed by it. A modern elegy, it rises precisely to console and challenge our notions of mourning during these grief-stricken times. " There's nothing traditional or twice-cooked about Crosley's voice, her arresting observations . . . Throughout, Crosley cites Joan Didion, whose two personal books on grief, The Year Of Magical Thinking and Blue Nights , she obviously sees as a touchstone for her own. To me, Grief Is For People is every bit their equal in eloquence, intensity and toughness." ― Maureen Corrigan, NPR "Sloane Crosley finds a way to take the formless devastation of an acute loss ― the death of her friend Russell ― and transform it into a work of art: a chronicle of grief finely, closely observed." ―Christopher Cox, New York Magazine " Impeccably crafted, this book pushes an already feted writer into potent new territory." ―Hephzibah Anderson, The Guardian "Grief Is for People finds Sloane Crosley grappling with an apartment break-in and, not long after, the death of a dear friend and colleague by suicide. In prose that is both personal and raw―and yet somehow still makes room for Crosley's rightfully-heralded wit― Grief Is for People is a powerful, touching memoir that explores a place we are all going to be at some point. Yet, despite it being a mourning book, this is not a grim or dark book-- but a poignant and relatable one, with a sly humor and heartbreaking candor that beautifully expresses anger, acceptance, and love." ―Isaac Fitzgerald, The TODAY Show "[Crosley's] signature shrewdness comes through, particularly in the Depression section, which shows the author in the depths of her grief, but offers relief through humorous lines of dialogue and passing thoughts on pandemic-era activities . . . [Crosley is] offering us a look into [Perreault's] life through the lens of her love, pain and admiration. Telling us, with precision and generosity, how it might be when it is our turn to remember what was true about those we’ve lost." ― Ashley C. Ford , The New York Times Book Review " Grief Is for People is a moving and much-needed tribute to this vital but often unsung human relationship. . . Crosley's book is a roaring success." ―Becca Rothfeld, The Washington Post “Crosley’s writing sparkles with a remarkable wit . . . [ Grief Is for People ] is more bold, probing, and exposed than anything else she has published . . . By attesting to her pain so publicly and poignantly, Crosley again shows her noteworthy literary chops, as well as her unambiguous love for all that’s been lost.” ―Cory Oldweiler, The Boston Globe “A stunning investigation into the nature of loss . . . [Crosley] hasn’t abandoned her spritely