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092    BIO|bSTREETER 
100 1  Streeter, Leslie Gray,|eauthor. 
245 10 Black widow :|ba sad-funny journey through grief for 
       people who normally avoid books with words like "journey" 
       in the title /|cLeslie Gray Streeter. 
246 30 Sad-funny journey through grief for people who normally 
       avoid books with words like "journey" in the title 
250    First edition. 
264  1 New York :|bLittle, Brown and Company,|c2020. 
300    viii, 262 pages ;|c22 cm 
336    text|btxt|2rdacontent 
337    unmediated|bn|2rdamedia 
338    volume|bnc|2rdacarrier 
505 00 |tNow, this is a story all about how my life flipped, 
       turned upside down --|tLove is all around --|tBelieve it 
       or not, it's just me --|tLove, exciting and new! --|tYou 
       the wife? --|tGrief cake --|tTry not to ruin your romantic
       weekend by throwing up too much --|tBashert --|tTo a 
       deluxe apartment in the sky --|tThe life-changing magic of
       sloppy, grief-based housecleaning --|tLife is unfair --|tA
       brand-new life around the bend --|tHealing: it's like 
       putting eyeliner on a baby --|tWill it be "yes" or will it
       be "sorry"? --|tReady to take a chance again. Maybe. 
       Probably. --|tThe once and future roommate --|tOn with the
       show --|tYou're gonna make it after all. 
520    "Leslie Gray Streeter is not cut out for widowhood. She's 
       not ready for hushed rooms and pitying looks. She is not 
       ready to stand graveside, dabbing her eyes in a classy 
       black hat. If she had her way she'd wear her favorite 
       curve-hugging leopard print dress to Scott's funeral; he 
       loved her in that dress! But, here she is, having lost her
       soulmate to a sudden heart attack, totally unsure of how 
       to navigate her new widow lifestyle. ("New widow 
       lifestyle." Sounds like something you'd find products for 
       on daytime TV, like comfy track suits and compression 
       socks. Wait, is a widow even allowed to make jokes?) 
       Looking at widowhood through the prism of race, mixed 
       marriage, and aging, Black Widow redefines the stages of 
       grief, from coffin shopping to day-drinking, to being a 
       grown-ass woman crying for your mommy, to breaking up and 
       making up with God, to facing the fact that life goes on 
       even after the death of the person you were supposed to 
       live it with. While she stumbles toward an uncertain 
       future as a single mother raising a baby with her own 
       widowed mother (plot twist!), Leslie looks back on her 
       love story with Scott, recounting their journey through 
       racism, religious differences, and persistent confusion 
       about what kugel is. Will she find the strength to finish 
       the most important thing that she and Scott started? 
       Tender, true, and endearingly hilarious, Black Widow is a 
       story about the power of love, and how the only guide book
       for recovery is the one you write yourself." --book jacket
600 10 Streeter, Leslie Gray. 
650  0 African American women|vBiography. 
650  0 Widows|vBiography. 
650  0 Adoptive parents|vBiography. 
650  0 Bereavement|xSocial aspects|zUnited States. 
650  0 Widowhood|zUnited States. 
650  0 African American women|xSocial conditions. 
650  0 Single mothers|zUnited States. 
650  0 Interracial marriage|zUnited States. 
650  0 American wit and humor. 
650  0 Autobiography. 
655  7 Autobiographies.|2lcgft 
655  7 Humor.|2lcgft