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‘An unclenching of the soul’: Geraldine Brooks’ raw, gentle grief memoir has helped me navigate my own mourning

‘An unclenching of the soul’: Geraldine Brooks’ raw, gentle grief memoir has helped me navigate my own mourning

On Flinders Island, Brooks creates some of her own rituals of mourning: taking long walks, swimming in the ocean, savouring her interactions with local wildlife, staring at the night sky.