CultureAngela Nissel faces grief with a laugh

Angela Nissel’s new memoir, “Good Grief, Pass the Bread, Mom Is Dead,” explores the experience of caring for a parent with a terminal illness. The book is deeply emotional, focusing on the pain surrounding her mother’s death. At the same time, Nissel uses gallows humor as a way to endure difficult moments. That combination of mourning and laughter gives the memoir its distinctive tone.

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