Mourning Pages

Mourning Pages

The Saddest Songs Are the Ones She Loved

Music and mourning (again and again and again)

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Penny Zang
Sep 18, 2022
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“And perhaps there is a limit to the grieving that the human heart can do. As when one adds salt to a tumbler of water, there comes a point where simply no more will be absorbed.” -Sarah Waters, The Little Stranger

I can name that tune in two notes. When “Zombie” by The Cranberries begins, my whole …

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