Het schrijfwerk van Emily Rapp duikt in de diepe complexiteiten van de menselijke ervaring, waarbij ze vaak put uit haar persoonlijke reis om thema's als belichaming, kwetsbaarheid en veerkracht te onderzoeken. Haar proza wordt geprezen om zijn intieme eerlijkheid en stilistische finesse, waardoor lezers worden meegezogen in de diepe psychologische landschappen van haar personages. Door haar werk onderzoekt Rapp hoe individuen tegenspoed overwinnen en betekenis vinden in het aangezicht van uitdagingen. Haar literaire benadering biedt een onderscheidend perspectief op thema's van identiteit en doorzettingsvermogen.
From the New York Times bestselling author of The Still Point of the Turning World - an incisive memoir about how she came to question and redefine the concept of resilience after the trauma of her first child's death.
“A brilliant study of the wages of mortal love.” —The New York Times Book Review What does it mean to be a success? To be a good parent? To live a meaningful life? Emily Rapp thought she knew the answers when she was pregnant with her first child. But everything changed when nine-month-old Ronan was diagnosed with Tay-Sachs disease, a rare and always-fatal degenerative disorder. He was not expected to live beyond the age of three. Rapp and her husband were forced to re-evaluate everything they thought they knew about parenting and to learn to parent without a future.Even before the book’s publication, Rapp set the Internet ablaze with her New York Times op-ed piece about parenting a terminally ill child. An immediate bestseller, The Still Point of the Turning World is Rapp’s memorial to her lost son and an inspiring and exquisitely moving reminder to love and live in the moment.