In the Unlikely Event of a Water Landing : a Geography of Grief

by Christopher Noël

This literary memoir will appeal to anyone--man or woman, married or single--who has lost a loved one. Both touching and revealing in its exploration of the numbness of grief, Noel's achingly beautiful account of the hard work of coming to terms with the loss of someone who is deeply loved will console and educate those trying to comprehend the tremendous finality of loss.

Genres: Biography Memoir

273 pages, Hardcover

First published May 21, 1996

About the author

Also writes children's fiction as Chris Noël.

See also: Christopher Noël.

Reviews

[Victoria Namkung · Rating 4 out of 5]

In the Unlikely Event of a Water Landing is a poetic journey through an ocean of grief. Heartbreaking and humorous at times, this memoir has plenty to say about loving, being loved, and the spirit of surviving.

[Justwinter · Rating 5 out of 5]

A wrenching personal account of losing someone you love in an unexpected accident.

Harrowing read, but so well written that I felt haunted by it, and re-read it again recently.

It doesn't linger after the second read the way it did the first time, but does bring up issues of attending today those things we often feel we have a lifetime to say or do.

[Tara · Rating 4 out of 5]

Stunning nonfiction book of grief and recovery.

[Lucinda Henrichson · Rating 1 out of 5]

Huh??? I don't understand these positive reviews. My husband just died tragically at 43 and I felt nothing reading this book. I just finished a year of magical thinking so maybe I'm expecting too much.

[Mare Cromwell · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book is so brilliantly written. I turn to it again and again to see how one very gifted author portrayed such a difficult time in his life.

[Rhian · Rating 5 out of 5]

I read this beautiful, understated memoir many years ago when it first came out (1997?) and think about it often.

I hope the writer is doing well and still writing...