Jennifer Stringer
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Afterlife
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The landscape of grief is not very inviting. Visitors don’t want to linger. The best thing you can do for the people who love you is to usher them quickly through it.


“The first gulp from the glass of natural sciences will turn you into an atheist, but at the bottom of the glass God is waiting for you.”
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“We live in a world where joy and empathy and pleasure are all around us, there for the noticing.”
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“Loved people love people. Forgiven people forgive people. Adored people adore people. Freed people free people. But when we are still locked in our own prisons, it is impossible to crave the liberation of others. Misery prefers company.”
― Of Mess and Moxie: Wrangling Delight Out of This Wild and Glorious Life
― Of Mess and Moxie: Wrangling Delight Out of This Wild and Glorious Life

“If you are anything other than humbled in the presence of love, you are not in the presence of love.”
― 2 A.M. at The Cat's Pajamas
― 2 A.M. at The Cat's Pajamas

“Personally, I find chains comforting. You know exactly what to expect, no huge surprises. Chain restaurants are the Murder, She Wrote reruns of the food industry.”
― Happy Place
― Happy Place

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It’s no secret that we at 1A love books. And we know you do, too. That’s why we’re launching the 1A Book Club. We want to hear your questions, thought ...more
Jennifer’s 2024 Year in Books
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