Black Umbrella is an extraordinary collection, rich and indelible.
This book is a triumph for any time, but savor it now, as power and grace in a troubled world.
It’s fantastic, it’s hilarious … The Daily Bonnet is so funny!
—Miriam Toews
Expanding breathlessly in the magnitude of loss, Shirley Camia’s fourth collection, Mercy, confronts despair to emerge anew with a bright offering of elegy. Beginning at her mother’s hospital bed, Camia invites readers to keep vigil while she journeys through seasons of bereavement, from the wake to the graveside, and into a year of processing, searching, and healing. Ethereal and elegant, Camia’s reflections are grounded in grief as they do the aching, earth-shattering work of mourning and moving forward.
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