Straight away, Nora McInerny noticed core differences in how people responded to the coronavirus pandemic.
For some, the deadly virus and its upheaval constituted the “first big thing they’d ever been through.”
Meanwhile, McInerny and others whose lives had been shaped by grief, loss or tragedy had long known that “life is fragile and our pace in this modern world is untenable.”
McInerny’s first husband, Aaron, died three days before Thanksgiving 2014, leaving her to raise their son, Ralphie.
She’d just had a miscarriage.
She had lost her father less than one month earlier.
“Bad Vibes Only” is a collection of essays about “existing in the contradictions of modern life.”
Her work — as host of the podcast “Terrible, Thanks for Asking” and author of “It’s Okay to Laugh (Crying Is Cool Too)” and “No Happy Endings,” reflects those losses, countering the societal pressures to “live, laugh and love.” (CNN)
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