Rebecca spoke with the Caregivers of Alzheimer’s & Dementia Retreat, about the collateral damage of Alzheimer’s disease and the role that humor plays in caregiving and grief. Listen as she talks about the following topics:
1. The experience of taking care of her father, who had Alzheimers
2. What she learned as a caregiver for a loved one with dementia
3. The role that humor plays in caregiving and grief.
Rebecca Handler is the author of Edie Richter is Not Alone (perhaps you’ve heard of it; it’s kind of a big deal) and she’s joining us to talk about death humor, why “journey” is such a triggering word and horror dolls made with 100% human hair. Oh yeah, and also breast cancer.
NOTE NEW DATE! West Portal Bookstore is hosting a virtual chat where I will be talking about the book, my writing process, and all sorts of interesting tidbits. Please join us!
REBECCA HANDLER and DANIEL HANDLER discuss family and work in a uniquely familiar conversation that only siblings could have. Rebecca Handler is the author of the debut novel, “Edie Richter is Not Alone.” She talks with her brother, author Daniel Handler, about writing her first novel, their pandemic swimming adventures, the incomparable cakes of Perth, and so much more!
Hosted by McNally Jackson, Andrew Sean Greer, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Less, joins Rebecca for a discussion on Edie Richter is not Alone. Written in clean spare prose that is nevertheless brimming with the richness and wry humor of the protagonist’s observations and idiosyncrasies, Edie Richter is Not Alone is Rebecca Handler’s debut novel. It is both deeply shocking and entirely quotidian: a story about a woman’s visceral confrontation with the fundamental meaning of humanity.