{"product_id":"the-end-is-the-beginning-a-personal-history-of-my-mother-hardcover","title":"The End Is the Beginning: A Personal History of My Mother - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJill Bialosky\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJill Bialosky, the poet behind the \"tender, absorbing, and deeply moving memoir\" (\u003ci\u003eEntertainment Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e) \u003ci\u003eHistory of a Suicide\u003c\/i\u003e, returns with a lyrical portrait of her mother's life, told in reverse order from burial to birth.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhen Iris Yvonne Bialosky died in an assisted care facility on March 29, 2020, it unleashed a torrent of emotions in her daughter, Jill Bialosky. Grief, of course, but also guilt, confusion, and doubt, all of which were compounded by the arrival of the COVID-19 pandemic which made it impossible for Jill to be with her mother as she was dying and to attend her mother's funeral. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNow, with a poet's eye for detail and a novelist's flair for storytelling, Jill presents a profoundly moving elegy unlike any other. Starting with her mother's end and the physical\/cognitive decline that led her to a care home, \u003ci\u003eThe End Is the Beginning\u003c\/i\u003e explores Iris's battle with depression, the tragedy of a daughter's suicide, a failed second marriage, the death of her beloved first husband only five years into their young marriage, her joyful teenage years, and the trauma of losing her own mother at just eight years old. Compounding her challenges of raising four daughters without a livelihood or partner, Iris's life coincided with an age of unstoppable social change and reinvention, when the roles of wife and mother she was raised to inhabit ceased to be the guarantors of stability and happiness. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs we see Iris become younger and younger, we learn how we are all the sum of our experiences. Iris becomes a multi-dimensional, fascinating woman. We come to understand her difficulties and shortcomings, her neediness and her generosity, her pride and her despair. \u003ci\u003eThe End Is the Beginning\u003c\/i\u003e is not just a family memoir, it is a brave and compassionate celebration of a woman's life and death and a window into a daughter's inextricable bond to her mother.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eJill Bialosky is the author of five acclaimed collections of poetry, most recently \u003ci\u003eAsylum.\u003c\/i\u003e Her poems have appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, and\u003ci\u003e The Atlantic\u003c\/i\u003e, among others. She is the author of many novels including, \u003ci\u003eThe Deceptions\u003c\/i\u003e, and several works of nonfiction including \u003ci\u003eThe End Is the Beginning\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eHistory of a Suicide\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003ePoetry Will Save Your Life\u003c\/i\u003e. In 2015, Jill was honored by the Poetry Society of America for her distinguished contribution to the field of poetry. She lives in New York City. Find out more at JillBialosky.com.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 272\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.2 x 8.5 x 5.6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 06, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51987503251757,"sku":"9781451677928","price":28.18,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/3185\/6429\/files\/03DBE6Ipsd9781451677928.webp?v=1776179110","url":"https:\/\/ishookbooks.com\/products\/the-end-is-the-beginning-a-personal-history-of-my-mother-hardcover","provider":"iShook Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}