Danielle Crittenden - Dispatches from Grief (Ep. 313)

We got that call in the morning the next day that no parent ever wants to get. Our eldest, Miranda, died suddenly. The pain is incurable. One day you're there, you're having coffee, you're reading the newspaper, you're taking the kids to school, and the next day everything is a smoking ruin. That's what it feels like.

You are just hurled into a completely different existence and you become a completely different person. My guest today is Danielle Crittenton, journalist, author, and someone who grew up in newsrooms. Infinite Books is publishing her new book, Dispatches from Greet, a very, very difficult and yet incredibly rewarding book to read. Please enjoy my conversation with Danielle. Danielle, welcome to Infinite Loops.

I'm so honored to be here. Thank you. Your book, Dispatches from Grief, which we are publishing through our Infinite Books uh division, wow, I mean, is really all I can say. Your training in journalism is pretty obvious here, but the thing that I want to ask you about first is the raw honesty. that you r write in this book really kind of took me back.

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