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Starting an hour late, but that's ok! Starting this book for the #readathon

#MOvember A young woman is left grief stricken and utterly alone in Thailand, when in a matter of seconds, her life is tragically altered after her fiancé has a deadly reaction to a jellyfish bite. This is Shannon‘s account of those incomprehensible days, weeks and months trying to move forward without the person you love most. #IllRemember Such a poignant memoir. #NonfictionNovember

#MarchIntothe70s Shannon Fowler, a marine biologist studying to get her PHD was backpacking through Asia with her fiancé when a freak accident altered her world. Not a #barracuda but a box jellyfish stung Sean while they were wading knee deep in the waters of Thailand, leaving him dead within minutes. Truly alone, Shannon embarks on a pilgrimage of war torn countries to find solace and “to see what survival looked like.” ???

I‘m not sure how I found this book but wow, am I glad I did. A young woman is left grief stricken, when in a matter of seconds her life is devastatingly altered after her fiancé has a deadly reaction to a jellyfish bite. I‘m warmed by the kindest of strangers and their steadfast determination to protect the author while she grapples with the Thai bureaucracy. Halfway done listening and the tears have been flowing. #Hoopla #Audio

This book has a lot of different aspects, mainly about grieving, but the author is a marine biologist, so there's also plenty of that topic, like her descriptions of an octopus she's studied! 🐙💜🐙💜🐙

I don't know why my expectations were low - wariness of a grief/travel memoir? - but this book so far exceeded them that I was blown away. I thought the author did a masterful job describing her relationship with the sea, with her fiancé, and with her own and others' grief processes. Each component was fascinating and often devastating.

Third book completed for #24in48

Thanks to @thereadingwomen for highlighting this book.

I'm really enjoying this book but I also feel like I should "save" it for #24in48 ! ? 5 hours!

After her fiancé is killed by a box jellyfish off the coast of Thailand, Shannon backpacks through Eastern Europe as she tries to come to terms with his death. Shannon says she wanted to this book to look at life after the death of a loved one, when the mourner must face day-to-day life as she deals with her grief. I appreciate how she emphasizes this theme, reminding us that grief is a never-ending process of emotions and memory. ?⠀

Shannon is a marine biologist who went to Thailand with her financé. He was stung by a jellyfish and died. The book alternates chapters between life with Sean and life after Sean. The book is about loss and learning to live in the aftermath of it.

A searing, emotional read that is part travelogue, part grief memoir. This was a beautifully written book that was hard to read at times due to the author's raw and unflinchingly honest writing style.

After her fiancé is killed by a box jellyfish, Shannon backpacks through Eastern Europe as she tries to come to terms with her life without Sean. In her author's note, Shannon says she wanted to this book to look at life after the death of a loved one, when the mourner must face day-to-day life. I appreciate how the author emphasizes this theme, reminding us again and again that grief is a never-ending process of emotions and memory. ?

My evening reading tonight. Making me cry 😢 so many feels!

Wow, this is a powerful read. The author witnesses her fiancé's rapid death after being stung by a box jellyfish during their holiday in Thailand. Traveling with Ghosts follows her journey through her raw grief as she also travels through Eastern Europe. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

I went book shopping because of course I did. ?? I got a memoir about a marine biologist who travels the world w her fiancé, & while in Thailand he dies from a jellyfish sting. I've been unable to wait patiently for the new Valeria Luiselli essay on undocumented immigrants, & Durga Chew-Bose's autobiographical essays on cultural criticism sounds amazing. Getting to these soon!

This week for #fridayreads Estefanía shares her current read: Traveling With Ghosts by Shannon Leone Fowler
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"A brilliant story of grief and discovery. I love it because I feel like the author is being really honest about her feelings through this abstract memoir. She does an excellent job of putting feelings into words. A really honest read-- it feels like I'm reading into her soul." #tbr #currentlyreading #staffpicks

I cannot stop touching this amazing cover

Wow....this book, wow. It's such an incredible read and just so heartbreaking. This sucked me in all day and I'm on that book hangover, where I can't start anoher one just yet. Just wonderful.

#impulsebuy #fancybuttons

#funfridayphoto at least it would be travel related haha 🤗

Is there anything better than receiving book mail with deckle edges?! 😍

"Shannon Leone Fowler's restlessness in the face of her unimaginable loss makes the reader feel her battered Lonely Planet travel guide was aptly named. Like Cheryl Strayed's WILD, Fowler makes us feel that a hero's journey is our only hope for surviving grief. TRAVELING WITH GHOSTS is a brace and necessary record of love, and beautiful as it is heartbreaking." - Ann Patchett, author of BEL CANTO and STATE OF WONDER