This Will All Be over Soon

ily cecily strong

This is a book about grief and the pandemic. Strong loses her cousin early in the year, and then the pandemic hits soon after and between the anxiety of the virus, SNL going on indefinite hiatus, a pseudo-breakup, and a bunch of other shit. She also brings up perhaps every other trauma from her entire life, somehow, probably because the space of the pandemic and the immense grief of her initial loss forced her to really examine the grief she has accumulated throughout her life.
Unsurprisingly, this is a sad book.

It feels strange giving a rating to what is essentially a narrative of someone's grieving process.I appreciate the author's vulnerability and learning more about her life and her loved ones.