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Chapter 1: The Press Release of Grief
\nAt my husband\u2019s funeral, my three children stood in front of the gathered guests and delivered their little speeches like they were reading a corporate press release.<\/p>\n

The scent of white lilies was thick in the chapel in Scottsdale, Arizona, so cloying it coated the back of my throat. I sat in the front row, clutching my gold wedding ring so tightly it left a deep, white dent in my flesh. The metal felt warm, the only piece of my husband, Richard, I was still allowed to touch. My name is Marianne Caldwell, fifty-six years old. I had been married to the man in the polished mahogany casket for thirty-one years.<\/p>\n

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Chapter 1: The Press Release of Grief At my husband\u2019s funeral, my three children stood in front of the gathered guests and delivered their little speeches like they were reading a corporate press release. The scent of white lilies was thick in the chapel in Scottsdale, Arizona, so cloying it coated the back of my…<\/p>\n

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