I became an optimist the night my wife died': a science writer on loss and letting go of rationalism
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from www.theguardian.com5 days ago
"People reacted in different ways to my wife Kathryn's diagnosis: some understood the grim reality, others held on to hope out of superstition or desire to reassure."
www.theguardian.comhttps://www.theguardian.com/books/2025/jan/04/i-became-an-optimist-the-night-my-wife-died-a-science-writer-on-loss-and-letting-go-of-rationalism
"Kathryn insisted that those around her only express hope, applying that most of all to me, but I struggled between optimism and reality as her caretaker."
www.theguardian.comhttps://www.theguardian.com/books/2025/jan/04/i-became-an-optimist-the-night-my-wife-died-a-science-writer-on-loss-and-letting-go-of-rationalism
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