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‘March’ and ‘Caleb’s Crossing’ writer Geraldine Brooks turns to fiction with memoir about loss ‘Memorial Days’

‘March’ and ‘Caleb’s Crossing’ writer Geraldine Brooks turns to fiction with memoir about loss ‘Memorial Days’

“He’s too busy living his life,” Brooks remembers thinking after receiving the message over the phone at the couple’s home on Martha’s Vineyard. “He can’t be dead.”

Brooks, unconvincingly, seeks blame for his loss. He fumes that the rough call from the hospital about Tony’s death is ”