Grief is nothing to be ashamed of and not every loss is something we can just "get over." The truth is that not all grief dissipates. Yes, our sadness softens over time but not always before it changes us or takes on a life of its own. In this wry and raw memoir, "turning 44," Melissa Collier delivers a poignant tribute about gratitude and grief and the life that happens in between. Rejecting the natural stages of grief, Collier chooses instead to wear her loss as a badge of honor and an outright refusal to allow her father to be forgotten simply because he died an early death. Infused with...