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  • Genre:biography & autobiography
  • Sub-genre:Personal Memoirs
  • Language:English
  • Pages:132
  • eBook ISBN:9781667865409
  • Paperback ISBN:9781667865393

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His Last Tear (Lacrima Mortis)

By Michelle Rodrigue

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Overview

Michelle Rodrigue's "His Last Tear" marks a journal of a widow. Writing notes was her way to express the feelings and emotions she could not convey to him. His suffering was all he knew. Her notes became the story of illness, pandemic, death, grief, and hope. This is a truly inspiring story of courage and strength and faith as she found her way through her own painful and sometimes humorous experiences after fifty-two years of marriage. As she navigates her way through her new life, she offers readers of all generations and circumstances to take away something to which they can relate. 

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Description

This first-time author, a recent widow, defines grief using her journal notes as a source for her emotional, practical and compelling story.  A cancer diagnosis, made more merciless in the midst of a pandemic, challenges a happily inter-reliant couple.  Michelle shares her truths about loneliness, faith and her future leading readers to keep their fingers crossed for her through a myriad of unexpected changes.

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About The Author

Michelle Rodrigue is a widow after a fifty-two-year marriage. She is a mother and a grandmother. She was born in Lowell, Massachusetts and raised in Chelmsford where she graduated high school. She attended University of Massachusetts, Lowell Campus, and spent her working career as a bookkeeper until her retirement. She is a recent transplant from Arizona, where she was as a realtor, to Pennsylvania and is finding happiness in her new life.

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Laurie
Michelle and Ken This is a fantastic book and the author, Michelle, is really open with her experience, which she journaled throughout her husband Ken’s terminal diagnosis. The transition from his death which is undeniably heartbreaking to her, their family and friends. It just goes to show that even though such grief you have the power and the strength to as she did to move across country to be closer to her daughter and family and start a new life. The way Michelle explains and tells stories is quite funny as is sad, and that can be expected, but also uplifting and inspiring. She creates a whole new beautiful life without forgetting the love of her life that she was married to for over 50 happy yrs. She misses having a partner. That’s a story within a story. It's an amazing book! I'd highly suggest it. I finished it in one day, I couldn't put it down! You must enjoy an afternoon and read this amazing book! Michelle did a wonderful job! ❤️ Read more