appearance at La Canada flintridge library by the author of A Memoir of Love, Loss and Family Resilience

SUSHI TUESDAYS is the One City One Book La Canada Flintridge pick for 2023.

Faced with a shattering  loss, a young widow searches for answers, acceptance, and family  resilience.

After taking her sons on a hike with the family dog, one beautiful fall afternoon, Charlotte returned home to find a policewoman, a policeman, and a priest in her driveway—there to deliver the news of herhusband’s suicide. Charlotte knew her husband had been stressed about work, but she had no idea he was suicidal. She thought he had stayed home to take a nap.

As a young widow, Charlotte cried, cursed, meditated, medicated, downward-dogged, and ran as a way to make sense of her husband’s suicide. The mother of two bereft sons, she summoned her inner strength to provide steady guidance for them through the ensuing years. Her story offers intimate moments, powerful lessons, as well as practical ways any of us experiencing loss can move forward to live lives of joy and purpose.

CHARLOTTE MAYA writes about suicide loss, resilience, and hope on her blog, SushiTuesdays.com. She explores the intersections of grief, parenting, and self-care—particularly within the context of suicide. Her work has been highlighted in Hippocampus Magazine and on The Mighty, and she has been featured on the A2A Alliance and the Your Next Chapter podcast with Angela Raspass. She received her B.A. from Rice University and her J.D. from UCLA.