Events › Adult Book Discussion: Grief is for People

Join the Uptown Branch Adult Book Club for a discussion of Grief Is for People by Sloane Crosley. 

Grief Is for People is a deeply moving and surprisingly suspenseful portrait of friendship, and a book about loss packed with verve for life. After the pain and confusion of losing her closest friend to suicide, Crosley looks for answers in friends, philosophy, and art, hoping for a framework more useful than the unavoidable stages of grief. Crosley’s search for truth is frank, darkly funny, and gilded with a resounding empathy. Upending the “grief memoir,” Grief Is for People is the category-defying story of the struggle to hold on to the past without being consumed by it.

A limited number of copies of this title will be available for checkout after the monthly Adult Book Club meeting on 10/17/26 at the Circulation Desk or place a hold.

How to Attend

This event is available in person or online.

Attend in person at the Uptown Branch 929 W. Buena Avenue, Chicago, IL 60613

Attend online via Zoom
Please contact Denise Reiter at dreiter@chipublib.org for a Zoom link. Only one registration per household is needed. You’ll receive an email with a link to the secure Zoom meeting about 24 hours before the meeting. Automatic transcription is included in all CPL events using Zoom. Questions about attending online events? Check out our Events FAQs.

Accessibility
Need sign language interpretation or other accessibility assistance for this event? Please call (312) 747-8184 or email access@chipublib.org to request accommodations. Requests must be made at least 14 business days before the event.