Four Corners: A Practical Memoir About Siblings, Grief, And Learning How To Carry On Without Letting Go

"Siblings can be so many different things for one another: friends, enemies, heroes, antagonizers, allies, teachers, defenders, competitors, advocates, path-breakers. I can't describe who I am without talking about my siblings.

They've made me the person I am.

They're a part of me.

There is so much that we lost when my brother died, but I can't lose any of that."

When her younger brother died at the age of nineteen, Erin turned to books both as a refuge and out of a desire to learn how others reconciled their own grief with the pressure to keep moving forward. She found a distinct thread in the stories of siblings: that the impact of a sibling's death can go unacknowledged and misunderstood, and the nature of sibling relationships can affect our perceived right to grieve.

Four Corners is a reflection on the complicated emotions that can characterize grief, the unique bond that ties us to our siblings, and the exploration of healing as a practice rather than an endpoint, with practical ideas for keeping a connection to the person you've lost. This is a book not only for siblings, but also those who are grieving a loss, supporting someone who is grieving, and for anyone looking for a compassionate approach to living alongside pain while still finding joy in life.