Kayak Morning, reflections on love, grief and small boats, by Roger Rosenblatt

This brief series of essays continues the story of how the author came to terms with the grief of losing his daughter in the prime of her life. In Making toast, this loss was new and raw. His daughter, a 38-year-old doctor, died suddenly of an undetected heart defect leaving behind a devastated young family. The author and his wife move in with their son-in-law and three small grandchildren. Somehow the rhythm of life, as exemplified in the making of toast for the children each morning, will continue. In the new book, set over two years later, the author spends much his time alone in a kayak, floating on an estuary near their home in Quogue on Long Island and reflecting on love and loss as he continues the grieving process. 146 pp.