Irish Death Cleaning in Paris - Paperback

by Susan Brady Konig (Author)

In this memoir of grief, croissants, and midlife, motherhood humor writer Susan Brady Konig realizes that her own mother couldn't love her.

To underscore the point, Mom wrote it all down and, when she dies, Susan uncovers thousands of pages of vitriol. The obligation to deal with this emotional dumpster fire is dubbed Irish Death Cleaning.

Distressed at her inability to mourn, Susan runs away from her life in New York City to revisit her birthplace, Paris, hoping to connect with a time and place where her mother may have once loved her.

Back in the City of Light, she is body-shamed for her large feet, nearly arrested, and caught in a fruit market standoff with a supermodel. Gallic hilarity collides with memories of childhood heartbreak, as Susan navigates the depths of grief and explores her own capacity for joy.