"My daughter, Grace, was not killed by a gun. She died suddenly at age 5 from a virulent form of strep. As I stood stunned in a church at her memorial, one of the hardest things I heard someone say was, 'I'm going to go home and hug my child a little tighter.' 'Well, good for you,' I thought. 'I'm going to go home and scream.'"

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About Ann Hood

Ann Hood is an American novelist, memoirist, and short-story writer known for works such as The Knitting Circle and Comfort: A Journey Through Grief. Her fiction and nonfiction frequently explore family, loss, and resilience.

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