Book Review: The Inheritance of Grief by Nishi Patel
The Inheritance of Grief is a deeply emotional poetic exploration of what it is to grieve, and I really enjoyed reading it.
Grief isn't easy, and Nishi Patel doesn't pretend it is in this poetry collection. Instead, she has highlighted so many of the complicated feelings that arise during the phases of grief, and worded those struggles in beautiful, evocative ways.
Patel's words are rife with pain and anger and love and longing, and she expresses her grief in ways that are all too relatable to anyone who has lost a parent or loved one, yet her words remain deeply personal to her own experiences.
The collection is split into three sections - the loss, the coping, the healing. I appreciated this method of organizing the poems, and how raw and honest and full of emotion they are. Where others might only share the view from when they felt healed, or might edit out the tough parts, Patel portrays an honest story of grief, of healing, of finding oneself again after living through hard times.
This poetry collection is brilliant, and I really do hope you'll read it.
