{"product_id":"if-you-knew-suzy-a-mother-a-daughter-a-reporters-notebook-isbn-9780061735233","title":"If You Knew Suzy: A Mother, a Daughter, a Reporter's Notebook","description":"\u003cp\u003e“Katherine Rosman has a great gift for articulating the yearnings of daughterhood and the mysteries of motherhood.” \u003cbr\u003e— Jeffrey Zaslow, coauthor of \u003cem\u003eThe Last Lecture\u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Katherine Rosman’s voice rings with truth, pain, and hard-won humor as she reports from the heart in this bold, cathartic tale of a daughter’s search to find meaning in her mother’s death.... This book beats with a heart of its own.” \u003cbr\u003e— Janice Y.K. Lee, author of \u003cem\u003eThe Piano Teacher\u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn lively, intimate prose, \u003cem\u003eWall Street Journal\u003c\/em\u003e culture reporter Katherine Rosman reconnects with her late mother by reporting on the life she led outside of her roles as mom and wife.\u003c\/p\u003e | \u003cp\u003eFaced with the loss of her mother, Suzy, to cancer at sixty, \u003cem\u003eWall Street Journal\u003c\/em\u003e reporter Katherine Rosman longs to find answers to the questions that we all wrestle with after losing someone we love. So she does what she does best: she opens her notebook and starts investigating.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThumbing through her late mother's address book, Rosman begins to discover a woman whose life was intricately connected to a host of characters her daughter hardly knew. Her reporting skills at the ready, she embarks on a cross-country odyssey, tracking down total strangers from whom she hopes to learn about a woman she once thought she couldn't know better. Venturing into the heart of some colorful communities, Rosman interviews friends and acquaintances of her mother's, as well as people whose relationships with her were more complex though no less potent—among them a former golf caddie, a legendary Pilates instructor, an eBay glass collector, and an immigrant doctor at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center. As Rosman attempts to fill in the blank spaces that may explain her mother's motivations and philosophies in building a life and in facing death, she comes to understand this woman as she never imagined she could.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBlending humor, honesty, and old-fashioned reporting, Rosman grapples with the bittersweet reality that sometimes we can't truly know someone until after she is gone. At once comforting, candid, and very funny, \u003cem\u003eIf You Knew Suzy\u003c\/em\u003e is a heartfelt memoir against which readers can consider themselves and the lives of all those they love.\u003c\/p\u003e | \u003cp\u003e“Katie Rosman has a great gift for articulating the yearnings of daughterhood and the mysteries of motherhood. Reading her moving tale of discovery, we can’t help but contemplate the things we have yet to learn about our own parents-and about ourselves.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eJeffrey Zaslow, coauthor The Last Lecture\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“After I picked up If You Knew Suzy, I couldn’t put it down. Katherine Rosman’s enthralling memoir presents a tender yet searching picture of a mother’s life, her death, and her lasting influence on her daughters.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eGretchen Rubin, author of The Happiness Project\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“If Katherine Rosman’s detailed and heartfelt tribute to her mother doesn’t make you want to hug your own, I don’t know what will.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSloane Crosley, author of I Was Told There'd Be Cake and How Did You Get This Number?\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“How marvelous to sit beside a daughter exploring her mother’s life. \u003ci\u003eIf You Knew Suzy\u003c\/i\u003e is about the joys of a family balanced by the heartbreaking complexities of death. Rosman is a dogged reporter whose eye for wonderful detail is enriched by the love and empathy of a devoted child.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eIsabel Gillies, author of Happens Every Day: An All-Too-True Story\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Rosman’s voice rings with truth, pain, and hard-won humor. . . . [A] bold, cathartic tale of a daughter’s search to find meaning in her mother’s death.  She tells of her mother’s virtues and flaws with unvarnished honesty ... This book beats with a heart of its own.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eJanice Lee, author of The Piano Teacher\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“In this brave, funny, deeply moving memoir, [Rosman] shows readers how, even after death, love endures.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePeople (3 ½ out of 4 stars)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Frank, funny, keenly reported, but also deeply moving, Rosman’s book journeys into that mysterious territory-the nature of family and the substance of love.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSusan Orlean, author of The Orchid Thief and The Bullfighter Checks Her Makeup\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Rosman’s bittersweet search for meaning is compelling and at times hilarious…. These stories are about Suzy but also about a daughter whose compassionate (not to mention labor-intensive) reporting is her way of coping. They memorialize a woman who, even if you didn’t’ know her, begs to be remembered.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eElle\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Touching. . . . \u003ci\u003eIf You Knew Suzy\u003c\/i\u003e says quite a bit about everything good journalism can accomplish. Through reporting her mother’s life-a life that she thought she knew backwards and forwards-Ms. Rosman discovered an altogether different story, filled with unexpected and fascinating characters. It was her most difficult assignment as a journalist, but she got the scoop.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMichael H. Miller, New York Observer\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“We just love it.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eRedbook\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“More than mere memoir.... Rosman expertly counterbalances the bleak and grinding arc of her mother’s cancer with an inspiring tale of her quietly extraordinary life, and does so with irreverent humor, bracing honesty and the storytelling savvy of a veteran reporter.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eChristopher Walton, Detroit Free Press\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Harper","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44889174245605,"sku":"NP9780061735233","price":25.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780061735233.jpg?v=1730230681","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/if-you-knew-suzy-a-mother-a-daughter-a-reporters-notebook-isbn-9780061735233","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}