Splitting the Difference: A Heart-Shaped Memoir
By (Author) Tre Miller Rodriguez
She Writes Press
She Writes Press
18th April 2013
United States
Paperback
292
Width 139mm, Height 215mm, Spine 16mm
Widowed at 34, Tre Miller Rodriguez finds New York life difficult to bear, so she sets off to travel the world, her husband's ashes in hand. This spontaneous act becomes a self-searching journey,one that ultimately brings Rodriguez to reunite with the daughter she gave up for adoption at 18.
Story of a woman turning grief into courage...Blogospheric immediacy charges the book's pages. At once touching and shockingly stark...Gripping, real. Publishers Weekly
No other book entangles romance and grief in such an urgent and beautiful way. Tr Miller Rodrguez writes as she lives: with breathless poise, unmatched style and fierce bravery.
Claire Bidwell Smith, author of The Rules of Inheritance
Splitting the Difference is a story of love and loss told with flair, ballsy bravado and unflinching honesty.
Susan Shapiro, author of 5 Men Who Broke My Heart
Tr Miller Rodrguez was born in California and lives in New York City. An award-winning copywriter and UC Berkeley graduate, her essays have appeared in Manhattan Magazine, and on The Daily Beast and WhiteElephantInTheRoom.com. This is her first book.