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Nora is the author of several very funny books, available wherever you typically buy books (and linked below).
“Thank you for the perfect blend of nostalgia-drenched humor, wit, and heartbreak, Nora.”
- Mandy Moore
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It’s Okay to Laugh (Crying Is Cool Too) is Nora’s first book, written in the 6 months after the death of her husband Aaron. This is a story about love, loss and trying to stay alive, told with heart and humor.
Nora knows intimately that when your life falls apart, there’s a mad rush to be okay—to find a silver lining, to get to the happy ending. And after finding love after the death of her husband, that’s exactly what people think she got: the happy ending. In this, her second memoir, Nora offers a tragicomic exploration of the tension between finding happiness and holding space for the unhappy experiences that have shaped us.
No Happy Endings is a book for people living life after life has fallen apart. It’s a book for people who know that they’re moving forward, not moving on. It’s a book for people who know life isn’t always happy, but it isn’t the end: there will be unimaginable joy and incomprehensible tragedy. As Nora reminds us, there will be no happy endings—but there will be new beginnings.
This book is not just for widows (or the people who love them), but a practical guide for any griever and for the grief-adjacent.
It’s short — 112 pages — readable even when you have grief brain, and meant to help make the grieving experience less lonely.
A hilarious and heartfelt book based on the movie that put Nora into labor in 2016.
Is it unusual to base a book on a movie? Yes. Should it be? No! You get to take all the great characters, storylines and situations and deepen them!
This book is laugh out loud funny, and not just for moms!