RaveLos Angeles Review of BooksThis expansive memoir travels back and forth through time, dwelling in deeply personal detail on Rapp Black’s efforts to forge a new life while still honoring and learning from the old ... In Sanctuary, [Black] writes about [her son\'s] death with elegant poise and a tenderness that is equal parts raw and generous ... she writes with fierce honesty and zero sentimentality, in a way that distinguishes her from many others who write about grief and trauma ... Rapp Black’s exquisite prose is as compelling as her intellectual rigor ... In the end, Sanctuary is not a memoir of grief or of survival, but rather simply a story about living. Rapp Black is astute and sensitive, and she invites readers to bear witness to the intimate, intense, and profound experiences of losing and gaining so much.
