The Flower Bearers by Rachel Eliza Griffiths review
The death of a friend and the attempted murder of her husband Salman Rushdie loom large in the poet’s moving memoir
TL;DR
- Rachel Eliza Griffiths's memoir, "The Flower Bearers," explores personal tragedies and violence.
- The book details the death of her best friend, Kamilah Aisha Moon, and the attempted assassination of her husband, Salman Rushdie.
- Griffiths also recounts her mother's death and her own struggles with dissociative identity disorder and a police encounter during a mental health crisis.
- The memoir highlights the deep friendship between Griffiths and Moon, forged in shared experiences as Black women pursuing creative careers.
- The book concludes with Griffiths confronting her grief and learning to accept loss as an integral part of life.