{"product_id":"rise-above-a-memoir","title":"Rise Above: A Memoir","description":"\n\u003ctable align=\"center\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"2\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"100%\"\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"productDetailSmallElements\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBiographical Note\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eMatthew Schnipper\u003c\/b\u003e is a New York City-based writer, editor, and Depop dealer. He writes the newsletter \n\u003ci\u003eDeep Voices\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\"This is a story that nobody should ever have to tell, yet Matthew Schnipper does so with grace, rawness, and beauty.\" \n\u003cb\u003e--Hua Hsu, \u003ci\u003ePulitzer Prize\u003c\/i\u003e winning and \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestselling author of \u003ci\u003eStay True\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"In \n\u003ci\u003eRise Above\u003c\/i\u003e, Matthew Schnipper faces the unanswerable question of how to live in the aftermath of impossible grief. It is a sensitive, moving memoir, an exquisite portrait of a beloved child, and a testament to the relationships that sustain and bolster us in times of need.\" \n\u003cb\u003e--Yaa Gyasi, NBCC Award-winning and bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eHomegoing \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eTranscendent Kingdom\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Astoundingly intimate, generous, and tender, \n\u003ci\u003eRise Above\u003c\/i\u003e is both a balm to despair and a bridge toward hope. With hard-won wisdom and honesty, Schnipper writes about the effort and unexpected joy of staying open to the world after profound loss through friendship, music, and memory. This is a story that explores the choice to keep loving life as an act not only of courage but of imagination. I am forever changed by it and deeply grateful it exists.\" \n\u003cb\u003e--Coco Mellors, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eBlue Sisters\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"So much writing about grief feels gauzy, platitudinous, simple. But Matthew Schnipper recounts the contours of his seismic loss with such a staggering amount of tenderness and honesty. I'm astounded by his capacity for love and earnest self-reflection in the face of bottomless pain; this book is a serious gift for anyone feeling unmoored and alone.\" \n\u003cb\u003e--Amanda Petrusich, author of\u003ci\u003e Do Not Sell at Any Price\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\"This pain-filled memoir is both a record of the author's coming to terms with the unspeakable through conscious struggle and the natural effects of time. It's also a remarkable tribute to the memory of a young child's potent presence during the time he was alive. It's a gift, intentional or not, to any reader who has suffered a loss of like magnitude and also to those who want to understand such loss.\" \n\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e, starred review\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"A wrenching account of his toddler's sudden death . . . [Schnipper] wisely avoids tidy takeaways, offering readers a portrait of unresolved anguish that's both raw and artful. It's a powerful record of a broken heart.\" \n\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e, starred review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher Marketing\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eAn unforgettable memoir of fatherhood, grief, and the life-saving power of love and art in the wake of unimaginable loss\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\"This is a story that nobody should ever have to tell, yet Matthew Schnipper does so with grace, rawness, and beauty.\"--Hua Hsu, Pulitzer Prize-winning and \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eStay True\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eRenzo Rollins Schnipper was born in February 2020, a split second before the beginning of the pandemic. To his parents, he was the reason for the universe's existence at a time when there was little hope to be found in the world. Then, on Christmas Eve 2021, a rare medical event suddenly took Renzo from them. \n\u003ci\u003eRise Above \u003c\/i\u003ebegins with an account of Renzo's short, but blazingly full, life from his father's perspective. Even as it is an account of grief, Matthew Schnipper's memoir is about resilience in the face of the unexpected turns life takes, and how to chart a path forward. \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSchnipper chronicles the tragic, frustrating, and sometimes dumb ways that grief manifests, and how he tried to rise above the pain: friendships, text messages, carbs, a trip to Miami, phone calls with a rabbi, selling vintage clothing--and, perhaps most indelibly, his ever-changing relationship to music, his lifelong passion. \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eRise Above \u003c\/i\u003efollows this journey--from the shock and freefall following his son's death, to the desperate struggle to remember and honor Renzo's life. Schnipper's candid prose and clear-eyed storytelling tackles the darkest, most unfathomable elements of living, but also the miracle of love and the shimmering moments that ultimately give life meaning.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations:\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"italic\"\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/span\u003e 06\/22\/2026 (EAN 9780593730690, Hardcover) - *Starred Review\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e\n","brand":"Random House","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51496150892822,"sku":"9780593730690","price":36.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0857\/9910\/8886\/files\/9780593730690.jpg?v=1783054112","url":"https:\/\/lusper.myshopify.com\/products\/rise-above-a-memoir","provider":"Lusperbooks","version":"1.0","type":"link"}