The Porcelain Heart

★★★☆☆ A clear chronicle of grief, The Porcelain Heart is a mother’s memoir about her first year without her son. Marcy Kelly’s probing memoir The Porcelain Heart is about the year after her son died. Soon after forty-five-year-old Michael opted not to come to a family gathering, he was found dead in his apartment. But Kelly’s ability to grieve was delayed by practical tasks like informing people…