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'''The Eclipse: A Memoir of Suicide''' is [[Antonella Gambotto-Burke]]'s first memoir and fourth book. The narrative concerns her brother's suicide and the death of her ex-fiance, notorious Chicago-born [[GQ]] editor [[Michael VerMeulen]]. On January 18, 2004, London's [[Sunday Times]] critic wrote: "When they were both five, a blond boy with 'rueful eyes' asked Gambotto to marry him; at 16, he blew his brains out. Later, her lover, Michael VerMeulen, the editor of GQ magazine, overdosed on cocaine. Then in 2001, her brother gassed himself in a car. He left an apologetic note to his unknown discoverers, reassuring them that the gas was not explosive and asking the police to return the rented empty tank to the shop. He thought of everything - yet his family and friends were left only with a terrible perplexity |
'''The Eclipse: A Memoir of Suicide''' is [[Antonella Gambotto-Burke]]'s first memoir and fourth book. The narrative concerns her brother's suicide and the death of her ex-fiance, notorious Chicago-born [[GQ]] editor [[Michael VerMeulen]]. On January 18, 2004, London's [[Sunday Times]] critic wrote: "When they were both five, a blond boy with 'rueful eyes' asked Gambotto to marry him; at 16, he blew his brains out. Later, her lover, Michael VerMeulen, the editor of GQ magazine, overdosed on cocaine. Then in 2001, her brother gassed himself in a car. He left an apologetic note to his unknown discoverers, reassuring them that the gas was not explosive and asking the police to return the rented empty tank to the shop. He thought of everything - yet his family and friends were left only with a terrible perplexity." |
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Featured on the cover of [[The Weekend Australian]] on March 20, 2004, ''The Eclipse'' has been published in three languages. |
Featured on the cover of [[The Weekend Australian]] on March 20, 2004, ''The Eclipse'' has been published in three languages. |
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The Eclipse: A Memoir of Suicide is Antonella Gambotto-Burke's first memoir and fourth book. The narrative concerns her brother's suicide and the death of her ex-fiance, notorious Chicago-born GQ editor Michael VerMeulen. On January 18, 2004, London's Sunday Times critic wrote: "When they were both five, a blond boy with 'rueful eyes' asked Gambotto to marry him; at 16, he blew his brains out. Later, her lover, Michael VerMeulen, the editor of GQ magazine, overdosed on cocaine. Then in 2001, her brother gassed himself in a car. He left an apologetic note to his unknown discoverers, reassuring them that the gas was not explosive and asking the police to return the rented empty tank to the shop. He thought of everything - yet his family and friends were left only with a terrible perplexity." [citation needed]
Featured on the cover of The Weekend Australian on March 20, 2004, The Eclipse has been published in three languages.
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