In the Unlikely Event of a Water Landing: A Geography of Grief.(Brief Article)

Christopher Noel. Times Books, $23 (224p) ISBN 0-8129-2679-X

In 1992, Noel's fiancee, Brigid, in her late 20s, was killed in an automobile accident in Vermont. In this memoir the author, who heads the writing program at the University of Vermont, describes the grief-stricken years he experienced after her death. This account includes diary excerpts written by Brigid as well as letters the author wrote to her after she died. Noel …