I found love letters my parents wrote to each other during the war and now I understand their marriage completely differently and I wish I hadn't read them.
More people experience this than they realize.
The intimate archives of the dead can reveal selves we were never meant to know, complicating our grief with unwanted knowledge.
“Where Are You with Grief and legacy — how the dead continue to live in us?”
If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.