Antidote for Solitude: The Life of Bonnie Bobet

Rosenbaum narrates that the death of a loved one may evoke anguish, regret, confusion, anger, shock, bitterness, despair, relief, gratitude, nostalgia, even joy. Here, she pays tribute to Bonnie Bobet, her best friend who had recruited innumerable siblings from the Oakland public schools, from dorms and classes and activities at BYU and the University of Utah, and from university communities around the country. In Berkeley, Palo Alto, Los Angeles, Boston, and Washington, circles of bright, young Mormons flourished, and Bobet had contacts in most of them. Among other things, she believes that they will be able to remember Bobet's features and her voice and her nature as long as they can remember anything in this life, and in that way they will keep her alive and around as best they can. In that way they will minister to their own solitude.