Many readers may have heard by now the devastating news of Helen De Cruz’s passing.
Words cannot express the magnitude of this loss. Helen was an incredible philosopher, a truly wonderful person, and a good friend. I spoke to Helen several months ago after learning the seriousness of her prognosis. Her primary concern was for their children’s future, particularly their education, as she and Johan had been depending on their discounted tuition as a faculty member at St. Louis University.
With her blessing, Helen, Johan and I agreed to circulate a GoFundMe on her children’s behalf. Please feel free to share and circulate widely. Eric Schliesser has also posted a beautiful tribute to Helen over at his Substack.
Rest in peace, Helen—you will be missed and remembered by so many. In honor of Helen's life, friendship, and many years of support and contributions to this blog, her books will be featured on the Cocoon's sidebar. Helen's most recent book, Wonderstruck, is a personal favorite of mine – Taylor Carman published a great review of it here.
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