The Voice of Reason with Carole Radziwill

The Sunday Stories

Carole Radziwill’s Substack series “The Sunday Stories” continues her unfinished memoir project “The Staircase,” a fragmented journal that grapples with grief after the 2001 loss of her husband and the deaths of high‑profile friends. In Part Two she recounts a 2002 visit to the war‑scarred Kabul Zoo, describing animal casualties and the lingering devastation of conflict. The piece blends personal loss with on‑the‑ground war reporting, using vivid detail to illustrate how trauma reshapes everyday spaces. Radziwill frames the narrative as a therapeutic effort to stitch together a life lived in extremes.