Kaia Gerber says grief ‘has no distance’ while sharing Joan Didion’s words after brother Presley’s death at 27
Kaia Gerber says grief ‘has no distance’ while sharing Joan Didion’s words after brother Presley’s death at 27
Morning Honey Staff Mon, November 9, 2026 at 6:00 PM UTC
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Presley Gerber passed away on September 20. BY: MEGA
Kaia Gerber has shared a passage from Joan Didion‘s writing about grief as she continues to mourn her older brother, Presley Gerber, who died in September.
The model posted a photograph of books on Instagram on Sunday, November 8.
The joint post was shared by Gerber and Library Science, a book-focused project she established with Alyssa Reeder.
The photograph featured several books centered on grief and loss, including works by Michelle Zauner, Lisa Presley, Riley Keough and Joe Brainard, among others.
Kaia Gerber shared Joan Didion’s words about grief
Gerber highlighted a passage from The Year of Magical Thinking, in which Didion spoke about life after the sudden death of her husband.
“Grief, when it comes, is nothing we expect it to be. Grief has no distance. Grief comes in waves, paroxysms, sudden apprehensions that weaken the knees and blind the eyes and obliterate the dailiness of life,” the passage read.
This was Gerber’s second post addressing her late brother since Presley died at a rehabilitation facility in Santa Monica.
The Los Angeles County Medical Examiner has not determined the official cause of his death.
Gerber previously paid tribute to her late brother
On October 18, Gerber published a lengthy Instagram letter addressed to Presley, accompanied by childhood photographs and videos of the siblings.
She reflected on the difficulty of expressing her loss, writing, “I’ve read all of the books and I have none of the answers. My articulation is no match against this, the magnitude of losing you.”
She also described being his sister as her favorite part of herself.
“I was born loving you. I will die loving you. There was never anything else,” she wrote.
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Gerber recalled how Presley helped her overcome her fear of getting her ears pierced when they were children by volunteering to go first.
She connected that memory to his death, writing, “You always went first.” She later added, “and I really wish you hadn’t gone first this time.”
She ended the letter by expressing how much she valued the time they had shared.
“I would walk knowingly toward this grief if it meant that on the other side of it I got to be your sister,” she wrote.
Presley Gerber’s family remembered him after his death
Presley was the son of model Cindy Crawford and businessman Rande Gerber.
He was 27 when he died on September 20.
In October, his family shared a joint statement on Instagram, describing themselves as “beyond heartbroken” and remembering him as “a sweet, beautiful soul.”
The statement said the family felt “so blessed to have had Presley in our lives for 27 years” and expressed gratitude for the support they had received.
Crawford, Rande and Kaia signed the message as “Mom, Dad and Kaia.”
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