Rating: 4 out of 5

I’d read a few other reviews before reading this book. But it was mentioned by a trusted friend, so I thought I’d give it the benefit of the doubt and read it. I found it a real, honest account of grief. I’m still definitely on the grief journey. And I recognised the sense of turmoil, trying to make sense of things, trying new things to see if they make you feel better, or at least something. An inspirational book in some respects because it made me feel like I was doing OK. And actually, that even if I wasn’t doing OK, that was OK too.

Highlighted passages:

Fear, to a great extent, is born of a story we tell ourselves, and so I chose to tell myself a different story

Those were the worse days , I believed at the time, and yet the moment she died I’d have given anything to have them back

Originally posted to my Goodreads account