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It doesn't feel right to rate Clare Mackintosh's non-fiction book about grief, as much of it focuses on the death of her young son, but this is a poignant read and very helpful. Mackintosh wrote it after a tweet about the anniversary of the death of her five-month-old son, Alex, went viral. The book is part memoir/part self-help, with 18 chapters that walk through dealing with grief--with the ultimate promise that we can all make progress with grief, on our own time, at our own pace. She uses stories from her own life, especially losing Alex, as examples. The result is a sad story, but also a hopeful one, and I think many who have been through a loss would find this helpful; I did.

I received a copy of this book from Netgalley and Sourcebooks in return for an unbiased review.

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emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad slow-paced

5.0

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emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

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While I understand the purpose of the book & I do sympathize with the author & the loss she’s faced, a lot of the concepts in the book were concepts I already knew. I was hoping for a book that helped me move forward in my grief & this book was just chapter after chapter saying “it’s okay to grieve” in multiple different ways. I understand where the author was coming from but I was wanting more than the assurance that it’s okay to grieve. I was wanting encouragement from someone who has experienced grief on how to manage & work through that grief.

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