Imprint
- Short Books
- Short Books
Memoirs, Coping with death & bereavement
The cruel early death of his wife Helen tears up the script of Adam Golightly's middle-class, middle-aged existence. Miserably single, outnumbered by his kids and haunted by life's screaming fragility, he recounts his fight back against the hand of fate.
The cruel early death of his beloved wife Helen tears up the script of Adam Golightly s middle-class, middle-aged existence. Miserably single, outnumbered by his kids and haunted by life s screaming fragility, he recounts his fight back against the crappy hand of fate.This irreverent and frank memoir follows Adam s snakes-and-ladders journey through his grief in the year following his wife s death, as he struggles with small town tongue wagging, the trauma of teenage bra shopping and online dating anarchy. Adam s is the biggest mid-life crisis anyone could face and as he starts to build a new, alternative life for himself and his children, he shows not just how to survive bereavement but how to be transformed by it.
Find a book you’ll love, get our Word Up newsletter
.png?auto=compress&w=150&h=60&fit=crop&fm=jpg)
.png?auto=compress&w=150&h=60&fit=crop&fm=jpg)
Hachette Australia acknowledges and pays our respects to the past, present and future Traditional Owners and Custodians of Country throughout Australia and recognises the continuation of cultural, spiritual and educational practices of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. Our head office is located on the lands of the Gadigal people of the Eora Nation.
