The Hot Young Widows Club
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- $14.99
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- $14.99
Publisher Description
Here is one important thing we all have in common: literally everyone we know and love will die. That one uplifting and crowd-pleasing fact is not enough to make it easier when it actually happens. Other bad things happen, too, and sometimes they happen in quick succession, as they did to Nora McInerny. In the span of a few weeks, thirty-something Nora lost her husband, her unborn baby, and her father. Her life fell apart.
What Nora discovered was that, when you’re in these hard moments, it can feel nearly impossible to feel even a shadow of the person you once were. People will give you all sorts of advice of how to hold onto your sanity and sense of self. But how exactly? How do you find that person again?
Welcome to The Hot Young Widows Club. This is not a book with all of the answers, but it is a book with some of the answers to help you navigate life’s biggest struggles. This is a book that will help you do your best when you’re faced with the worst. Not because you’re perfect, but because you care enough to try. The Hot Young Widows Club isn’t just a book for people who have lost a spouse, but a book for anyone who has gone through a major life blow and is eager to learn how to regain their sense of self. Calling from her own experiences and those of her dedicated listeners, Nora will offer wise, heartfelt, and often humorous advice to any reader navigating a painful period in their lives. Full of practical guidance, Nora will also explore how readers can educate the people around them on what to do, what to say, and how to best support. Ultimately, this book is a space for people to recognise that they aren’t alone, and to learn how to get through life’s hardest moments with grace and humour.
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Terrible, Thanks for Asking podcast host McInerny (No Happy Endings) offers advice on dealing with grief in this slim, wise volume. After her husband Aaron died of brain cancer at 35, McInerny, then 31, and a fellow widow founded the club of the title, and McInerny's brash brand of grieving without apology inspired her, at the suggestion of a friend, to start podcast and a nonprofit, Still Kickin, dedicated to providing support and services for those in grief. With such tips as creating "an incomplete list" of things that feel normal for the grieving person (wearing your dead husband's socks, fighting over the wording of an obituary) and how to set boundaries (feel free to ghost, be upfront about your emotions), she provides comfort for those who have lost a loved one. In the latter half of the book, McInerny turns her attention to those surrounding the grieving person. She outlines easy ways to comfort someone experiencing grief: it's helpful to say the grieving person's name and to have a mental list of things to talk about (she provides a conversation template for readers who are lost on what to say). McInerny's simple and effective advice will be valuable for anyone who has survived a loss.
