Why read I Promise It Won't Always Hurt Like This?

Book cover of I Promise It Won't Always Hurt Like This: 18 Assurances on Grief

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'Truly the best and most insightful book about grief I have ever read' Joanna Cannon

'Beautiful, heart-breaking and yet overwhelmingly hopeful' Mike Gayle

Grief is universal, but it's also as unique to each of us as the person we've lost. It can be overwhelming, exhausting, lonely, unreasonable, there when we…

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Manni Coe

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How to form a book around grief once the healing has started to happen. Clare takes us on her own painful jounrney of losing a child and manages to create a series of promises that steady the emotions and give a name to the pain, during tumultuous times. It is a difficult read at times, due to the themes but ultimately, I promise it won´t always hurt like shines with hope and understanding.

From Manni's 3 favorite reads in 2024.