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Good Grief

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27th March 2014

Price: £9.99

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Selected: Paperback / ISBN-13: 9781444753974

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Returning from the memorial service for her husband, a tough tabloid editor cut down in his prime, June Pepper sets about following his instructions to keep a journal as therapy. But both grief and the journal prove elusive. Distracted by a problem stepdaughter and by a liaison with a man she discovers wearing one of her husband’s old suits, June finds bereavement far from straightforward. And as she empties skeletons from closets, she learns there is far more to life than death.

Reviews

The Times
Touching, hilarious . . . a journey of hope and courage
Daily Express
Waterhouse sparkles in this fictional diary of a newly-bereaved widow
Literary Review
Often moving, often comic . . . The strength of this novel lies in pathos and in its onwards-and-ever-upwards, day-to-day detail
Mail on Sunday
A realistic view of bereavement, full of humour
Sunday Independent (Ireland)
Beautifully written