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Bloomsbury presents Tell Me Good Things by James Runcie read by Pip Torrens

A tender memoir of the challenges of bereavement I closed this book wishing Id met her but feeling that I almost had Daily Telegraph

A memoir of a husbands grief and an unforgettable portrait of a marriage a profound examination of sorrow and a great celebration of love by the Sunday Timesbestselling author James Runcie

James Runcies wife Marilyn Imrie died in August 2020 Their thirtyfive year marriage had been miraculously happy until in the last two years of Marilyns life she descended into the pain and humiliation of motor neurone disease

In the wake of her death Runcie stumbled in the dark How do you make sense of the decline and death of the most alive person you have ever met And how do you go about building a life worth living in their absence

In Tell Me Good Things Runcie tells the story of Marilyns illness and death in all its moments of tragedy rage farce and surrealness while painting a vivid portrait of her life and their marriage a partnership defined by a shared love of beauty conviviality and storytelling And during that first year of loss he awakens to the strange paradox of grief that the way to survive Marilyns death is to understand how very good she was at living

Tender funny profound and deeply true Tell Me Good Things is an unforgettable story of life before death and love beyond the grave

A touchingly honest and tender memoir The Times
A wonderful addition to the literature of bereavement Sunday Times