{"product_id":"the-archaeology-of-loss-by-sarah-tarlow-9781529099553","title":"The Archaeology of Loss","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA companion for anyone navigating the hardships of loss and uncertainty\u003c\/em\u003e - Octavia Bright, author of \u003cem\u003eThis Ragged Grace\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cem\u003eIn the end, there is so much love in this book\u003c\/em\u003e - The Times\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAn unflinching memoir exploring the realities of marriage, caregiving, how we die and how we grieve.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAfter thirteen years together, Sarah Tarlow's husband Mark began to suffer from an undiagnosed illness, which rapidly left him incapable of caring for himself. Life - an intense juggling act of a demanding job, young children, and looking after a depressed and frustrated partner - became hard.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eOne day, five years after he first started showing symptoms, Mark waited for Sarah and their children to leave their home before ending his own life. Although Sarah had devoted her professional life as an archaeologist to the study of death and how we grieve, she found that nothing had prepared her for the reality of illness and the devastation of loss.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Archaeology of Loss\u003c\/em\u003e is a fiercely vulnerable, deeply intimate, and yet unflinchingly direct memoir which describes a universal experience with a singular gaze. Told with humour, intelligence, and urgency, its raw honesty offers profound consolation in difficult times.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003chr\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eExtraordinary, unflinching, wonderful, moving\u003c\/em\u003e - Nina Stibbe, author of \u003cem\u003eWent to London, Took the Dog\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cem\u003eA poetic excavation of loss, grief, and ritual\u003c\/em\u003e - Graham Caveney, author of \u003cem\u003eThe Boy with the Perpetual Nervousness\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Macmillan Publishers New Zealand Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48244496859372,"sku":"9781529099553","price":27.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781529099553-the-archaeology-of-loss-1.jpg?v=1787997774","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/the-archaeology-of-loss-by-sarah-tarlow-9781529099553","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}