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You Are Not Alone

The Sunday Times bestseller, from the host of Griefcast
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You Are Not Alone by Cariad Lloyd is a deeply personal and compassionate exploration of grief. Beginning with the author's own experience of losing her father at fifteen, it unravels the tangled emotions and life-long journey of mourning. Inspired by conversations with guests from her podcast Griefcast, Lloyd offers insight, humour, and hope to those navigating loss or seeking to support others through it.
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THE TIMES NO. 7 BESTSELLER

'A blackly funny, honest, thought-provoking and compassionate book' THE TIMES

‘Full of sense, heart and hope’ PHILIPPA PERRY

‘Cariad Lloyd has changed the way we speak about grief’ SARA PASCOE

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Welcome to the club.

I’m still here now, all these years later. You don’t leave once you’ve joined; it’s a life membership. Grief eases and changes and returns but it never disappears.

But you will be okay. Somehow you will be.

When Cariad was just fifteen, her dad died. She became the person-whose-dad-had-died; a mess of emotions and questions; a grief-mess.

Years later, she began trying to unravel this tightly wound grief. What had happened? What effect had it all had on who she was? She started Griefcast, the podcast that talks openly, honestly and at times cheerfully about life’s most difficult moment: its end.

Inspired by her own grief mistakes and lessons, and from the profound and witty insights from her incredible guests – including Philippa Perry, Reverend Richard Coles, Isabel Allende, Nish Kumar and Marian Keyes – Cariad provides a road map for all of us. For anybody who has felt lost in grief, who wants to help someone struggling, or just wants to understand this life a little better. You are not alone.

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'It’s honest and warm and funny (in all the right places)' JULIA SAMUEL

'A comfy companion for anyone struggling after the death of someone close' BBC NEWS

‘A book that you should read before grief takes over your life’ FI GLOVER

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781526621849

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 19 January 2023

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Bloomsbury Tonic

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 135.0mm

Height: 216.0mm

Weight: 250g

Pages: 304

About the Author

Cariad Lloyd is an actor, comedian, improviser, podcaster and writer. She is the creator and host of the award-winning podcast Griefcast, where she talks to people about their experiences of grief and death. Past guests gave included Adam Buxton, Aisling Bea, Sara Pascoe, Isabel Allende, Fleur East, Monty Don and Nish Kumar. It won Podcast of the Year at the British podcast awards in 2018. Cariad has also appeared in Peep Show, Have I Got News For You and QI, and is one of the creators of improv show, Austentatious.

cariadlloyd.com | @ladycariad | @thegriefcast

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