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A Hand to Hold

All I’Ve Learnt About Grief

Julie Shaw author Coleen Nolan author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:HarperCollins Publishers

Published:29th Aug '24

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All I’ve learnt about grief

The friendly, compassionate and supportive companion for anyone faced with loss

The friendly, compassionate and supportive companion for anyone faced with loss

Coleen Nolan – singer, TV host and agony aunt is known for her warmth, straight-talking and compassion. But her empathy and warmth have been earned the hard way – formed by her own deeply-felt experiences of loss and grief.

Inspired by her own life, and her podcast on grief, Coleen takes readers on a heartfelt and helpful journey through how to cope with all kinds of grief, drawing not just on her own thoughts and feelings, but on those of friends and celebrities she’s interviewed, who share their personal takes on loss and life after it. By turns moving, courageous and inspiring, each chapter also features a poem to make you smile, think or shed a tear.

Written with accessibility, heart and fellow-feeling, this is not a guidebook but a companion, a friendly word in the darkest times, packed with advice, understanding and hope – a book to say you’re not alone.

PRAISE FOR COLEEN’S PREVIOUS BOOKS

'Frank and hilarious' ― S magazine

'Honest and practical' ― Woman

ISBN: 9780008716202

Dimensions: 234mm x 153mm x 20mm

Weight: 270g

320 pages