The cruel early death of his wife Helen tears up the script of Adam Golightly's middle-class, middle-aged existence. Miserably single, outnumbered by his kids and haunted by life's screaming fragility, he recounts his fight back against the hand of fate. This irreverent and frank memoir follows Adam's snakes-and-ladders journey through his grief in the year following his wife's death, as he struggles with small town tongue wagging, the trauma of teenage bra shopping and online dating anarchy.Adam's is the biggest mid-life crisis anyone could face and as he starts to build a new, alternative life for himself and his children, he shows not just how to survive bereavement but how to be transformed by it.

About the Author
Adam Golightly (pseudonym) lives in Hertfordshire and is a recently widowed father of two. A former account planner in a big advertising firm, he wrote a weekly column last year in the Guardian about adjusting to life as a single father.

Reviews
"Poignant, funny, ultimately uplifting. We are all Adam" - Harriet Green, Observer Magazine



Book Information
ISBN 9781780723167
Author Adam Golightly
Format Paperback
Page Count 352
Imprint Short Books Ltd
Publisher Short Books Ltd