Being Adam Golightly: One man's bumpy voyage to the other side of grief

by Adam Golightly

The cruel early death of his beloved 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 crappy 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.

256 pages, Kindle Edition

Published February 8, 2018

Reviews

[Carol Sheppard · Rating 3 out of 5]

A light look at grief. I would think useful to anyone trying to survive the loss of a loved one

[Lisa Nash · Rating 5 out of 5]

I really loved this book - a heartfelt look at bereavement that highlights the sadness, humour and messiness of navigating life after the death of a loved one. I liked how "Adam" opened his life and emotions to us all and how his writing helped open up the often less discussed topics around bereavement such as depression, how you think you should feel and when is it too soon to start a new relationship. I like how certain touchstones in film and books were part of the touchstones of his and his families life as I feel they often are for many of us. Thanks for opening this up to us, so that we can better understand/navigate and live with grief when we or our friends and family experience it.