@nursehadley: “The success was overwhelming and exhilarating. But that wasn’t the whole story. While I traveled the country to talk to readers about death and legacy and love, my marriage was quietly ending. I was promoting a book that praised my husband, that recounted our love story, while, behind the scenes, something very different was happening even as I signed countless books with his name memorialized in the dedication. For seven years, I had not taken a single trip alone. Then, suddenly, I was in airport terminals by myself. Hotel rooms by myself. Cities I had never seen, walking unfamiliar streets by myself. There were nights I called my mom and tried to sound steady even when I didn’t feel like it. After we hung up, I would stare at the wall and feel Chris’s absence, the person with whom I used to share every ordinary detail of my day. Success did not fill that space. Applause didn’t either.” -excerpt from my new book, How To Let Go

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Tuesday 30 June 2026 01:38:49 GMT