Amy navigates the profound journey of loss after losing her partner. Reading it took time; the raw emotions required pauses for processing. The memoir sincerely weaves grief, love, and friendship into its narrative, making it a very impactful and thought-provoking experience.

The sincerity in Amy's narrative resonated deeply with me, and I believe its honesty has the power to assist others in navigating their grief. By sharing her journey, Amy reminds us that behind appearances, many people are dealing with challenges not always visible. Just because someone looks okay doesn’t mean they are okay.

I had to pause a couple of times as tears welled up in my eyes. The author's ability to evoke such strong emotions speaks to the profound and authentic storytelling within the book. Memoirs like this truly serve as profound gifts to the world.

Thank you Zibby Books and NetGalley for the ARC in exchange for my honest opinion.

I've been following Amy's writing for years, and I'm so thrilled for all the new readers who are about to discover it. This book is gripping from sentence one, infused with so much humanity and love and grief, all unravelling the strands of loss that no one should have to live through—and just barely putting us back together at the end. Reading it expanded my humanity. What a gorgeous, sorrowful gem of a book.

Amy Lin has given us a raw and up close look at the unending grief and pain she felt after the unexpected and unexplained death of her husband one day in the early part of the pandemic, when they were both in their thirties. I applaud Lin's honesty and am in awe of her poetic ability to bring us along with her and Kurtis during their relationship and in the aftermath of his death. For bystanders to grief, Lin reminds us that grief is not linear nor does it adhere - at all - the mythical "five stages." Rather it is ugly, ceaseless and irrational. Thank you to Zibby Books and NetGalley for the ARC.