{"product_id":"totally-fine-and-other-lies-ive-told-myself-what-my-decade-in-grief-taught-me-about-life-paperback","title":"Totally Fine (And Other Lies I've Told Myself): What my decade in grief taught me about life - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eTiffany Philippou\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'\u003cstrong\u003eIf Dolly Alderton, Glennon Doyle and Elizabeth Day had a love child, this is the writer they'd produce\u003c\/strong\u003e.' Laura Jane Williams, author and journalist\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eStylist's\u003c\/em\u003e Must Read Book for 2022\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eEvening Standard's\u003c\/em\u003e Faces to Watch in 2022\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDo you have a story that you are scared to tell? A story that you've spent your life trying to escape. I'm going to tell you mine.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOne day, in the summer of 2008, I was travelling back to London when I received a phone call that suddenly changed everything. I was told my boyfriend Richard was in hospital. He died seven days later. I spent most of my twenties pretending this never happened.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI was trapped within my own silence, left alone to absorb the discomfort, blame and judgement of others that I felt after Richard's suicide. I was suffering, but telling everyone that I was \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003etotally fine\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e. The shame consumed me and I desperately wanted to find love again, but the rejection and heartbreak that followed proved to me, yet again, that I wasn't worthy of love and belonging.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn our twenties, we are thrown into the adult world without a guidebook. I experienced a turbulent decade with what felt like catastrophic failures. \u003cstrong\u003eThen one day, I started to speak about my shame, and once I started, I couldn't stop. \u003c\/strong\u003eAnd I've come to realise that \u003cstrong\u003eshame is like a monster\u003c\/strong\u003e - one that can grow so large that it can hold us back from a life worth living. And that it is only by sharing our stories that we can give a voice to what is unspoken. \u003cstrong\u003eA voice to the stories that we don't want to tell.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSo whatever pain you're holding on to, whatever story you're scared to tell, \u003cstrong\u003eI'm writing this for you.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'\u003cstrong\u003eI wish I'd had this book to guide me into adulthood.\u003c\/strong\u003e' Sathnam Sanghera, bestselling author of Empireland and The Boy with the Topknot\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'\u003cstrong\u003eWill go a long way to helping those struggling with the stigma and shame that, sadly, persistently surrounds mental health\u003c\/strong\u003e.' Vicky Spratt, Refinery29\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 242\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.55 x 7.81 x 5.06 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 17, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51783291765024,"sku":"9781800197510","price":14.38,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/f3dc023f5b0cceb1c58a63ba0907a913.webp?v=1780583913","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/totally-fine-and-other-lies-ive-told-myself-what-my-decade-in-grief-taught-me-about-life-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}