Losing Young

How to Grieve When Your Life is Just Beginning

Rachel Wilson

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English

William Collins
17 August 2023

Memoirs; True stories; Sociology: death & dying; Coping with death & bereavement; Self-help & personal development

‘An incredibly useful take on facing grief as a young person’ CARIAD LLOYD

'Brilliantly, brilliantly written … Packed with clarity, curiosity and courage' FELIX WHITE

Grief does something particular when it hits you young. This book is a moving exploration of that transformative pain, from the founder of The Grief Network. Rachel Wilson’s mother died when Rachel was in her twenties. It felt like the definitive end of childhood, a loss that rewired her perspective on life, death, relationships and who she was as a person.

In this book, Rachel brings together other stories of bereavement with her own, encountering people who have lost parents, siblings, partners and friends at a young age. Losing Young draws on psychological research, interviews with titans like Julia Samuel and explorations of grief in history: what happens in a time of war or pandemic, when the many grieve – or struggle to – together? How do different cultures process the end of a life differently? How can the grief of losing a parent return in strange form when one thinks about having children? What do TV and fiction get disastrously, unhelpfully wrong?

This is a personal and profound book about what happens when youth is reshaped by tragedy, trauma and loss. It’s for anyone who mourns a lost future, who is struggling to find themselves after grief, or hopes to feel less alone.

By: Rachel Wilson
Imprint: William Collins
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 222mm, Width: 141mm, Spine: 25mm
Weight: 360g
ISBN: 9780008502324
ISBN 10: 0008502323
Pages: 240
Publication Date: 17 August 2023
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Rachel M. Wilson received her MFA in writing for children and young adults from Vermont College of Fine Arts. Don't Touch is her first novel. Originally from Alabama, she now lives in Chicago, Illinois.

Reviews for Losing Young: How to Grieve When Your Life is Just Beginning

‘As an educationalist, I have seen far too many children lose parents and others dear to them. This book is full of wisdom and compassion and will help many far and wide’ ANTHONT SELDON