I Promise It Won't Always Hurt Like This

Truly the best and most insightful book about grief I have ever read – Joanna Cannon, author of THE TROUBLE WITH GOATS AND SHEEPBeautiful, heart-breaking and yet overwhelmingly hopeful – Mike Gayle, author of ALL THE LONELY PEOPLEThat Clare has used her own devastating experience to help others who are going through something similar is a brave and hugely laudable thing to do. A book that is both heart-breaking in its honesty and uplifting in its compassionate approach, it is beautifully written and offers - implicit in the title - hope – Alan Titchmarsh, TV presenter and author of BRING ME HOMEWherever you are with your grief, and whoever you’re grieving for, this incredibly honest book was written to support you … full of compassion and comfort – Adele Parks * Platinum *A book dripping with a compassion that can only truly be laid out on the page by a Survivor of the Trenches of Grief. We need now, perhaps more than ever, beacon-makers like Clare to help guide us through our darkness – Greg Wise, actor and author of NOT THAT KIND OF LOVEA true lifeline if you think no one else can possibly understand how you feel – Jill Mansell, author of PROMISE MEWritten with honesty, realism, deep personal insight and hope – Child Bereavement UKA salve for broken hearts. Readers who’ve been touched by loss will find comfort in these pages * Publishers Weekly *

Clare Mackintosh is a former police officer and a multi-award-winning author. Translated into forty languages, her books have sold more than two million copies worldwide, and have been Sunday Times and international bestsellers. Clare has spoken on television and radio about the death of her son, and the themes of grief and healing which consequently appeared in her novels.