Maybe not for everyone but I love, love, loved it!

This is titled Things "I" wish I knew before my Mom died. Not what you should feel/do when your Mum dies. It isn't a self help book. It doesn't tell you what to do. She explains her experience and I found SO much resonates that I can see normality in my experience and emotions with the resultant lightening of my load to see that there is a tomorrow and another and another.

Family dysfunction, the emotions, the need to disconnect, the nitty gritty suckiness of death laid out to look upon from my own safety because this is Ty's story not mine and mine is a little too overwhelming but so much is the same. Makes it possible to shift the emotions and enable me to see options and ways to deal with it all.

If you are not keen on swearing this will maybe not be your thing but the swearing was, to me, the exact descriptor for this whole heinous experience.

I am sorry I am in the club, of having lost my Mum, but Ty's book has been exactly what I need today.

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Utterly Soothing

I absolutely loved every minute of this book. I was nervous to listen just in case it was too depressing but it lifted me up and made me feel peaceful. So relatable, it makes you stop, think and feel. I’ll listen again one day.

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Emotional subject but sensitively shared 🙏

This was beautifully written and raw emotions shared. Definitely a difficult one to listen to but a reality as 1 out of 1 of us dies! A must fir all and should be read before we lose our mother. Thank you for a passionate book about a difficult subject. 🙏

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A helpful companion

Having lost my mum just four months ago and trying to make sense of my feelings I have found this book to be the companion I needed. It didn’t tell me how I should be feeling but echoed my own experience of caring for my mum as she died of cancer. Thank you.

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I bubble snot cried

Having lost both my mother and my father by the ages of 23 this book was a whole deep dive back into my grief, but not in a bad way. Now, at 30, I have grown as a person and learned so much about myself. I could relate so much to Ty and her experience. A very realistic book about grief. Would recommend to anyone

Loved this so much

This was an interesting listen for the first half. But the second part blew me away as it was so close to my own experience and resonated with me so much that I found it extremely comforting. Definitely worth a listen if you’re in the ‘lost my Mum’ club.

Excellent for newbies of the motherless tribe

Loved every moment of it. It was very recognisable, and yet hopeful. Had a laugh, and shed a tear

Knowing your not alone

My mother passed 3 years ago and it’s taken me all that time to be ready to listen to this book. Every word resonated with me and my own grief, beautifully read and moments that made me smile with the memory of my own mother in mind.

Many truths I can recognise.

Bitter sweet, wonderful book. Depicts many similarities to my experiences when my Mum died.