Loss and What it Taught Me About Living

Tracey Corbett-Lynch has encountered loss in all its guises. This book is the roadmap of her journey through the grief of each loss and how she found a path to recovery. There is no blueprint for grief, but in writing this book Tracey hopes that her experience can help others navigate grief and loss by learning to live alongside them with strength and grace. ‘In my life, I’ve lost a twin, had an adored sister-in-law suffer a fatal asthma attack at just 31, my brother was murdered, a cherished brother-in-law died in his 40s and then, just when I thought I had coped with all that life could possibly throw at me, the Covid-19 pandemic claimed my beloved mother.’ Tracey Corbett-Lynch has encountered loss in all its guises. This book is the roadmap of her journey through the grief of each loss. It is her story – the things that worked for her along the way, the systems she put in place to cope with the heartache, and how she slowly found a path to recovery. There is no blueprint for grief, but in writing this book Tracey hopes that her experience can help others navigate grief and loss by learning to live alongside them with strength and grace.

Murder, cancer, Covid-19, an asthma attack and heart attacks: Tracey Corbett-Lynch has encountered loss in all its guises and has had to learn how to cope with life at its most difficult and overwhelming. In Loss and What It Taught Me About Living, Tracey describes these tragic losses, their impact on her and how she learnt to live alongside them with strength and grace. She recounts how she coped when it all seemed too much to bear and looks at how we can emerge from suffering forever changed by loss but filled with optimism. No two grief journeys are the same, but, as Tracey discovered, some of the stations along the route are. Her moving and uplifting story will offer comfort, practical advice and a ray of hope to anyone suffering their own loss, whatever that might be.