New York Times bestselling author! Clare Mackintosh, I PROMISE IT WON'T ALWAYS HURT LIKE THIS: 18 Assurances on Grief

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🗓️ 9 August 2024

⏱️ 27 minutes

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New York Times bestselling author Clare Mackintosh joins Zibby to discuss I PROMISE IT WON’T ALWAYS HURT LIKE THIS, a deeply honest and compassionate memoir about the unfathomable grief she navigated after the loss of her five-week-old son and the solace and hope she slowly began to feel. Clare reflects on her journey through grief, sharing insights on how it evolved over time, and then describes the memoir writing process, which was painful and unlocked unresolved emotions. Then, she touches on her career as a bestselling thriller author, her transition from police officer to writer, and the impact of grief on her life and work.

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0:00.0	Hi, I'm Zivie Owens, and I am the host of this podcast. Moms don't have time to read books.
0:08.1	I am also a newly minted USA Today bestselling author of the novel, Blank.
0:14.2	I've created a whole community of book lovers around this podcast, a publishing company,
0:19.5	reading retreats, a bookstore, and more.
0:21.8	Learn more at zivimedia.com or follow me on social at Zivie Owens or join the community at
0:28.4	Zivie Readers. Claire McIntosh is the author of I promise it won't always hurt like this,
0:35.7	18 assurances on grief.
0:39.9	Claire is the multi-award-winning author of four Sunday Times bestselling novels.
0:42.6	Translated into 40 languages,
0:44.4	her books have sold more than 2 million copies worldwide,
0:47.1	have been New York Times and international bestsellers,
0:49.5	and have spent a combined total of 50 weeks
0:51.8	on the Sunday Times bestseller chart.
0:53.8	Her most recent novel is
0:55.2	hostage. Claire lives in North Wales with her husband and their three children. Welcome, Claire. Thank you so
1:01.3	much for coming on moms. Don't have time to read books to discuss. I promise it won't always hurt like
1:06.1	this. 18 assurances on grief. Thank you. Thank you for having me. It's really nice to see you. Claire, I know I sort of accosted you in the halls of the LA Times Book Festival to tell you how much I loved this book. But, oh my gosh, you're so amazing. I'm so sorry for your loss. And I know I'm not supposed to say, I don't know, there are all these things I'm supposed to say for the book, but I'm sorry and the book is heartfelt and beautiful and amazing and it's
1:32.7	going to help countless people. So thank you. Thank you. Thank you. And please don't worry about
1:38.8	what to say. I don't ever want, I don't want this book to come across like a list of things we shouldn't say,
1:46.3	because actually what you've just said, I'm sorry, is exactly what we should say to people who
1:51.4	have lost people they love. Thank you. I want to just read a passage. Is that okay? Can we start
1:56.8	off with that? Are you okay with that? There's so many places that I dog-eared because they're so great and useful and helpful, but mostly it's your own experience, which I want you to give context for. But let me just read this page if that's okay. Okay, so you've gone to bed. You say, when I wake, I know instinctively that it isn't morning. There's a thickness about the dark,
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