My Husband's Wife

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However, in the end, I think that is what makes these types of books so compelling and thought provoking and frankly, much more realistic. The weather is still unpleasantly oppressive, but inside the hall, the atmosphere is lighter now the worst bit is out of the way – or the worst bit for everybody else at least. The plot is multifaceted, the characters are unlikable, but have interesting voices that kept me intrigued.

Every fibre of the house was his handiwork, we had spent 23 years restoring it and making it into our ‘ forever’ home. They’ll put it down to grief, but I know I’m being short with them and until this morning I would have said they don’t deserve it.Every single character was completely damaged but not to the point that it made them disturbingly endearing, just quite irritating. I have put his ashes in a biodegradable box within a huge plant pot bearing an evergreen bush and beautiful lilac and white fuschias which he loved.

The reason you feel shocked and like you don't know him at all, is because you don't know him at all. That’s what I have to do every day for the rest of their lives - try and make it OK that their daddy has died. It is so painful, I have this heavy deadweight inside me, always there, if it weren’t for my kids I wouldn’t get out of bed each day, but I get up, make sure they’ve had breakfast before school, they keep me sane and functioning.They came to the registrar with me when, having finally received confirmation of presumption of death, I went to register Andrew’s death, unable to deal with it alone. Denial, anger, bargaining, depression and acceptance were modelled by Kübler-Ross for the dying rather than the bereaved. I couldn’t bear to see my husband’s ashes in a box so my daughter collected them and kept them at her house for a couple of months until I felt stronger.