The Ex Talk

by Rachel Lynn Solomon

I’ve just spent so many years convinced no one could replace my father that I never imagined anyone would.

The thing about losing someone is that it doesn’t happen just once. It happens every time you do something great you wish they could see, every time you’re stuck and you need advice. Every time you fail. It erodes your sense of normal, and what grows back is decidedly not normal, and yet you still have to figure out how to trudge forward.

The way this book addresses the grief of Shay losing her dad to an unexpected heart attack has been so good for my soul.