The author of the bestseller "I Used to Have a Plan" returns with more encouragement for the soul, offering advice, inspiration, and comfort to all who have lost something or someone significant.

After the loss of her mother to cancer, Alessandra Olanow felt intense sorrow and uncertainty, submerged in the uncontrollable waves of emotions that everyone experiences after a loss in their own unique way.

In this wise and intimate book, the artist and author draws lessons from her personal loss as well as from her training as end-of-life doulas to explore the complex and painful process of grieving. Olanow captures her journey through pain and how she learned to endure a sorrow that will never leave.

With concise yet sharp writing and over 75 colorful illustrations, she shares her struggle with feelings of loss and nostalgia, showing that over time, grief evolves and we relearn the world that has changed from this loss.

"Hello Grief" can be read from the beginning or opened to any page: each spread offers a warm combination of advice, comfort, empathy, and humor that is direct, helpful, reassuring, and deep in its truth.

Olanow has distilled the experience of grief and the healing process into a soothing book that will offer comfort to anyone who is grieving.

Pages: 128, Dimensions: 14x14cm