Twenty-three-year-old widows don't sleep around - do they?
Twenty-three-year-old widows don't sleep around - do they?
My story begins where most women hope theirs will end with a big, white wedding. After all, isn t that how every good fairy tale finishes? I thought so. And at 23, in love and engaged, it seemed my happy ever after was secure...
That is until the man of my dreams died three weeks into our marriage. Look at me now: a 23 year old widow. You d never guess. I ve learnt to hide it well. Because the way I saw it, there were only two options...A) Dress in black, become a recluse and watch my wedding video on a loop?ORB) Decide falling in love again is out of the question and choose an easy, uncomplicated alternative sex...“Devastatingly honest and deeply moving”
Daily Mail
A powerful and honest account of love, grief and starting again, it's moving and sad, but also surprisingly funny. You'll love it Closer
As inspiring as it is heartbreaking News of The World
Gritty, honest and surprising . . . this moving, warts-and-all real-life story of a young woman's experience of crippling bereavement and her desperate attempts to move on is heartbreaking - but manages to be hopeful and optimistic at the same time Heat
Molloy works through the seven stages of grief - with added Sambuca shots - before emerging as a more reflective person . . . While she probably shouldn't consider a career in the self-help industry, you can't help but feel glad that the end is also a new beginning London Lite
Amy Molloy is 24 years old and, since graduating with a journalism degree in 2007, has worked for various magazines in London and Dublin. She is currently features writer at Grazia.
My story begins where most women hope theirs will end with a big, white wedding. After all, isn t that how every good fairy tale finishes? I thought so. And at 23, in love and engaged, it seemed my happy ever after was secure...That is until the man of my dreams died three weeks into our marriage. Look at me now: a 23 year old widow. You d never guess. I ve learnt to hide it well. Because the way I saw it, there were only two options...A) Dress in black, become a recluse and watch my wedding video on a loop?ORB) Decide falling in love again is out of the question and choose an easy, uncomplicated alternative sex...
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