When Susan Bloch lost her partner John far too early, she faced her grief with courage, and what many would term a moment of madness. Giving up her successful career in the UK, she moved overnight to India, facing not just the uncertainties and worries of a new life in a strange land, and being one of the only white women in a high-powered corporate role, but coping with her own very real grief at the death of her husband.
Susan's brave, and some might say unconventional, approach to tackling her grief provides a compelling and very human insight into loss of a loved one, and at the same time delivers a beautifully written love letter to India in all its vibrant, chaotic, life-affirming glory.
Refreshingly honest and highly emotive, Travels with My Grief is as engaging as it is inspiring and is more than a simple self-help manual or travelogue. This book is a genuinely life-changing read, and one that should be read by anyone who wants an insight into the joys, belief, spirituality and hope that living can bring us all.
