Cathy Rentzenbrink is the author of the Sunday Times bestseller The Last Act of Love, How to Feel Better (A Manual for Heartache), Dear Reader: The Comfort and Joy of Books, Write It All Down and Everyone Is Still Alive. It took her twenty years to wrestle her own life story on the page and she loves to use what she has learnt about the profound nature of writing the self in the service of others. Cathy has taught for Arvon, Curtis Brown Creative, at Falmouth University and at festivals and in prisons, and welcomes anyone, no matter what their experience, education, background or story. She believes that everyone's life would be improved by picking up a pen and is at her happiest when encouraging her students to have the courage to delve into themselves and see the magic that will start to happen on the page.
Introduction
i: Introduction Chapter
1: What's Your Story? Chapter
2: Grenades and Guillotines Chapter
3: An Etiquette Guide for Bad News Chapter
4: What to Do When the Worst Happens Chapter
5: I Am One in Four Chapter
6: How to Feel Better Chapter
7: Instructions to My Future Self Chapter
8: Emotional Time Travel Chapter
9: On Being a Hopeful Agnostic Chapter
10: The Last Piece of the Puzzle Chapter
11: Fear of Dying Chapter
12: A Deathbed Perspective Acknowledgements
ii: Acknowledgements Section
iii: Reading to Feel Better Section
iv: Daily Writing
