The Widow's Guide to Dead Bastards
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The Widow's Guide to Dead Bastards

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The Widow's Guide to Dead Bastards

About this book

After the sudden death of her husband, a woman unearths surprising revelations about the man she was married to for seventeen years. A compulsively readable, darkly funny, posthumous love story about loss, grief, and unresolved relationships.

Jessica Waite’s successful, charismatic husband, Sean, is on his way home from a business trip when he collapses in a Houston airport. Having begun the day as a wife, by noon she is a widow and the sole living parent to their nine-year-old son. The day after Sean’s funeral, Jessica receives a box of his personal effects and discovers the secrets her husband had been hiding—including drug abuse, compulsive spending, infidelity, and a massive porn cache.

Jessica hides these revelations from her grief-stricken son while also trying to erase Sean from her own life. She rids their bedroom of his belongings. She grants herself a “divorce.” She conceives a revenge plan to unleash on Christmas Eve. But when things start happening that Jessica can’t explain—like signs from beyond and strange coincidences pointing her in the direction of forgiveness— she is forced to choose: Endure the bitter aftermath of her old life? Or reconsider her views?

Written with dark humor in the vein of Liz Feldman’s series Dead to Me and Jennette McCurdy’s I’m Glad My Mom Died, The Widow’s Guide to Dead Bastards is a searing and hilarious memoir that asks the question: Does death signify the end of a relationship, or can there be an afterlife epilogue?

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Dedication
  4. Prologue: The Matrix of Porn
  5. 1. Four Missed Calls
  6. 2. “Sweetheart, Something Terrible Has Happened”
  7. 3. Turtle and Ducky
  8. 4. Remembrance Day
  9. 5. Highway to Helena
  10. 6. Mirror, Mirror
  11. 7. The Box in My Closet
  12. 8. FUSW Playlist
  13. 9. The Pact
  14. 10. M-O-N-E-Y
  15. 11. The Coin in the Crevice
  16. 12. Splintered Candy Canes
  17. 13. The Case of the Million Money Shots
  18. 14. Rebekah 2.0
  19. 15. Ho! Ho! Ho!
  20. 16. A Mated Pair
  21. 17. Lunch with Ty
  22. 18. Death by Remorse
  23. 19. Soul Mates are Bullshit
  24. 20. The Sean Show
  25. 21. Reversal of Fortune
  26. 22. “Signs”
  27. 23. Half Your Age + 7
  28. 24. Tinfoil Hat Club
  29. 25. Six Months of Kindness
  30. 26. Let It Be
  31. 27. Chicken Stick
  32. 28. Camp Widow
  33. 29. First Anniversary
  34. 30. He’s Right Here
  35. 31. Grief Doesn’t Give a Shit About Status
  36. 32. Endless Stories
  37. 33. Death Doulas
  38. 34. Cold Gin Jam
  39. 35. Yellow Rose
  40. 36. A Gift Outside of Time
  41. 37. Defragmenting with Declutterers
  42. 38. The Most Hurtful Lie
  43. 39. Escape Velocity
  44. 40. A Light in the Sky
  45. Epilogue
  46. In Defense of Grief
  47. Cherry Gin Jam Recipe
  48. Acknowledgments
  49. About the Author
  50. Copyright

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