A joyful, moving, compulsively readable story about true love, loss and the unexpected surprises that life (and the afterlife) can throw our way.
Grief... A Comedy is the follow up to Larkin's hit solo show, that critics called "Outstandingly uplifting." SCOTTISH FIELD
"Leaves you believing joy really can be found after loss." DAILY MAIL
"A story that could truly change your life." ENTERTAINMENT NOW
"A gorgeous love story!" FEST MAGAZINE
"Warm, funny, and life-enhancing." TREVOR DOLBY, AUTHOR AND PUBLISHER
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After marriage, divorce and raising two children, Alison, now in her 50's, was 'kind of' at peace with the idea that love was something that had passed her by.
Then, unexpectedly, she found true love with Bhima, also in his 50's, who had also moved to America thirty years earlier. It was a heady romance. A binding of souls.
Five days after they decided to marry, Bhima suddenly died. Then something even more unexpected happened. Instead of wanting to hide under the bed and never come out, Alison found herself wanting to live - and love - more fully than ever.
This story begins six weeks after Bhima died, when he showed up at Alison's kitchen table determined to help her find love again.
It's imaginary of course. Or is it?
As Alison writes: "people told me that when someone you love deeply dies, you can sense them with you at first. But after a while the connection goes away and they don't feel nearby anymore. Not so in our case, it seems."
Alison's friend Archbishop Desmond Tutu wrote to Alison saying "your story needs the widest circulation possible because it will bring hope to people who might otherwise condemn themselves to despair. You must do whatever you have to do to make sure this story is told to as many people as possible. And not just in an email to me!"
So, Alison created a solo comedy show, Grief... A Comedy, with music by Emmy award winner Gary Schreiner, and wrote the funny, life-enhancing, completely uplifting story you are about to read.
"I loved the play. Now comes this wise, magical, mysterious, hilarious book that tells us what happened next. It's a novel! It's a memoir! It's Alison Larkin, so who cares!" PHILIP GOLDBERG
"Real, butterflies-in-stomach romance, knock-out funny, poignant & provocative." PHILIP THURSTON
"Groundbreaking. A private audience into how true love survives way beyond death." LUCY SHUTTLEWORTH
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Alison Larkin is the bestselling author of The English American, an autobiographical novel about an adopted English woman who finds her birth parents in the USA. She is also an award-winning comedian, producer, the narrator of over 250 audiobooks and founder of Alison Larkin Presents.
As a comedian she headlined at The Comedy Store in LA and spent three years under Hollywood development contract with CBS, Jim Henson Productions and ABC to star in her own sitcom. As an actress she appeared on and off Broadway.
Her wide range of voices can also be heard in countless movies, games and cartoons from Grand Theft Auto 5 to The Wonderpets.
Alison's solo show of the same name premiered in 2024 at the Edinburgh Fringe and the Soho Theatre in London to high critical acclaim.
For more information, visit www.alisonlarkin.com.
