Time Lived Without Its Flow

'One of the most eloquent thinkers about our life in languageThe Sunday Times Time Lived, Without Its Flowis a beautiful, unflinching essay on the nature of grief from critically acclaimed poet Denise Riley. From the horrific experience of maternal grief Riley wrote her celebrated collectionSay Something Back, a modern classic of British poetry. This essay is a companion piece to that work, looking at the way time stops when we lose someone suddenly from our lives. The first half is formed of diary-like entries written by Riley after the news of her sons death, the entries building to paint a live portrait of loss. The second half is a ruminative post script written some years later with Riley looking back at the experience philosophically and attempting to map through it a literature of consolation. Written in precise and exacting prose, with remarkable insight and grace this book will form kind counsel to all those living on in the wake of grief. A modern-day counterpart to C. S. LewissA Grief Observed. Published widely for the first time since its original limited release, this revised edition features a special introduction by Max Porter, author ofGrief is A Thing With Feathers. 'Her writing is perfectly weighted, justifies its existence' -Guardian