Thinking Out Loud: Love, Grief and Being Mum and Dad

Thinking Out Loud is a searingly honest book about Rio Ferdinand's journey after losing his wife and soulmate Rebecca to cancer in 2015. It tackles grief with honesty and offers advice and support to others struggling with loss and grief.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 288 pages
Publication date: 20 September 2018
Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton

The Sunday Times Top Ten Bestseller

A searingly honest account... painful but necessary

Evening Standard

Beautiful & significant... Tackles grief with honesty

Dawn French

Very important and moving book

Alastair Campbell

A searingly honest book. So much of Rio's emotional turmoil and deep loss resonated with me. At the same time, I loved his message of hope

Gloria Hunniford

Rio's courageous story of life, loss, grief, and hope

Prima Christmas Gift Guide, Best of the Celebrity Crop

Tender, heartbreaking... An extraordinary and unforgettable book.

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When Rebecca died, the idea that one day I might begin to feel better would have struck me as laughable... I know how persuasive this kind of permanence thinking can be.

I know too that anyone locked in its grip will laugh if I promise them that their pain will one day ease. It will. Of course it will. But I know better than to expect anyone to believe me.

In 2015, former England football star Rio Ferdinand suddenly and tragically lost his wife and soulmate Rebecca, aged 34, to cancer. It was a profound shock, and Rio found himself struggling to cope not just with the pain of his grief, but also with his new role as both mum and dad to their three young children.

Rio's BBC1 documentary, Being Mum and Dad, touched everyone who watched it and won huge praise for the honesty and bravery he showed in talking about his emotions and experiences. His book now shares the story of meeting, marrying, and losing Rebecca, his own and the family's grief - as well as the advice and support that get him through each day as they strive to piece themselves back together.

Thinking Out Loud is written in the hope that he can inspire others struggling with loss and grief.

Weight: 208g
Dimension: 129 x 197 x 18 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781473670259