About Grief Sucks (But Your Life Doesn’t Have To) by Brooke Carlock
Your No-BS Guide to Navigating Life After Loss
Feeling like grief’s got you in a choke hold—and not in a cool, action-hero way? Wonder if screaming into your pillow at 3 AM is a hobby you should list on your dating profile?Grief Sucks (But Your Life Doesn’t Have To) is here to throw you a lifeline and maybe even a few laughs along the way.
Brooke Carlock gets it. She’s been through the grief grinder, having lost her dad, mom, stepmom, and ten-year-old daughter in the span of a year and a half. So, this book isn’t your typical let’s-hold-hands-and-cry-it-out guide. Nah, it’s more like the friend who says, “Yep, this sucks. Let’s figure it out together.”
Picture a day where you can talk about your loved one without your eyes welling. Or better yet, imagine cracking a smile or—dare we say it—letting out an actual laugh without immediately feeling guilty. Brooke’s here to show you that it’s possible to carry your grief without letting it pin you down.
With Grief Sucks, expect to find a mix of cheeky advice, real talk, and stories that’ll make you nod so hard you risk giving yourself whiplash. Brooke’s approach is like that one friend who’s not afraid to tell you there’s something stuck in your teeth while making you feel like you can conquer the world, spinach smile and all.
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Author Bio:
Brooke Carlock has been punched in the face by grief on more than a few occasions, but she keeps getting back up and hopes to inspire others to do the same. She is the creator of the Grief Sucks with Brooke Carlock YouTube Channel and host of the
Mourning Coffee Podcast, author of the Brooke Carlock Grief Education blog, and cofounder of Live Like Libby, a nonprofit organization that provides dance scholarships in her late daughter’s honor. She has also been a middle school English teacher and freelance writer since earning a bachelor’s degree in English from West Virginia University and a master’s degree in Teaching from Johns Hopkins University.
Now an empty nester, Brooke resides in a tiny house by herself, which makes her introverted heart happy. When she’s not making videos, providing grief support, writing books, or wrangling middle schoolers, she enjoys reading historical fiction, baking, and going to farmers markets. She lives in a small town in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.