MehAt first I thought I would like this book, but it just didn't resonate with me. I didn't like the author or feel connected to anyone in the book. For such a deep and complex subject, the book just seemed very shallow. Idk, I think I wanted to be able to FEEL her and Joel's connection, and therefore feel her loss when he dies, but the author comes nowhere close to making that happen.

Heart On the Sleeve StoryThis was a really special book. I am very lucky to still be married to my wife for 48 years. All through this book I felt the pain of the author. Plus, I challenged myself to see how I would have reacted in many of the situations. The book is well written and a fast paced read. In fact, I read it in one sitting. The characters are easy to associate with and clear described. In general, I enjoyed the book and give the author lots of credit for bravery in writing this book...

Honest, affecting, and thought-provoking!Widowish is a tender, moving memoir that takes you into the life of Melissa Gould as she struggles to raise her daughter, grieve, move forward, and learn to love again when her world is irrevocably shattered when her husband Joel, stricken with MS, suddenly passes from West Nile Virus.The prose is heartfelt and sincere. And the novel is a sentimental tale of one woman’s personal experience loving, supporting and caring for the love of her life, and ultima...

Not at all what I thought it would be, one I would’ve stopped reading if that was a thing. I recognize that everyone deals with grief differently but the events/behaviors in this book were odd and confusing. With how things were depicted, I found it really hard to empathize with the author.I am deeply sorry for her loss and wish her and her daughter the best. I appreciate that she is sharing her story to potentially help others, it just wasn’t for me.

I know it's ridiculous to judge someone for any reason, but in particular for their taste in music. Yet, here we are.....This book was extremely well-written and a very easy read, even though it dealt with some tough stuff. I know at least three women and one man who found themselves in the widow/er demographic while in their 40s, and all of them have communicated some of the same facts of/emotions about their very unwanted change in status. Also, it was somewhat surreal to read of things that w...

Could not put Melissa’s book down! I highly recommend her memoir to not only widows, but to anyone who is feeling alone in their grief. So many feelings and thoughts that Melissa had as she processed her husband’s illness, his ultimate death, being a single widowed parent and finding love again were feelings I have had too. Her words sure helped me feel less alone!

This memoir blew me away. Grief is a topic I find myself drawn to reading about. We have all experienced grief, but yet we don’t talk about it enough. I know I don’t. For that reason, I find books like this help me understand other’s grief, while also looking inside and making sense of my own.Widowish is Melissa Gould’s memoir. Her husband, Joel, is hospitalized and later passes away, all very quickly and without expectation. Melissa shares her deeply personal walk through grief, in which she fi...

I got my copy in the Amazon monthly early releases this morning and finished this evening. At one point, while I was mid-gasp, ugly crying I asked myself, Why? Why on the first day of a new year full of all the hope and possibility would I pick this story today? And I am telling you, it is the prefect story. Many of us have been suffering a collective grief over the last year. And we have done so at home. Reading the scene where the family came in to say their final goodbyes, I was so grateful f...

The author’s compelling memoir reveals her journey from happily married mother of one to sudden widow. After her beloved husband died following an unexpected hospitalization, Melissa’s world turned upside down. How she righted life for herself and her young daughter is at turns tragic, hopeful, at times funny, and always inspirational. She describes not acting or looking like a widow, but feeling like one. Hence the title, WIDOWISH. This is a beautifully written account of her walk through grief...

Widowish was a heart felt and immersive memoir I read in one sitting. The writing was beautiful, tragic, painful, and raw, yet also hopeful as Melissa takes us on a journey as she overcomes her grief after a devastating loss of her husband Joel. As a nurse, I empathized completely with her account of the medical issues they had to go through - from the difficulties of determining the initial diagnosis, course of treatments, and eventually the ICU care and end-of-life account. I thought that Meli...

What a heartfelt memoir that really sticks with you and has you really feeling a rapport with the Author. After losing her husband, you see her struggle with the before, during and after his death from her honest reality. The struggles with being a young widow and solo parent gives insight and understanding to anyone that has lost someone and gives issue with being expected to act according to societal views. It’s a beautiful written journey that you need to venture & experience.

Grief is a personal experience and when life moves on and we move on with it, we never completely let go of that grief. As we keep living, the grief will always follow us, but not always burden us the same way. In my experience, grief sometimes is plain bitter, but other times it's bittersweet. Melissa Gould explores some important questions in her memoir, like how to choose what's best for the person you love while they're in a coma, how to approach kids with such hard subjects and how to help

Could not put this down. Such a beautiful story, full of emotion but overall love and happiness shone through. A story of grief but a beautiful story that shows that all families are different but as long as there is love, patience, and acceptance, you can be happy, loving, and remembering, even if parts of that family are no longer there.