Tell Me Good Things by James Runcie

Tell Me Good Things by James Runcie

A profound examination of grief and a great celebration of love by internationally bestselling author James Runcie.

In early 2020, as the world sunk into the pandemic, James Runcie and his wife Marilyn Imrie were going through a different, far more personal tragedy. After 35 years of miraculously happy marriage, they learned that the painful, frustrating symptoms Marilyn had been experiencing for two years were a sign of Lou Gehrig's Disease. With this diagnosis, during the isolation and strangeness of the pandemic, James and Marilyn's lives were transformed.

Now, in his startling and intimate memoir, James tells the story of Marilyn's illness and death--in all its moments of tragedy, rage, and strangeness--while painting a vivid portrait of her life, in all its color, humor, and brightness. Tender, funny, and deeply true, Tell Me Good Things is an unforgettable story of life before death and love after grief.

James Runcie is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and the author of eleven books that have been widely translated. The first in the 'The Grantchester Mysteries' series, Sidney Chambers and The Shadow of Death, was released in 2012, and was quickly followed by Sidney Chambers and The Perils of the Night, Sidney Chambers and The Dilemma of Evil, Sidney Chambers and the Forgiveness of Sins, Sidney Chambers and the Dangers of Temptation, and Sidney Chambers and the Persistence of Love. Grantchester, a prime-time series starring James Norton as Sidney Chambers, premiered in October 2014 on ITV/PBS, with a second season showing in March 2016 and a third in the autumn of 2017. In early 2019, the fourth season will premiere. James Runcie joined BBC Radio 4 as Commissioning Editor for Arts in May 2016.

He splits his time between London and Scotland. The Journey to Grantchester is his most recent book. @james_runcie www.jamesruncie.comwww.grantchestermysteries.com