“Matthew Sigman has created something special in these pages: an inviting space where anyone who has ever grieved the loss of deep love—and isn’t that all of us?—can gather to bathe in the shared waters of human experience. I found myself rereading entire passages for the sheer elegance of the writing, and its ability to transport me to places my heart had not visited in a long time. Sigman has the rare gift of storytelling that invites the reader along on the adventure, not as observer but as participant.”