The Tidal Year - Book Review

The Tidal Year by Freya Bromley is a vulnerable and thought-provoking memoir of one woman’s complicated relationship with grief. 

After the death of her beloved brother, Tom, Freya sets out on a self-discovery mission to visit every tidal pool in Britain in 12 months, with her friend Miri.  

Along the way, she confronts the complex emotions that come with bereavement. 

From anger to memory loss, Freya refuses to sugarcoat the realities of grief: 

“People told me the memories will be yours forever and you’ll never forget. But you do. Survival had meant shutting out all the pain, and in doing so, I’d shut out Tom’s memory.”

An essential read for anyone struggling to process grief, The Tidal Year is a moving reminder that there is life after loss.  

“How lucky to love someone so much that it hurts to miss them. So lucky. I am a very lucky girl.”

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