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Helen Bailey. When Bad Things Happen in Good Bikinis
When BAD things happen in GOOD bikinis
A PROMISE
BACK THEN
UP UP AND AWAY
EGGS AND THE CITY
GROOGLING THE NIGHT AWAY
ON THE COUCH: COUNSELLING PART ONE
THE TISSUE ISSUE: COUNSELLING PART TWO
ONE GREEN BOTTLE
BEREAVEMENT BLING
CHAKRAS AND CARROT. CAKE: COUNSELLING. PART THREE
LONELINESS AND THE LATE NIGHT GARAGE
THE VELVET ROPE
ACCEPTING THE UNACCEPTABLE
PARTY POOPER
SEARCHING FOR CLUES
MOVING STORIES
CRUSE CONTROL: COUNSELLING PART FOUR
THE TIES THAT BIND
DOGGONE
SOPHIE’S STORY
THEY SHOOT HORSES, DON’T THEY?
HEAVENLY HANDS
BIRTHDAY BLUES
SIX, PACKED
HOWLING AND HOUNDS
SHELLEY: COUNSELLING PART FIVE
PILLOW TALK
LIGHTS, CAMERA, NO ACTION
IT’S ALL RUBBISH
DISCONNECTED
BRAIN STORM
THE EYES HAVE IT
MARRIAGE GUIDANCE
SPIRITS IN THE SKY
CHASING CARS
WOMEN IN LOVE
WARNING! SELF PITY AHEAD
HUNTED
COVER GIRL
SNOGGING, SLEAZEBAGS AND SAFETY
GETTING IN A LATHER
A PIG OF A SEASON
DRAWING THE SHORT STRAW
DONE AND DUSTED
DIARYMANIA
FACEBOOK, FRIEND OR FOE
HE’S ELECTRIC
THE RING THING
OSCAR NIGHT
TRUST ME, I’M A WIDOW
TIME HOP: COMING CLEAN
BRIGHTON BELLE
PAINFUL PLEASURE
SHUT AND OPEN CASE
THE SAMARITANS
ANGRY BIRD
COMPETITIVE GRIEVING
FEAR AND CLOTHING
POSTCARD FROM THE EDGE
FRIENDS AND NEIGHBOURS
HOMESICK
LIFE, DEATH AND LAUNDRY
MONEY MATTERS
TWO, DOWN, WAY UP!
SHARP DRESSED MAN
RISING FROM THE ASHES
FOUR BIRTHDAYS, THREE YEARS, ONE BLOG
CONFESSION
PUPPY LOVE
A ROSE-TINTED LIFE
MR BLUE SKY
SUICIDE IN SPRINGTIME
JEMIMA
THEY SAID WHAT?
AND NOW
A FINAL REASSURANCE
THIS BOOK IS DEDICATED TO . .
BIBLIOGRAPHY & RESOURCES
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
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When BAD things happen in GOOD bikinis
AND A DOG CALLED BORIS
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That you can’t get away from watery metaphors about death and grieving: waves of emotion; tidal wave of grief; all at sea; drowning in a sea of grief; pulled under, etc. etc. etc, but that it can be quite amusing to see the horrified face of someone who realises they’ve just said, ‘I suppose you’ve either got to sink or swim at a time like this.’
That when Catherine Deneuve said after the age of 40 a woman must choose between her face or her figure, she had a choice. The Grim Reaper has taken that choice away from me.
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