First published 2011
Matt Logelin tells his story of love, loss, and unexpected fatherhood. He and Liz were high school sweethearts who endured years of separation before building their dream life in Los Angeles. They bought a beautiful home and prepared for their first child. Liz's pregnancy brought complications, but their daughter Madeline arrived healthy. Twenty-seven hours later, a pulmonary embolism killed Liz before she could hold her baby. Matt found himself alone with a newborn, drowning in grief yet determined to build a life for Maddy. He chronicles their early courtship, his marriage to Liz, and the impossible first year of single parenthood. Strangers from his online blog became friends who carried him through the darkest moments. Matt discovers that his tiny daughter gives him strength he never knew he possessed, and that sharing Liz's memory transforms his pain into something he can bear.
Genres: family, grief, biography-memoir, 21st-century, parenting
Vibes: emotional, intimate, thought-provoking
Tropes: found-family, grief
Setting: Los Angeles
Period: 21st-century
238 pages · Kindle Edition · Grand Central Publishing
Content warnings: death