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When someone you love dies, the world expects you to find comfort in heaven. But what happens when you don't believe in an afterlife? Grief without religious consolation can feel isolating and misunderstood. Well-meaning friends offer prayers while you search for meaning in a universe that simply is. This groundbreaking short listen guide acknowledges your loss without sugarcoating it with promises of reunion. Drawing on psychology, philosophy, and real stories from nonbelievers who have survived devastating loss, this book provides practical tools for honoring your grief authentically.

When we lose someone we love, when we suffer loss or defeat, when catastrophe strikes - war, famine, pandemic - we go in search of consolation. But how do we console each other and ourselves in an age of unbelief? In a series of lapidary meditations on writers, artists, musicians, and their works - from the books of Job and Psalms to Albert Camus, Anna Akhmatova, and Primo Levi - esteemed writer and historian Michael Ignatieff shows how men and women in extremity have looked to each other across time to recover hope and resilience.