Thinking Out Loud: Love, Grief and Being Mum and Dad

Nothing can ever ease the pain of the death of someone you love, nothing can magic it away. But if I can help anyone else facing what we have gone through, of what we're still going through, by sharing what I've learnt, our loss won't feel completely meaningless.

In 2015, former England football star Rio Ferdinand suddenly and tragically lost his wife and soulmate Rebecca, aged 34, to cancer. It was a profound shock and Rio found himself struggling to cope not just with the pain of his grief, but also with his new role as both mum and dad to their three young children.

Rio's BBC1 documentary, Being Mum and Dad, touched everyone who watched it and won huge praise for the honesty and bravery he showed in talking about his emotions and experiences.

His book now shares the story of meeting, marrying and losing Rebecca, his own and the family's grief - as well as the advice and support that get him through each day as they strive to piece themselves back together.

It is written in the hope that he can inspire others struggling with loss and grief to find the help they need through this most difficult of times.

'Rio's honesty is astonishing, and will change how men grieve and how men think about their feelings.This is a ground-breaking book.' -Julia Samuel, Founder Patron of Child Bereavement UK and bestselling author of Grief Works