THE SCHOOL OF LOSS: Reflections to Carry You from Grief to Growth

THE SCHOOL OF LOSS: Reflections to Carry You from Grief to Growth

The School of Loss: Reflections to Carry You from Grief to Growth by Virginia Njoroge Grief is not quiet. It storms in, rewrites your story, and dares you to keep living. When Virginia Njoroge lost her mother, father, and brother, her world shattered. Yet through heartbreak she discovered something profound: grief, though it wounds deeply, can also teach. It can show us how to hold memories without being crushed by them, how to endure silence until it softens, and how to let love outlive loss. Set in her Kenyan village, where mourning is both personal and communal, Virginia’s story is as raw as it is healing. She writes of rituals and traditions that sometimes comfort and sometimes weigh heavily, and of the small, stubborn lights that flicker even in the darkest nights. The School of Loss is not a manual with neat instructions, nor a promise of easy answers. It is a hand extended in the dark—a witness to the sacred, messy, ordinary journey of loss and love. Within these pages you will find not only solace but also direction: how to honour your past while still moving forward, how to carry pain without letting it define you, and how to transform sorrow into strength and love into legacy. Perfect for readers of Joan Didion’s The Year of Magical Thinking or Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s Notes on Grief , this memoir will comfort those navigating loss and inspire all who seek meaning in the face of change. If you have ever loved deeply and lost greatly, The School of Loss will remind you that healing is possible, hope can be rebuilt, and transformation awaits on the other side of grief.