| Subtitle | A True Story of Love, Loss, and Learning to Carry On |
| By | Emma Charlesworth |
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| ISBN | 978-1068498701 |
| Non-Fiction Genre | Memoir/Grief |
| Publication Date | 11/14/2025 |
| Price | 13.99 |
Synopsis
When Emma Charlesworth’s husband, Stuart “Charlie” Charlesworth, took his temperature on Mother’s Day 2020, she had no idea it was the beginning of the end. Less than a month later, he had died, another number in the devastating toll of COVID-19 in the UK. But this is more than a widow’s story. It is a testament to love, loss, and the human spirit’s ability to endure. Emma writes not just with grief, but with wit, warmth, and resilience.
Authors Biography
Emma Charlesworth is a writer, marketing manager, and proud mum. After losing her husband, Stuart “Charlie” Charlesworth, to COVID-19 in 2020, Emma began sharing her journey through grief, resilience, and rediscovery on her blog – a space that has since become a source of comfort and connection for many. In 2021, she became an Ambassador for WAY (Widowed and Young), giving a voice to those bereaved during the pandemic, and later represented the charity on the UK Commission on Bereavement’s Lived Experience Advisory Forum for its report Bereavement is Everyone’s Business. Now a Trustee and volunteer host for WAY’s New Member Zooms, Emma continues to champion the importance of community and understanding after loss.
Where do I begin. This story was going on in households across the world during the pandemic. Emma writes from her soul and takes you through every high and low. Laugh out loads and belly sob moments. It’s a must read.
A beautifully written, extremly raw description about how covid took everything and the battle to try and restore a new normal whilst keeping her husbands memory alive
This book is beautifully written by Emma and is certainly a very emotional read. She deserves every accolade and ‘Charlie’ deserves to be remembered.
This book is beautifully written and straight from the heart. One you must read.
A powerfully moving book that is beautifully written.
beautifully written and hard to put down.
Without a doubt, this is the most powerful book that I’ve ever read.
Emma’s ability to provide a truly heartbreaking (and yet inspirational) insight into what life was like for thousands of normal families in the pandemic is remarkable.
A number of people saw a side of lockdown that some could only dream of; one that predominantly consisted of online quizzes, furloughed pay, zoom chats with friends, and sunbathing in glorious sunshine. Emma provides her experience – and undoubtedly the experience of many others – which was a completely different and much darker side.
Ultimately, this book is written from the heart and provides inspiration, comfort and hope to many. It isn’t scared of the honesty that tragic real-life situations need to be handled with, and it’s rightly unapologetic about what actions those honest emotions produced. It’s about relationships, hope, positivity, survival, death, grief, and much more.
If you’re looking for a book to help you put things into perspective, or to understand what the pandemic was really like for thousands of people… or if you just need a reminder about the fragility of life and the value of family and friendship then “Is Daddy Going To Be OK?” is the answer.
As a fellow widow, losing my husband suddenly and far too young, I can relate to all the emotions. A big shout out to WAY (Widowed and Young) who have been a great support.
Brilliantly written book and Emma’s blog was a lifeline when a friend sadly lost her husband to covid too. A very emotional & candid read.
Have a box of tissues next to you! One of the most best books I have read. I can not begin to imagine what this family went through! Love to them both and the family and friends involved xx
Written from a place of courage.
I don’t normally read life books to be honest, but having Emma write this book from her experience and that of Rebekah also, helped me to capture her mindset at the time and going forward, this and her blog #lifeisarollercoaster are an eye opener to the experience many people had during the first few weeks of COVID and the subsequent days of the pandemic. A must read for those that know Emma and a big help for those that don’t, who may be in need of emotional guidance where Widowed and Young are there to help.
This is a truly inspirational and emotional book , written from. the heart. At times you laugh, at times you cry but most of all it reminds us of what life was like in the pandemic and how so many families went through heartbreaking times. Emma has told hers and Rebekahs story with total honesty. Memories of Charlie who will not be forgotten .
This is my daughter’s story x.
A deeply personal account of one of your worst nightmares, losing your partner. Emma writes in a beautifully authentic way that you travel with her, understanding her innermost thoughts and feelings, understanding the tragedy of the moment and the beautiful love she and her daughter had for Charlie and how love carried them through it. A special book that touches your heart.
A heartbreaking read, but nevertheless an inspirational one. A true story that does not attempt to hide the challenges, yet also provides hope. Brave and powerful.
A book full of emotion, and hard to put down from a fellow widow.