GOOD GRIEF!: Everything I know about love, life and loss

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Everything I know about love, life and loss I wish somebody had told me sooner What else do you need to know about life? Find out with one man’s stories of love, friendship and loss, the perils of parenthood, the pain of family squabbles, and a never-ending struggle to lose weight. "With rare and refreshing candour, Alan shares very personal experiences that offer wise and illuminating insights on life. It is warm, witty and delightful. Readers will easily relate to his journey as a husband, father, son and friend.” Constance Singam Social activist and blogger "What a wonderful potpourri about family, friendship, children,travelling, work and living a full life. At times sweet, occasionally sad, it’s often very funny, wise, honest and deeply human. A highly recommended read!” Tan Tarn How Playwright and IPS senior research fellow "Heartwarming, funny and authentic. I could not put it down once I started reading. It made me smile, laugh out loud and occasionally sigh as I immersed in the stories I could identify with.” Kanwaljit Soin Former NMP and WINGS founding president "Alan is not afraid to confront life honestly, and this collection of his writings reflects this brilliantly.” Han Fook Kwang Editor-at-large, The Straits Times The Author Alan John was born in Kuala Lumpur in 1953 and attended St John’s Institution and the University of Malaya before starting as a reporter at The New Straits Times in 1976. He moved to Singapore in 1980 and spent the next 35 years at The Straits Times. He headed various parts of Singapore’s main English-language daily before becoming deputy editor, the position he held when he left in 2015. He is married with two children. This is his second book. Unholy Trinity, which appeared in 1989, retold the sensational case of the Adrian Lim child killings that gripped Singapore in the early 1980s.