Holly is about to turn 30 years old and has recently lost the absolute love of her life. Her high school sweetheart and husband, Gerry, has passed away after a brief fight with a brain tumor. But Holly isn't left to herself, she has her best friends and family to help her grieve Gerry and try to figure out life without him. And then there's Gerry himself, he's done something to help Holly figure out life without him. It turns out before Gerry died he wrote Holly a series of letters asking her to do certain things, designed to help her move forward. So, Holly embarks on a journey through her grief helped along by Gerry, whom she is grieving.

I am surprised at how much I liked this story - as implausible as most of it was/is and as oddly bland as some of Gerry's prompts to move forward were for Holly. But perhaps I should give the guy a break, he was really ill at the time he embarked on his final project. I think what I liked about the book was Ahern's attempt to explore a way to interact with grief, by using the object of grief itself. I haven't seen the movie, I'm not sure that I want to. But I am slightly curious to read the follow-up book. I'm not moving it up on my TBR but I do think I'll get to it someday.