Letters To My Husband

"Norman, my love. It’s hard to believe this whole thing, this book, started with an overwhelming desire to talk to you, when I sat down in Paris and wrote, ‘A letter to my darling husband’ and then painfully had to add, ‘…on the first anniversary of his death.’"

Thus begins Fern Field Brooks’ odyssey through the first year of mourning for her beloved husband, Norman Brooks. 'Letters to My Husband' is the ultimate result of her touching, heartrending, yet often humorous journey, which offers comfort and inspiration to anyone who has suffered the loss of a loved one.

In these letters written over the course of a year, she relives the trauma of her husband’s fatal heart attack, as well as many tender moments of their marriage. She examines her life—as a young girl studying opera in Rome, her past loves, her accomplished career as a TV and movie producer. And she reflects upon growing older—and alone—in the youth oriented entertainment industry.

From Paris to Los Angeles to Toronto to New York, she confronts life alone, alternately denying her loss, burying herself in work, raging against her pain, recounting special memories and struggling to get on with her life. By sharing her own loss, Fern Field Brooks offers a great gift to others.