Tell Me Good Things: On Love, Death and Marriage
James Runcie
Bloomsbury, £12.99, 224 pages
Marilyn Imrie died in August 2020, five months and 22 days after being diagnosed with motor neurone disease. In this book written by her husband, James Runcie, we are given an intimate, generous glimpse into who Marilyn was, what it was like to know her, fall in love with her, share a 35 year marriage with her, navigate a terminal illness and impending death with her, and ultimately to lose her. In spite of this – no, because of this – the book is packed with lively dialogue, comedy, colour and scent, hopefulness and cheerfulness, heartbreak, honesty and realism.
