Alison Larkin

After marriage, divorce and raising two children, Alison, now in her 50’s, was ‘kind of’ at peace with the idea that love was something that had passed her by.

Then, unexpectedly, she found true love with Bhima, also in his 50’s, who had also moved to America thirty years earlier. It was a heady romance. A binding of souls.

Five days after they decided to marry, Bhima suddenly died. Then something even more unexpected happened. Instead of wanting to hide under the bed and never come out, Alison found herself wanting to live – and love – more fully than ever.

This story begins six weeks after Bhima died, when he showed up at Alison’s kitchen table determined to help her find love again.

It’s imaginary of course. Or is it?

As Alison writes: “people told me that when someone you love deeply dies, you can sense them with you at first. But after a while the connection goes away and they don’t feel nearby anymore. Not so in our case, it seems.”

Alison’s friend Archbishop Desmond Tutu wrote to Alison saying “your story needs the widest circulation possible because it will bring hope to people who might otherwise condemn themselves to despair. You must do whatever you have to do to make sure this story is told to as many people as possible. And not just in an email to me!”

So, Alison created a solo comedy show, Grief… A Comedy, with music by Emmy award winner Gary Schreiner, and wrote the funny, life-enhancing, completely uplifting story you are about to read.