'It's like no pain I've ever known. She was my soulmate. She was everything to me... The enormity of it all hit me hardest when I saw the world continuing as normal. You're looking around and saying this is the biggest tragedy of my life, but other people are going to work, they're coming back from work, they're queuing for Starbucks.'
In July 2019 football-hardman turned actor Vinnie Jones tragically lost his wife Tanya after her six-year battle with cancer. Despite Tanya's long, and often painful fight, her passing was a profound shock to Vinnie and all of their family, and Vinnie found himself struggling to cope with the pain of his grief.
Appearing on GMB in October 2019, Vinnie's candid, brave and emotional interview brought viewers to tears. With this book Vinnie will reflect on the 25 years he spent married to the love of his life, revealing how they met, the family they built together and the health battles they fought. He will discuss the devastation he felt on Christmas Eve last year when he discovered Tanya had brain cancer and the struggles he has had since Tanya passed.
Weaved through the book are the diary entries and letters written by Tanya during the 27 years she spent with her soulmate. These deeply emotional vignettes reveal her perspective on her heart transplant, numerous health scares and her fights with cancer, as well as her final messages to the family. In this profoundly moving and inspiring book, written with the support of his daughter Kaley, Vinnie will share the realities of loss in the hope he can encourage others who are struggling to find the help they need to get through times of unimaginable pain. His tender and revelatory writing will truly pave the way for more open and frank discussions on the most complex and difficult of topics: grief.
