Heartstrong

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By completing your purchase, you agree to Audible's Conditions of Use and authorise Audible to charge your designated card or any other card on file. Heartstrong is an unforgettable book about love, joy, loss, grief, hope and finding a way to keep going in the darkest of times. I felt so much love and hope as well, and Minnie, Ellidy's daughter, is such a beautiful example of a rainbow after a storm.

My rating doesn’t take away from their experiences at all - I just don’t know what it was about this that I couldn’t get into. To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average. it was the first time I felt that anything was added that was not along the line of what a "good bloke/life of the wedding" he was an individual.

I probably wouldn’t have plucked this off the bookshelf of my own volition and now I can appreciate what the term “book hangover” really means.

I wish she would’ve just owned that instead of trying to tell me her upbringing/past was as bad as mine. Life is so so short and you just never know how much one decision truly will impact not only your life but everyone else’s lives around you. I used to think that everything happens for a reason, but I have known a lot of people that have gone through really horrible things and losing their lives young over the past 2-3 years, so my mind shift has definitely changed to sometimes really shit things just happen to the best of people which just breaks my heart. And I had no idea posthumous sperm retrieval was a thing that's possible, such a challenging time, but being able to have that option is amazing.I get that the story is tragic but felt that it was poorly written and really gave me almost no insight or feeling for both the author and Chumpy Pullin. The strength that you have is truly INCREDIBLE, I know it can’t always be easy but I truly believe your story will help so many people in all different walks of life. I haven’t lost a partner, but losing my mum in 2020 at the start of covid has left a massive hole in my heart, so i felt i could resonate with El with the passing of her dad. Although the writing style was definitely different for me, the experiences, trauma and growth throughout this book, are memorable. Ellidy is determined to keep the memory of her partner Chumpy Pullin strong, to honour his spirit and for their daughter, Minnie.

I’m not sure whether not really knowing Ellidy or Chumpy all that well in the public eye has anything to do with it, as I don’t follow her on any socials. In the hours that followed a suggestion was made: did Ellidy want to harvest Chumpy's sperm and try for the baby they both wanted so deeply? You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie preferences, as described in the Cookie notice.I do want to start following her story on social media but as for the book, not a 'good read' at all. It is just so clear that they are such a beautiful family and I think it was really special that they shared some intimate family memories - I feel honored to have read them. Heartstrongis an unforgettable book about love, joy, grief, hope and finding a way to keep going in the darkest of times. I started and finished this book in one sitting I was captivated by this incredible memoir that shared the story of Ellidy, Minnie and ofcourse the story of Alex ‘Chumpy’ Pullin in life and in death, I’ve never felt this before about someone I’ve never met but I’m in awe of the human he was and the lives he touched and just the way he lived his life.

Heartstrong is an unforgettable book about love, joy, grief, hope and finding a way to keep going in the darkest of times. I can't imagine from Ellidy's perspective how it would have felt from losing the love of her life and beginning her pregancy journey alone. This story has truly truly touched my soul and I don’t think I’ll be forgetting what I’ve read any time soon.

Towards the end of the book, there was a letter that the author's mum had written where she talks about what a passionate environmentalist he was. All I can say is that, yes, it made me sad and I cried (a lot), but it's not the sort of sadness that leaves you feeling empty without purpose. I think it is just so apparent that Chumpy was an incredible and other-wordly human being that touched so many lives and has left an incredible legacy. A quote that really stuck with me from this book was 'a flame that burns twice as bright, burns half as long'.