Keep Moving: Creating a Life After Loss by Holly Rose Holland throws light on her experience of grief, death, and dying, and how a traumatic illness can also hold deep grief for the entire family. The book outlines the different stages when an illness happens and is difficult to diagnose, and she gives steps to diagnosis and treatment. The memoir chronicles the author's journey after her husband of fourteen years died from pancreatic cancer. Her words help readers who find themselves in similar situations to accept where they are at and move forward as much as possible. She also helps them to face grief head-on, experience it, and feel it so that they find their peace ultimately.

There are prompts and questions for funeral arrangements, a vision board/bucket list, will preparation, travel considerations, dietary requirements, pharmacists, long-term care, and hospice consideration at the end of Keep Moving which is useful to many readers. Holly Rose Holland is honest when it comes to sharing her story which makes it palpable to readers and connects with her grief and sorrow. She also covers the insurance rules in Canada which is also helpful to many readers out there who live in the same country. I like the author's approach to a topic that must have been painful and difficult to talk about and discuss in detail with the readers. She speaks about moving her husband Mike to the hospice, his death, funeral, her recovery phase and getting on with her life, showing readers how to move on in life after a loss.

Keep Moving, Creating a Life After Loss by Holly Rose Holland offers practical advice and hope to patients suffering from chronic illnesses and family members dealing with loss. Holland lost her husband of fourteen years to pancreatic cancer. She shares about the process her family went through from the beginning when Mike was diagnosed to his death and the aftermath. Holland explains how their community’s support was critical in helping the family face the diagnosis, support Mike through the treatment process, and deal with the loss. Holland explores how to prepare and what actions to take, what the treatment process entails and important tips to consider during this time, coping with grief and pain, her husband’s experience of hospice care and what she learned during this time, creating a life and considering new activities after loss, and more.

In Keep Moving, Creating a Life After Loss, Holly Rose Holland shares useful tips that are accessible to anyone facing the death of a loved one and other forms of loss. Filling out the necessary paperwork, doing things that had been put off before, telling the children in the family about the diagnosis early are some of the helpful points explored in the book. Holland writes with a touch of humor that brings out the funny bits in the book and enlivens its scenes. She also offers hope and encourages survivors to allow themselves to create a life after the death of a loved one. Towards the end, the book contains pages that serve as guidelines for specific and important aspects to consider such as will preparation, hospice consideration, bucket lists, and more. Keep Moving, Creating a Life After Loss is a hopeful and helpful guide on dealing with illness and death.