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Cosmo Landesman has no time for feel-good-grief memoirs

The heartbroken father endlessly relives his son’s suicide, raking over every moment of Jack’s battle with depression and drug addiction

Cosmo Landesman.
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  • You Are Not Alone

    Cariad Lloyd

    Bloomsbury, pp. 304, £18

  • Jack and Me: How NOT to Live After Loss

    Cosmo Landesman

    Eyewear Publishing, pp. 250, £20

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Olivia Potts is a former criminal barrister who retrained as a pastry chef. She co-hosts The Spectator’s Table Talk podcast and writes Spectator Life's The Vintage Chef column. A chef and food writer, she was winner of the Fortnum and Mason's debut food book award in 2020 for her memoir A Half Baked Idea.

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