The Forest is the Path

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'A tender, thoughtful exploration of love and grief. A beautiful book.' 'Absolutely floored me. Novelistic and majestic. I've long loved Gary Lightbody as a lyricist. Maddeningly it turns out he can do it in the long form too. This is a brilliant prose debut. I hope there's more to come.' 'A stunning meditation on family, grief and creativity, told in gorgeous prose. The Forest Is the Path is an evocative and moving manifesto of loss and love, and a reminder of what's important.' 'The Forest is the Path is a lyrical, moving and astoundingly honest portrait of grief. A deeply personal account of a difficult time which will resonate with every reader who's ever lost someone close. Full of pathos, hope and hard-won profundity.' ‘Lightbody’s experience in songwriting — heartfelt, confessional treasures like , and is beautifully rendered in narrative form.’ 'I read it in one go…and then I read it again.' 'A beautiful piece of work.' 'The book and the album – both are absolutely terrific.' ‘Gary Lightbody from Snow Patrol has written a really beautiful book, The Forest Is the Path, about writing and dealing with the grief of losing his dad. It’s really great.’ E 'This book is visceral and raw, travelling at breakneck speed through moments of grief, memories and artistic creation.' 'Like Joan Didion in her remarkable memoirs about grief, Lightbody is well able to capture the surreality of the disappearance of a loved one out of your life.' 'Gary Lightbody's lyricism works just as beautifully on the page as it does in his music.' 'Much like Dante's dark wood or the mythic journey into the unknown, Lightbody's forest is both an obstacle and a revelation – a place where getting lost is the only way forward.'