She has written books about death and mourning, but nothing could prepare the archaeologist for the shock of finding her partner of 18 years dead. Here she recounts what she has learned At about 9.15 on the morning of 7 May 2016, I came home and found my husband of two weeks, my partner of 18 years, dead in bed. Still, I go over and over the way that morning unfolded. I woke at my brother Ben's house. Since I had left Mark alone overnight for the first time in months, and because he could not ge...
'I spent years studying death, but it didn't prepare me for grief': archaeologist Sarah Tarlow on losing her husband
The Guardian - 8 Apr 2023 10:00
She has written books about death and mourning, but nothing could prepare the archaeologist for the shock of finding her partner of 18 years dead. Here she recounts what she has learned At about 9.15 on the morning of 7 May 2016, I came home and found my husband of two weeks, my partner of 18 years, dead in bed. Still, I go over and over the way that morning unfolded. I woke at my brother Ben's house. Since I had left Mark alone overnight for the first time in months, and because he could not ge...
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