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Greg Wise explores loss and caregiving in new memoir
Actor and writer Greg Wise has published Grief Talking, a memoir about loss and what he has learned from it.
His experience includes the death of his sister Clare, who was diagnosed with breast cancer five years before she died in 2016.
Wise cared for her in her final three months and took over writing her blog when she became too weak to type.
The book also reflects on the deaths of his parents and a university friend, as well as grief passed down through his family.
Wise tells these stories without offering advice, saying he wants to describe what happened and how he responded.
He has also worked as a patron for End of Life Doula UK and says being present at the end of a loved one’s life can be a privilege.
Greg Wise’s new memoir, Grief Talking, explores bereavement, caregiving and the lessons he has learned from loss.
Wise says he became a carer for his sister Clare in the three months before she died in 2016.
He co-wrote Not That Kind of Love with Clare, drawing on a blog she began after her breast cancer diagnosis.
The memoir also covers the deaths of Wise’s parents and a university friend, as well as grief passed down in his family.
Wise says he does not see himself as an expert and aims to tell his own stories without giving advice.
- Who
- Greg Wise, an actor and writer.
- What
- He has written Grief Talking, a memoir about loss, caregiving and grief.
- When
- The article was published on 8 November 2026. The book’s publication date is not stated.
- Where
- Not stated.
- Why
- Wise says the book tells what happened, how he reacted and what he learned from different experiences of grief.
This story does not have two clearly opposing sides.
Clare began the blog that formed the basis of Not That Kind of Love after she was diagnosed with breast cancer.
Clare died after Wise had cared for her in the preceding three months.
Not That Kind of Love, co-written by Wise and Clare, was published.
The Independent published an interview with Wise about his memoir Grief Talking.
- New memoir
- Grief Talking
- Sister
- Clare Wise
- Caregiving
- Wise cared for Clare in the three months before her death
- Sister’s death
- 2016
- Earlier book
- Not That Kind of Love, published in 2018
What people are saying
Being there at the end of someone’s life is an exquisite privilege
I’m not a therapist. I’m not a grief counsellor. I’m not an academic. I only know the stuff that I know, that I have felt
I’m grateful, that I was able to write a book without, I think, giving a single piece of advice.
I would be very happy for more people to have this experience.