We are excited to welcome Sarah Tarlow to Blackwell’s in partnership with the University of Manchester’s Classics, Ancient History, Archaeology and Egyptology department (SALC).

Sarah will be discussing her memoir, The Archaeology of Loss, with Professor Melanie Giles.

Doors: 6.30pm, Starts: 6.45pm

Tickets are £4 or admission is free when purchasing a copy of the book in advance.

About The Archaeology of Loss:

After thirteen years together, Sarah Tarlow’s husband Mark began to suffer from an undiagnosed illness, which rapidly left him incapable of caring for himself. Life – an intense juggling act of a demanding job, young children and looking after a depressed and frustrated parner – became hard.

One day, Mark waited for Sarah and their children to leave their home before ending his own life. Although Sarah had devoted her professional life as an archaeologist to the study of death and how we grieve, she found that nothing had prepared her for the reality of illness and the devastation of loss.

The Archaeology of Loss is a fiercely vulnerable, deeply intimate and yet unflinchingly direct memoir which describes a universal experience. Told with humour and courage, its raw honesty offers profound consolation in difficult times.

About the Author:

Sarah Tarlow is an archaeologist and academic. As professor of historical archaeology at the University of Leicester, Sarah is best known for her work on the archaeology of death and burial. She has written or edited ten academic books about archaeology and history. The Archaeology of Loss is her first memoir.