At the age of 31, the author Nora McInerny was a happily married woman who had a father, husband, child and a baby on the way. Within a few weeks her father died, she miscarried, and her husband died. She has written this book for the grieving and for the people that care for the grievers.

The title is deceiving because this is not a fun club to join and there is a heavy price of loss to be a member. The author talks about her resistance to allowing anyone to help her and the persistence of friends to introduce her to another widow. That introduction was a lifeline, and she began to gather people from all over the world via internet and in person that were grieving and needed their own lifeline.

McInerny gives much needed guidance and direction to the grieving. For people who care for or interact with the grieving, she provides lists of the right things to say and do. The author offers a realistic look at life under the dark cloud of grief. She reminds us that the clouds will not totally disappear but become lighter. She offers the grieving the possibility that sun can shine again.