In a clutch of new memoirs, three very different writers provide a window on the intensely private process of grieving.

Freddy Taylor’s Don’t Put Yourself on Toast (Short Books, £12.99; Tablet price £11.69) is a candid record of his TV producer Dad’s last two years of life. He intersperses humorous anecdotes that he jotted down at the time, with more sobering medical notes taken by his stepmother. His writing is fresh, never sugar-coated, and full of hope, and the love and comfort of family shines through the fear and desperation.