The Dead Moms Club

A Memoir About Death, Grief, and Surviving the Mother of All Losses

By: Kate Spencer

Narrated by: Kate Spencer

Length: 6 hrs and 59 mins

Publisher's summary

Kate Spencer lost her mom to cancer when she was 27. In The Dead Moms Club, she walks listeners through her experience of stumbling through grief and loss and helps them to get through it, too. This isn't a weepy, sentimental story but rather a frank, up-front look at what it means to go through gruesome grief and come out on the other side.

An empathetic listen, The Dead Moms Club covers how losing her mother changed nearly everything in her life: Both men and women listeners who have lost parents or experienced grief of this magnitude will be comforted and consoled. Spencer even concludes each chapter with a cheeky but useful tip for listeners (like the "It's None of Your Business Card" to copy and hand out to nosy strangers asking about your passed loved one).

©2017 Kate Spencer (P)2017 Hachette Audio

Membership in The Dead Mom's Club

Two months plus two days ago I became a member of this club...also due to pancreatic cancer. A very supportive friend found this book for me. She said, "She's a comic. I think her style and perspective might work for you, esp as an initial foray. I hope so". She couldn't have been more right. I got the book in audio, I love it. It hit every emotion and thought I am experiencing. I thought this would help me get through the grief faster, but what I found most valuable is it has validated some of the, what I thought were, inappropriate or unusual thoughts and reactions I'd had. Thank you, and your mom, for this poignant yet comforting memoir, "yo go girl"!

She’s my kind of girl!

I loved this book! It hit home with me since my mom passed from Pancreatic Cancer January 1, 2021. She described exactly how I feel now and in such a way that I am forwarding it to my hubby so he can understand how I feel with the highs and lows. Thanks for writing this!!!!

Great Book!

This is definitely one of the best books I have listened to since my mother's passing. It makes me feel like I am not alone in my grief.

Easy to lessen.

love the book, the writer is witty.
totally recommend, writer did an awesome job. You go Girl!!

Amazing book, life changing

My mom also passed away from pancreatic cancer. This book has really helped me heal, validating my very real emotions that come from loosing a mom! Yo go girl!

Member of the club

Member since 9/21, I felt every word in my soul, thanks for voicing grief.

The best way welcome you to the Dead Moms’ Club

Let’s face it no one wants to be here, that is part of the dead moms club. This book however is the best book I have read ever since losing my mom at the age of 23 in 1997. It has been ages since I felt this comforted and this alive. My daughters are almost 21, and I wish to all under heaven that I had had this book 21 years ago when I was pregnant. I’ve searched and I’ve struggled for what I’ve done wrong as a mother, and what I could’ve done better for my girls as they grew up. This book has finally provided me the answers that I needed to know where I went wrong and why. I feel confident that having had this book while I was pregnant or before I would’ve done a better job with my girls, because I could’ve done a better job with myself. Please read this book if you are a daughter who has lost her mother at any age young or old this book is incredible.

Not for your snowflake ears

I found this book to be truly accurate of how I’m feeling. I lost my mom this past April and I’ve been struggling with grief and anger. The author writes how she felt and expresses herself by saying exactly how she felt. She doesn’t sugarcoat anything. I love that about the book. Going through grief myself, I sometimes wonder why I’m feeling anger in some situations. Listening to Kate I feel that I’m not alone in the ways I’m feeling. Everyone processes grief differently so if a couple f bombs offend you, this is not the book for you. This book is colorful and not a snore. I truly enjoyed it. Thank you Kate.

LOVE IT

I've read the book and absolutely love it! To listen to Kate herself read it was beyond amazing. I am unfortunately part of the club and I'd like to thank you Kate for sharing your story which I can relate in so many ways.

Amazing book

My mom passed July 24th 2018 and this book was very relatable to me... It was great to be able to connect with someone's experience.