First published in hardback in June 2024, A Life Reimagined was an instant Sunday Times bestselling memoir on grief and a journey of healing from beloved actor, Jill Halfpenny.

When Jill was four, her father died. He went to play his weekly game of five-a-side football, had a heart attack and never came home. In 2017, in cruelly similar circumstances, Jill’s partner Matt went to a gym class, suffered a cardiac arrest and never came home.

These two tragic events frame Jill’s story in A Life Reimagined, as she explores how she dealt with profound grief as a child, as a teenager and then, later, as a partner and mother. With vulnerability and honesty, Jill shares the invaluable lessons she has learned from grief – and how these lessons have helped her find a path back to joy.

Heartfelt and honest, A Life Reimagined is an emotional memoir of love, loss and life after tragedy

Jill Halfpenny is one of the most recognised and beloved faces on British television, having burst onto the scene in 1989 as Nicola Dobson in Byker Grove. Since then, she has gone on to star in Coronation Street, EastEnders, Waterloo Road, Babylon, Three Girls, The Drowning, The Holiday – which received the highest viewing figures among all competitors of its time slot – and The Long Shadow, directed by Lewis Arnold of Broadchurch fame. Jill also won the second series of Strictly Come Dancing and was crowned 'Champion of Champions' in 2004. Jill lives in Newcastle with her son.