Tatiana Valero Maynar

What would happen if you were told that your husband or wife only had a few months to live?How would you react? Tatiana and Juan met and immediately knew they were made for each other and wanted to spend the rest of their lives together. Twenty years later, having built a wonderful family, they were peacefully enjoying the normal life of any couple with four children. Until August 17, 2021, when they got back from their summer holiday and cancer appeared in their lives. They didn’t know it, but that would be the first day of their last year together.

The next twelve months they had to learn to manage their fears, uncertainty, anger, rage, powerlessness...and adapt to every piece of news until finally having to accept his death. This process of love and pain taught them how to live.

“A very intense and heartbreaking testimony from a woman who had the love of her life ripped away by cancer very suddenly, showing how delicate life can be. Today you’re fine and tomorrow you never know. It’s absolutely recommended reading for anyone, and lets you appreciate something that we often forget: our health and the importance of making the most of the time we have with our loved ones.”

Luis Pérez Santiago

Coach and best-selling author of Todo es Posible

¿Cómo son los meses siguientes a la despedida de la persona con la que pensabas compartir el resto de tu vida? Tras la pérdida de Juan, Tatiana inicia una nueva etapa como capitana de la familia, tomando como modelo a quien antes lo había sido, encontrando en su ejemplo la fuerza para afrontar las adversidades y un rayo de luz en medio de la oscuridad.

Secuela necesaria de Nuestro último año juntos, ahora Tatiana Valero nos muestra cómo la escritura se convierte en la tabla de salvación que ayuda a rellenar el hueco de la ausencia de Juan.

En este relato, la autora comparte sus emociones y titubeos, aprende a conocerse a sí misma, confesando con sinceridad sus debilidades y fortalezas, decidida a seguir adelante, a sujetar con firmeza, pero también con amor, las riendas de la vida. Nos adentra en un viaje por los primeros meses, las primeras celebraciones, los primeros cumpleaños, las primeras vacaciones… sin él, pero a su lado a través de las cartas.

«Sensible y emotiva, humana en las dudas y

heroica en los desafíos cotidianos, resolutiva y vulnerable,

la lectura de sus libros nunca defrauda,

siempre emociona».

Isaac Courel Valcarce, abogado

What’s it like in the months after saying goodbye to the person you thought you’d share the rest of your life with? After losing Juan, Tatiana begins a new chapter as captainess of the family — taking inspiration from the captain who came before her and finding in his example the strength to face adversities and a ray of sunlight amid the darkness. In this necessary sequel to Our Last Year Together, Tatiana Valero now shows us how writing became the lifeline that helped her fill the void of Juan’s absence. In this story, the author shares her emotions and uncertainties, learning about herself by honestly acknowledging her strengths and weaknesses, determined to move forward, and holding tightly yet lovingly to the reins of life. She takes us on a journey through the first few months, the first holidays, the first birthdays, and the first vacations without him — but by his side through her letters. “Sensitive and emotional, human in her doubts, and heroic in her daily challenges. Resolute and vulnerable. Her books never fail to impress, always move” Isaac Courel Valcarce, attorney