Introduction
What this piece is
The opening piece of the Starter Library — a plain introduction to the six short guides Billy has written, so you can begin wherever actually applies to you right now, in ten minutes, for free.
Everything on this site started from one thing: a marriage ending, a diagnosis Billy didn’t see coming, and a long road back to a life actually chosen. Billy’s Books grew out of that. These six short guides are the easiest place to actually start — each free, each ten minutes to read, each built around a specific concrete moment rather than a general idea.
What’s inside
The pieces this guide covers
- 01Five Things Nobody Tells a Man Going Through a Break-Up
- 02The First 30 Days Survival Checklist
- 03How to Tell the Children
- 04Starting Again: Financial Checklist
- 05Am I Ready to Date Again?
- 06Building a Life After Divorce
“None of these six are the whole story. They’re just an honest, quick starting point. Start wherever actually applies to you right now. There’s no correct order, and no obligation to read all six before you’re ready for more.”— Billy
If this landed
The full story is in these books
This guide is a short opening. The books below carry the full thing — slowly, honestly, and in Billy’s own voice.
Memoirs
Billy
Just a Bloke Trying to Build Something Real
£12.99
The Love Survival Guide
The Space Between
A Survival Guide for the Broken-Hearted
£9.99
The Love Survival Guide
Still Standing
Navigating the Long Middle of Recovery
£9.99
Continue your journey
Next in the Starter Library
No. 02
Five Things Nobody Tells a Man Going Through a Break-Up
A Short, Honest Starting Point
Five things Billy wishes someone had told him plainly at the beginning of a break-up, instead of learning each of them the hard way over two years.
About the author
William “Billy” Brown
