The New York Times Bestseller
Fear. Grief. Loss. Betrayal. Rachel Hollis has felt all those things, and she knows you have too. Now, she takes you to the other side.
With her signature humor, heartfelt honesty, and intimate true-life stories, #1 New York Times bestselling author Rachel Hollis shows readers how to seize difficult moments for the learning experiences they are and the value and growth they provide.
Rachel Hollis sees you. As the millions who read her #1 New York Times bestsellers Girl, Wash Your Face and Girl, Stop Apologizing, attend her RISE conferences and follow her on social media know, she also wants to see you transform.
When it comes to the “hard seasons” of life—the death of a loved one, divorce, loss of a job—transformation seems impossible when grief and uncertainty dominate your days. Especially when, as Didn’t See that Coming reveals, no one asks to have their future completely rearranged for them. But, as Rachel writes, it is up to you how you come through your pain—you can come through changed for the better, having learned and grown, or stuck in place where your identity becomes rooted in what hurt you.
To Rachel, a life well-lived is one of purpose, focused only on the essentials. This is a small book about big feelings: inspirational, aspirational, and an anchor that shows that darkness can co-exist with the beautiful.
Kristen Ray –
Love this author! I really enjoyed and took lots of pointers from this book as well as her previous books. Love the honesty of the author. She is very relatable and gives great advice that makes you think about your own life. I also like that the author reminds me that so many other are, or have been in my shoes. Covid times were hard… no one was prepared, also no way to prepare for life changes, we just gotta roll with it. This book is one I would read over and over. Reminder that I am sane, most of the time life is just life sometimes.
Royanna Stratmoen –
I was attending a digital marketing conference in February 2019 and noticed one of the breakout and keynote speakers was Rachel Hollis. I thought, wait, is that who wrote some book I kept seeing floating around Facebook? This was my first introduction to someone 15 years younger than I and could she possibly teach me anything? I quickly grabbed a copy of “Girl, Wash Your Face” and was determined to make it into her break-out session. (And I sat front row.) While I couldn’t relate to all 20 chapters in the book, I was certainly attracted to her energy and honesty and learned a little more about myself as well in “Girl, Stop Apologizing” and have recommended it to friends.I started following Rachel and Dave and their Morning Show in May 2019 and was so bummed to miss the chance to see them in a neighboring state that summer at Rise Minneapolis but quickly found myself at Rise Business in Charleston, Rise Ft Myers as a VIP, and two Virtual Rise events as well. I joined both of her coaching programs (and am currently in Dave’s) and really considered her one of my 5 most people I “hang out with”. I have missed my daily Rach fix and am honored to receive an advance digital copy of #didntseethatcomingbook to review from the publisherThis book is raw. Honest. Humorous (it wouldn’t be a Rachel Hollis book without bodily parts mentioned and the toot toot part is the best!) This book is relatable. We both lost brothers tragically on the same day, September 29th. Loss and grief are inevitable in this world. Once again Rachel shares from her inmost being so that others can know they are not alone. As she said, “Every single chapter from here on out is about trying to help you get through the place you’re in.” This book will remind you that YOU matter and that “you are who you want to be.”
Jess –
This book has saved me through the test of times! It’s helped me so much to understand what I was feeling when I couldn’t put it into words just was internalizing everything. I’m so grateful I took the plunge not being a reader or liking to read. I just ordered two more of her books and can’t wait to dive in! Truly an inspirational book to help you when you are down and out. Highly recommend!
KM –
This book has been amazing! I loved Girl Wash Your Face, I struggled with Girl Stop Apologizing but I don’t think I was in the right head space for the second book so I’m going to try it again. Didn’t See That Coming has me laughing, crying and unpacking a lot of things. It’s also given me some tools that are very helpful in my current season. I’m not a strong reader so finishing it in 4 days has really drawn me in.Because of Rachel’s divorce and all the online chatter that goes along with people not understanding I almost walked away from reading her stuff, this past week I’ve watched videos, listened to podcasts and read most of her book. I don’t know why they got divorced, that’s not mine to know. What I do know is that I don’t live inside their life. They did a podcast on how they struggled and were working through in their marriage. They had enough content to fill a weekly podcast with how they worked through issues, if that wasn’t a sign that maybe their marriage was rough I don’t know what is. I’m wishing them both the best and I refuse to cancel on them because I don’t agree with everything they do in their life.Although the book mentions covid and it mentions the divorce, this book is based on hard times and not covid or divorce.If you’ve been through hard things and you’re ready to push through this book is for you. If you’ve not then it won’t click just like her second book didn’t click with me at the time I read it.I’m working to Show Up everyday in all aspects of my life. My goals for last 90 days are simple yet challenging. Excited to end 2020 on a great note because it was a different year and I chose Joy.Still struggling to pick up the book because you’re confused about her divorce. Go to YouTube and watch the interview with Rachel called “pandemic and divorce” and then listen to her interview on Trent Shelton’s podcast.We are all human and our perspective might be what’s holding us back.
Kris Lieb –
Loved the book! Rachel is a truly wonderful person who has given insight on how to revise your life after a detour with hope and determination. And that’s half the battle. Highly recommend.
Pamela –
Once I got used to her style of writing, there were wonderful snippets of survival advice. This book was recommended to me by a friend that is going thru a tough time. She recommended this book to me because I am healing from breast cancer. So this book gave advise for coping skills for 2 very different situations. This book is for anyone going thru life, and the many challenging situations that are thrown at us.
Debbie Clark –
Didn’t see that Coming is a book of tough topics, but was an easy read. Rachel Hollis always gives timely advice in a format that’s easy to digest.
Varun Chopra –
Amazing
Loved the way Rachel always write her books and with the tone she used to write.I am huge fan.
CloL –
Wow! Little did I know….
I bought this book after I’d been through my crisis. Or so I thought. I wasn’t sure why I’d still get anxious or sad sometimes. Then I picked up this book. The first few paragraphs I thought “this isn’t for me, I’m better now”. Then Rachel described the good things and how they will always be good and tears streamed down my face. As Rachel would put it, I’d painted over my old wall but I hadn’t done the work to make the new coat stick. This book helped me deal with things I didn’t know I had to! And it works!
Amazon Kunde –
Superficial
I did enjoy some of the parts where she talks about her own experience but whenever she turns to the reader something is really off. She’s trying to cover everyone’s of her readers possible problems while not only being clumsy but superficial and insensitive about it.For reference I read 1/3 of the book, which must be printed for senior citizens otherwise I can’t explain the ridiculous font size.It seems like she wrote the book for everyone else but herself. Maybe she thought she had to, maybe she didn’t listen to her inner voice that said „no I can’t“ and did it anyways. I can’t imagine what she’s been going through at that time but if you are writing a book and talk about being authentic you better practice what u preach.
katrina –
Exactly what I needed
The title of this book drew me straight in as I am currently going through a break up with my fiance after 12 years together and waiting on our home to sell which has been over 8 months. I was experiencing very heavy emotions of guilt and sadness daily and nothing would help. I read this book through twice the 2nd time to complete the exercises. This book was a life saver and really helped me to understand and process the emotions i was feeling a d was comforting recognizing they are normal . Thank you so much Rachel
Rebecca –
A Special Gift for 2020 and Beyond!
“Didn’t See That Coming” is truly a special gift for 2020 and beyond! Thank you Rachel Hollis for blessing us once again with your own heartfelt stories and genuine words of wisdom. As someone who has struggled with anxiety and has endured much grief, this book has helped me to not just merely survive but to actually thrive in the face of adversity. This book is definitely a “must read” so run to your local bookstore now! ?