On the premise that grief is a foreign country formost of us, the author takes the reader on a journey through the grief processas he attempts to move beyond the unexpected death of his wife just as theyentered retirement. His personalthoughts on grief are poignant and powerful and the book is like a portablesupport group that helps readers realize they are not alone in their grieving. Readers will feel the authors pain and willidentify with his humanity. TheEpilogue to the book offers fifteen lessons that will help readers on theirjourney through grief.The book is also a story of a remarkable loverelationship. It has laugh-out-loudhumor in the midst of pain. Readerswill feel they are in the presence of a friend who really knows what grief islike.* * * ** * *I simply cannot imagine a better portrayal of lovebetween two people, written through pain, in homage to a loved one. If anyone wants to know about love and the feelingsassociated with its loss, these pages serve as an example. The book is a roadmap of how to honor thelove, revisit it in grief and begin sorting out the feelings of loss . . . This is very heartfelt, powerful material.Mike Foley, Writers Review.
ISBN: | 9781410784049 |
Publication date: | 5th September 2003 |
Author: | McGee, James |
Publisher: | AuthorHouse |
Format: | Ebook (Epub) |