AFTER THE DARKEST HOUR THE SUN WILL SHINE AGAIN : A Parent's Guide to Coping with the Loss of a Child

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Summary: Incredible Read
Review: After experiencing our own devastating losses, this book comforts me still. I highly recommend it to anyone who has lost a child, from conception to adulthood. You are never alone in your grief. Your life will go on. GB

Rating:
Summary: Incredible Read
Review: After experiencing our own devastating losses, this book comforts me still. I highly recommend it to anyone who has lost a child, from conception to adulthood. You are never alone in your grief. Your life will go on. GB

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Summary: Don't bother
Review: After the death of my 24 yr old son in September 2000 I was desperate for some relief from my grief. I read several books on the loss of a child. This was the worst one. I felt cheated after reading it, I wish I could have gotten my money back. The book that helped the most was "The Bereaved Parent."

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Summary: Excellent Source
Review: Elizabeth has captured so much in this poignant book of help for when a child has died. Bereaved parents can fully relate to the feelings of sorrow and despair and yet gain comfort from knowing that others have continued to live on in spite of the 'worst loss'. This is a book all bereaved parents should own. The chapters are short, the writing style easy to read and the pages packed with hope.

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Summary: Excellent Source
Review: Elizabeth has captured so much in this poignant book of help for when a child has died. Bereaved parents can fully relate to the feelings of sorrow and despair and yet gain comfort from knowing that others have continued to live on in spite of the 'worst loss'. This is a book all bereaved parents should own. The chapters are short, the writing style easy to read and the pages packed with hope.

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Summary: loss
Review: i found this book ok - my loss was a stillbirth little boy - the book is very good for people who got to keep their child, at least for some period of time - my baby left this earth before he even got here - i read the book and repected the losses in it but for my loss it really didn't help me much!!

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Summary: Helpful to any parent who has lost a child
Review: I think that this is one of the best bereavement books I have ever read. No matter what the conditions were of your childs' death, you will find yourself in this book. This book drives home that we may be thrown into a different world when our child dies, but we bereaved parents all share many common similarities in feelings and thoughts. This book helps a bereaved parent realize that they are not alone in their grief; the emotions they are feeling are 'normal'. I would recommend this book to anyone who has lost a child and any family member or friend who knows someone who has lost a child.

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Summary: Helpful to any parent who has lost a child
Review: I think that this is one of the best bereavement books I have ever read. No matter what the conditions were of your childs' death, you will find yourself in this book. This book drives home that we may be thrown into a different world when our child dies, but we bereaved parents all share many common similarities in feelings and thoughts. This book helps a bereaved parent realize that they are not alone in their grief; the emotions they are feeling are 'normal'. I would recommend this book to anyone who has lost a child and any family member or friend who knows someone who has lost a child.

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Summary: A ten star book......very well written.
Review: My aunt sent this book to my husband and I following the death of our four month old daughter.I didn't think that anything or anyone could help me, but reading this book made me realize that I am not the only one who has lost a little angel. Hearing how others grieve has helped me with the overwhelming thoughts and feelings I experience everyday....

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Summary: Very helpful
Review: This book was not very helpful in coping with the loss of my child, who died recently from cancer at the age of four. (Brain tumor) The book rambles and jerks from scene to scene, taking you to different losses of children from around the world and throughout time. It actually made me more sad. The foreword by Rabbi Harold Kushner was more helpful. I would not recommend this book to the newly bereaved parent.