Gentle Closings: How to Say Goodbye to Someone You Love

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Summary: After Goodbye by Theodore Menten
Review: This book was one of the best that I have read on the topic of grief. It is real and truly illustrates the emotions that we all go through after the death of a loved one. The true life stories and illustrations give you a sense of peace as well as the feeling that you are not alone in your grief.

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Summary: After Goodbye by Theodore Menten
Review: When I was putting together my book, DYING: A BOOK OF COMFORT, this was one of the books from which I used several selections. I often recommend it when people ask for advice about how to commemorate a death or how to say goodbye to someone who is dying. I particularly liked Menten's story of the couple who planted a garden during the husband's illness, a garden the wife could sit in after his death -- and remember the gathering where his friends all said goodbye to him. Sometimes people joke about giving a funeral while they're still alive, so they can appreciate it. Menten suggests ways to do something similar. A lovely, gentle, practical book.

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Summary: How to say goodbye to someone who is dying
Review: When I was putting together my book, DYING: A BOOK OF COMFORT, this was one of the books from which I used several selections. I often recommend it when people ask for advice about how to commemorate a death or how to say goodbye to someone who is dying. I particularly liked Menten's story of the couple who planted a garden during the husband's illness, a garden the wife could sit in after his death -- and remember the gathering where his friends all said goodbye to him. Sometimes people joke about giving a funeral while they're still alive, so they can appreciate it. Menten suggests ways to do something similar. A lovely, gentle, practical book.