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Summary: Learning How to Grieve
Review: After losing a 19-week-old baby due to a birth defect, I plunged into the pit of depression and sorrow over the death of my child. I searched for books that addressed grief--without much success. None of them captured in anything less than a clinical way the emotions I was experiencing: uncontrollable sobbing, anger, etc.. This book taught me that grief is something that you must experience--or you'll pay later for not grieving your losses. It's (Grief) so high you can't go over it. So wide you can't go around it. You must go in through the door. Since that day six years ago when I first bought this book, I've probably purchased 20 copies of it and handed it out to friends going through miscarriage, deaths, divorces, and job changes. Everyone has benefitted from the wisdom in the book. I hope it will help some of you as well.
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Summary: Dee C.
Review: After losing my beloved father last month, a friend suggested I read this book. It not only has reassured me that much of what I'm feeling is "normal", it's given me valuable suggestions and insights on how to confront my grief work. I have purchased a copy for my mother and for my sister, and recommend this book wholeheartedly.
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Summary: An excellent basic book on grief
Review: After losing my wife to cancer in late 2000, I've read several books dealing with grief and this is easily the one that I've recommended most. I've bought at least 5 copies for friends and family and have mentioned it in a few talks I've given. Mr. Deits' book has made this terrible ordeal a bit easier and much more predictable. It's practical, easy to read, and encourages you along the way.
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Summary: Better than flowers
Review: I met Bob in 1989 and he gave a signed copy of the first edition. I loaned my "precious" copy to a friend who had a recent loss. Every time I bought a copy to replace the original it did not last long in my book collection. After the fifth time I loaned my copy out and hesitated to ask for it back, I realized it was a much more personal gift than flowers. I was even more surprised to learn that many recipients will re-gift it again and again. I must have given out 50 copies over the years.
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Summary: life after loss
Review: Mr. Deits' book is an excellent resource for anyone that is dealing with loss. After reading his book, I could understand my feelings and I was able to share my feelings about my loss with others. I have used the information in the book to work through other "losses" in my life and I have given other copies to friends as gifts. Each one of them have expressed how helpful the book has been to them. This is an excellent book for all families. Much success to Mr. Deits.
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Summary: life after loss
Review: Mr. Deits' book is an excellent resource for anyone that is dealing with loss. After reading his book, I could understand my feelings and I was able to share my feelings about my loss with others. I have used the information in the book to work through other "losses" in my life and I have given other copies to friends as gifts. Each one of them have expressed how helpful the book has been to them. This is an excellent book for all families. Much success to Mr. Deits.
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Summary: A book for any kind of loss--sympathetic to all grief.
Review: On January 27, 1991, I scoured the bookstores of Southern California trying to find the following title: "What to Do When You Find Out that Your Baby Doesn't Have a Brain." I had just left UCLA and I was stunned to learn that after 28-months of painful, infertility treatment that the child we had dreamed of bore such a terrible birth defect. After I left my fourth bookstore, I realized that no one had ever written a book about the specific situation I was living through. Happily, I did encounter a title called, "Life After Loss" that day. Life After Loss saved my life. My first copy is dog eared, tea stained, tear stained, filled with momentos, and much loved. In the subsequent eight years, I have bought at least 30 copies of the book to distribute to friends and associates going through grief. I learned that our society is embarrased by the display of pain. To keep myself sane, I had to learn to express it. In Life After Loss I learned that you can't go around grief, that you have to go through it. I learned that my sorrow wouldn't engulf me if I understood what to expect from the grief cycle. I grew to understand and have empathy for the small and large losses each of experience in our daily lives. I learned how courageous it is just to get out of bed in the morning when you're hurting. Life After Loss is a road map to your new life. I pray that your future will lead you to your dreams, as mine has.
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Summary: A Life Affirming Guide to Loss, Grief, Courage, and Hope
Review: On January 27, 1991, I scoured the bookstores of Southern California trying to find the following title: "What to Do When You Find Out that Your Baby Doesn't Have a Brain." I had just left UCLA and I was stunned to learn that after 28-months of painful, infertility treatment that the child we had dreamed of bore such a terrible birth defect. After I left my fourth bookstore, I realized that no one had ever written a book about the specific situation I was living through. Happily, I did encounter a title called, "Life After Loss" that day. Life After Loss saved my life. My first copy is dog eared, tea stained, tear stained, filled with momentos, and much loved. In the subsequent eight years, I have bought at least 30 copies of the book to distribute to friends and associates going through grief. I learned that our society is embarrased by the display of pain. To keep myself sane, I had to learn to express it. In Life After Loss I learned that you can't go around grief, that you have to go through it. I learned that my sorrow wouldn't engulf me if I understood what to expect from the grief cycle. I grew to understand and have empathy for the small and large losses each of experience in our daily lives. I learned how courageous it is just to get out of bed in the morning when you're hurting. Life After Loss is a road map to your new life. I pray that your future will lead you to your dreams, as mine has.
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Summary: Life After Loss
Review: The book "Life After Loss" by Bob Deits was given to me by one of my friends when my mother died in January of 2000 from cancer. I'll have to admit that when he gave it to me, the last thing I wanted to do was read it. I was interested in nothing,and even if I would have read it at that time, I wouldn't have remembered it. I was numb. After a few months I pulled the book out from under a big pile of my mother's things in my closet. I was going to look at it, but I didn't want to get upset again so I didn't think about it for another 4 months. When I finally sat down to read it, it wasn't a sad book like I was scared of. It actually helped me to cope with my mom's loss and to like myself again. I no longer felt guilty or ashamed. I learned that things happen because "we live in an imperfect world." I know that this isn't the kind of report that you may want, but I just wanted to let people know that this book can help you. Everyone going through a loss of any kind should read this book and refer to it when they get down again about their loss or losses. Believe me, this book helps...even when it is the last thing you may want to see and especially read. I went through it and now I am so glad that I read it.
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Summary: Life After Loss
Review: The book "Life After Loss" by Bob Deits was given to me by one of my friends when my mother died in January of 2000 from cancer. I'll have to admit that when he gave it to me, the last thing I wanted to do was read it. I was interested in nothing,and even if I would have read it at that time, I wouldn't have remembered it. I was numb. After a few months I pulled the book out from under a big pile of my mother's things in my closet. I was going to look at it, but I didn't want to get upset again so I didn't think about it for another 4 months. When I finally sat down to read it, it wasn't a sad book like I was scared of. It actually helped me to cope with my mom's loss and to like myself again. I no longer felt guilty or ashamed. I learned that things happen because "we live in an imperfect world." I know that this isn't the kind of report that you may want, but I just wanted to let people know that this book can help you. Everyone going through a loss of any kind should read this book and refer to it when they get down again about their loss or losses. Believe me, this book helps...even when it is the last thing you may want to see and especially read. I went through it and now I am so glad that I read it.
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