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Summary: The Most Helpful Guide Through the Journey of Grieving
Review: As a clergyperson for many decades, I have recommended this book more than any other to parishioners, whose loved one has died, given it to friends in the same situation and used it myself when I suffered the loss of a very special loved one. For most of us in today's world, we are rather isolated from the reality of death and what people truly go through when a loved one dies.
The folks we love often die in an institution. They are then handed over to a mortician, who usually "prepares" the body to look "good." And even the burial often takes place after we leave and the dirt used to bury our loved one is covered with artificial grass until we are gone. And so often, even our close friends will offer some consolation for a while, but they covertly hope that we will "get over it" and move on fairly quickly. But that is not the real world that I lived through when my loved one died. I have never "gotten over it" and never will. There are times when the sharpness of grieving for him comes over me with the same searing power it had so many years ago. If someone we have truly loved dies, our lives are permanently altered. And the wonderful thing about Grollman's book is that it names the reality of what grieving is truly like. It's like, "At last, there is someone who knows what I am going through and gives it names, but he shares his thoughts in such a way that I can feel that healing will come at its own pace, and that it is OK for it to be that way." It is a hopeful book because it real, but gently so. It is like having a friend who truly knows what we are going through and is willing to walk with us through this "shadowed valley." It is part of how the promise of God, to be with us so we don't have to be afraid of the journey, becomes a reality.
Dr. Wayne Bradley Robinson
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Summary: Outstanding
Review: Great title, hard subject, written well and from the heart.
It was a relief to find this book and a few other grief resources that have helped me greatly.
Another book I found helpful was a guided grief journal, Write from the Heart, A Healing Grief Journal. I can pour out my feelings in this memory journal. I can write about cherished memories.
I also found a video for my children, After the Tear, A Gentle Guide to Help Children Understand Death.
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Summary: Help in time of great loss............
Review: I bought this book sight unseen, simply because I think he's a terrific author on death. He speaks the language of the commoner regarding death. I was shocked to find the entire book is written as a series of poems. Originally it threw me off, but as I read the book I was better able to appreciate the impact of using that format for these words. I originally purchased the book for a close friend who was about to observe the 1st anniversary of her sister's death. I hadn't realized how much her sister's death affected me until I read this book and couldn't give it to my friend. I had to buy another copy just for her. The poems said exactly what I had been feeling through all my grieving stages but hadn't found words to express them. It was a godsend.
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Summary: The Words I couldn't Say
Review: I bought this book sight unseen, simply because I think he's a terrific author on death. He speaks the language of the commoner regarding death. I was shocked to find the entire book is written as a series of poems. Originally it threw me off, but as I read the book I was better able to appreciate the impact of using that format for these words. I originally purchased the book for a close friend who was about to observe the 1st anniversary of her sister's death. I hadn't realized how much her sister's death affected me until I read this book and couldn't give it to my friend. I had to buy another copy just for her. The poems said exactly what I had been feeling through all my grieving stages but hadn't found words to express them. It was a godsend.
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Summary: Very helpful in time of sorrow. Will give you hope.
Review: I have read this MANY times since my mother died unexpectedly. A must for anyone going through the greiving process.
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Summary: comforting and almost poetic
Review: I never experienced the death of someone close to me until my brother died. This book seemed to put into beautiful and comforting words all the feelings I couldn't verbalize. It made me feel normal and not as though i was losing my mind with grief. I recommend it to ANYONE surviving through grief.
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Summary: Excellent, comforting, very easy reading.
Review: I read this book after the death of my companion of 19 years. It helped me tremendously. I felt hopeless in my mourning and afraid of the future. Rabbi Grollman is incredibly compassionate and right on the mark. My sincere gratitude to him for writing this book. It saved my life.
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Summary: Not that great
Review: I wasn't very much impressed with this book. It only had a few words per page and didn't offer anything to comfort. If you are grieving and looking for help I suggest finding a different book.
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Summary: Living When a Loved One Has Died
Review: Mr. Grollman allows for the fact that we all grieve differently. He lets you know that you're not going crazy and how to be kind to ones "self". I found it helpful to write thoughts down from his statements and re-read it daily.As someone else pointed out the book was written with the understanding that concentration is at an all time low.My husband of 22 yrs died from cancer at the age of 44. Mr. Grollman helped me remember that while my husband is gone, I'll see him again.
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Summary: Living When a Loved One Has Died
Review: Mr. Grollman allows for the fact that we all grieve differently. He lets you know that you're not going crazy and how to be kind to ones "self". I found it helpful to write thoughts down from his statements and re-read it daily.As someone else pointed out the book was written with the understanding that concentration is at an all time low.My husband of 22 yrs died from cancer at the age of 44. Mr. Grollman helped me remember that while my husband is gone, I'll see him again.
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