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Summary: Dee C.
Review: A lifesaver for those left behind. I bought the book after the loss of my parents and continue to buy it as a gift for friends who are going through the same grief.
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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: 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: A Life raft in a time of need
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: 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: 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: A book for any kind of loss--sympathetic to all grief.
Review: I needed to make sure I was okay after a break-up of a long-term relationship. My emotions were so out of control--I thought I was mad. After reading "Life After Loss"; I felt a much better about the emotional turmoil I was living with. I struggled, but I felt more "normal". Deits reveals to us that no matter your loss--it is a loss. Your losses, whether they are career/job changes, moving, death, ended relationships, or even twists like getting married and losing your sense of independence, all affect you differently. If you allow yourself your grief your doing yourself a favor. I think because of Deits and other great spirited writers that I'll never experience the same sense of utter turmoil in my life because now I feel I can acknowledge grief--rather than fight it and THAT can make all the difference.
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