The Last Violet: Mourning My Mother

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Summary: Strongly moving, deeply personal account
Review: "The Last Violet: Mourning My Mother" is the strongly moving and emotional reflections of Lois Tschetter Hjelmstad as she travels from regret and pain to peace and acceptance after losing her mother. The author opens her heart and provides the reader a voyeuristic view inside the strong emotions accompanying her journey. It is hard to read the book without feeling her pain and travelling along with her on her journey to peace. For anyone that has lost a loved one the book offers a roadmap to working through the grief as well as the solace of knowing they are not alone and their emotions are normal. For those who have not lost a loved one it brings the realization that sooner or later we will all experience such a loss and we should use our time with others wisely while they are alive.

Very personal in nature, it is a highly recommended read for those working through such a loss and anyone who wants an understanding of the grieving process. A recommended read for everyone else.

Rating:
Summary: Strongly moving, deeply personal account
Review: "The Last Violet: Mourning My Mother" is the strongly moving and emotional reflections of Lois Tschetter Hjelmstad as she travels from regret and pain to peace and acceptance after losing her mother. The author opens her heart and provides the reader a voyeuristic view inside the strong emotions accompanying her journey. It is hard to read the book without feeling her pain and travelling along with her on her journey to peace. For anyone that has lost a loved one the book offers a roadmap to working through the grief as well as the solace of knowing they are not alone and their emotions are normal. For those who have not lost a loved one it brings the realization that sooner or later we will all experience such a loss and we should use our time with others wisely while they are alive.

Very personal in nature, it is a highly recommended read for those working through such a loss and anyone who wants an understanding of the grieving process. A recommended read for everyone else.

Rating:
Summary: A powerful memoir and moving testimony
Review: The Last Violet: Mourning My Mother is a powerful memoir and moving testimony of one woman's long struggle to accept the grief of her mother's passing. Written by Lois Tschetter Hjelmstad (an experienced international speaker to more than 400 cancer support groups) and highly recommended reading for anyone seeking to come to grips with the pain of personal loss, The Last Violet deals candidly and intimately with the process of grief from the initially depression to an ultimate acceptance and peace.