Equals C.S. Lewis in honesty and depth of emotion

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	• Companion Through The Darkness: Inner Dialogues on Grief Stephanie Ericsson Harper Paperbacks, 1993 - 208 pages average customer review:based on 31 reviews view larger image
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Best grief book I read

When I lost my husband suddenly 11 yrs ago, I was given a lot of books about grief. Most of them were trite and sometimes condescending. This book cuts to the quick in a painfully comforting way, letting the grieving know that they are not alone. It is a true and honest account of the many sorrows, regrets, fears, and victories that come with grief and a must read for anyone who has lost a spouse. It is the first book I recommend to those who find themselves in these unfortunate circumstances and is particularly powerful for young widows like myself. Thank you Stephanie for being such a crucial part of my journey to healing.

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Companion Through Darkness

Companion Through Darkness is an excellent, moving, sympathetic, imaginative series of short essays each followed by journal reflections as the author struggles to grieve and heal after the death of her husband. I recommend it for anyone who has lost a spouse.

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Widow to Widow

This book is a must for anyone who is a widow. My husband died last year, and this book helped me look at many of the routine but-so-very-important questions and feelings that I was having; it was very comforting to know that they were normal, and someone did understand.

Best book on grief ever

This is a beautifully written, moving book. I am a minister and have read widely about grief since I deal with it often in my work. This is hands-down the best book on grief I have read. I use it often in my work with grieving individuals, and in sermons. I am very grateful to Stephanie Ericsson for sharing her experiences and wisdom.

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Equals C.S. Lewis in honesty and depth of emotion

This book saved me. I have read it twice and the heartfelt emotion of grief speaks clearly in every chapter. I gave it to a friend who had recently become widowed at a young age and it helped her with her grief enormously. Since that time, I have had several requests for the book, and I am going to order additional copies to loan out.
Although Ms. Ericson writes about her own husband's death, the experience of grief and loss in her book transcends her own situation. This book is the only book on grief that I can compare with C.S. Lewis's "A Grief Observed." When one is grieving, he or she can only grab onto someone else's experience who understands their own. I highly recommend this wonderful book to anyone who has experienced any loss of any type.

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As a result of her own experience with many kind of loss, Stephanie Ericsson offers an intimate, profoundly touching guide for those in grief, legitimizing the complex and often taboo emotions we all feel when loss transforms our lives. In Companion Through the Darkness, Stephanie Ericsson defines grief as "the constant reawakening that things are now different." Using a very simple format -- which combines excerpts from her own diary writings with brief essays -- she vividly speaks the language of loss and captures the contradictory, wrenching, and chaotic emotions of grief. The book can be opened at any point to chapters no more than a few pages long on such themes as:

Abandonment: The sudden state I am forced into. I no longer belong to you. I no longer belong to anyone.

Rage: The state I use to survive seemingly moments of intolerable pain.

Humor: The backside of agony.

Pity: The look on people's faces when they haven't a clue what to say to me.

Transition: The moments, strung out over months, when I know I am no longer the woman I was, but not quite the woman I am becoming.

The result is compelling, intimate, and heartbreakingly truthful -- a book that promises to be enormously sought-after support and touchstone for all those making their own journey through grief.

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