The Very Best Work on Grief and Mourning

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	• Living When a Loved One Has Died Earl A. Grollman Beacon Press, 1997 - 112 pages average customer review:based on 27 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

I want to share with all who need.

This little book was recommended to me by a friend. I treasure her sharing with me. I purchased several to hand out to any who may need for this is very uplifting and to the point of how to continue on when"loved One Has Died".....

The Very Best Work on Grief and Mourning

Rabbi Grollman has gifted the world with what, in my opinion, is the very best work on grief and mourning. I found this book in a store after learning about my stepfather's death. My mother was living in another state and I was searching for something to comfort her in the time subsequent to his death. I remember sitting on the floor of the bookstore and reading the entire volume before purchasing it.

Several years before, I had lost my own beloved father (my parents were divorced) and I was very intimate with grief when I read Rabbi Grollman's book. I wished that I had known about this book when I needed it most, but I recognized the truth of what I read due to my own personal and seemingly endless painful experience (my grieving process was still ongoing at that time and lasted for many years thereafter).

When my mother received it and read it, she told me that it was honestly the ONLY thing that helped her! She kept it on her nightstand and said that she read it nightly before she went to sleep. Since that time, she has followed my example by either recommending it or giving it to many of the people she knows.

If you are mourning, don't bother with any of that silly nonsense about the "stages of grief" that you will find in the majority of self-help/psychology books written about this painful subject. Those books are attempting to put you in a neat little box that says, "One size fits all." Instead, pick up a copy of Rabbi Grollman's book. You will not find an over-abundance of words and trite platitudes. What you will find is exactly what you need to hear in brief, succinct, comforting sentences that spell out the reality of grief as something that is experienced differently by each individual.

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What a book of comfort

Those of us grieving will find great comfort here. Please take the time to read this book that can be read in one sitting.
God Bless those of you grieving. This book will help you work thru the process and maybe shed a few tears as I did.

A Must for Anyone Who Hurts From a Loss

This book was a gift a year after the death of my beloved mother, my best friend. Every feeling I had experienced so far was explained in the book, and it helped me to deal with all the continuing sense of loss. And I often still, five years after her death, refer to the book to remind me it's okay to feel the way I feel.
My father and my husband and I have each given copies of this book to friends and family members suffering a loss; and every time we find the receipient is so grateful to have their emotions validated in such a beautiful and meaningful way. We make sure we have at least 3 or 4 copies on hand; we're getting to the ages when such a gift is important to have on hand.

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Death of a friend...

It has been almost a year since my wife died suddenly and unexpectedly. Since then I've spent much time reading and pondering, trying to come to terms with my new reality. This is one of two books I found which provided enough comfort that I've given copies to other newly berieved widows and widowers.

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When someone you love dies, Earl Grollman writes, "there is no way to predict how you will feel. The reactions of grief are not like recipes, with given ingredients, and certain results. . . . Grief is universal. At the same time it is extremely personal. Heal in your own way."

If someone you know is grieving, Living When a Loved One Has Died can help. Earl Grollman explains what emotions to expect when mourning, what pitfalls to avoid, and how to work through feelings of loss. Suitable for pocket or bedside, this gentle book guides the lonely and suffering as they move through the many facets of grief, begin to heal, and slowly build new lives.

"If you're far away when someone you care about is in mourning, send this book--it's the next best thing to being there. And if you doubt whether your being there will do any good, read this book, and you will learn how to become the wise, reassuring, and understanding person a good friend is when a loved one has died."

?Minneapolis Star

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