Foreword / by Johann Hari -- Introduction: Honest grief -- Grieving is loving -- Epilogue: A benediction.
Summary:
"This is a book that is easy to use and easy to carry with you throughout your day to touch in with and be supported by when bearing the often unbearable pain of a loved one's loss. Our culture often makes the bereaved feel alone, isolated, broken, and like they should just get over it-this book offers a loving antidote. Open the book to any image, and you'll find something that will instantly help you feel not alone, while honoring the full weight of loss. This book is comprised of quotations from Bearing the Unbearable, and other sources as well, plus an enormous amount of new material from Dr. Jo-it is especially well suited for the grieving mind who may struggle with concentration. Just a 30 seconds on any page will empower, hearten, and validate any bereaved person. This is a book that everyone who encounters it will want to buy five copies to share with others. Chaplains, ministers, and therapists will want to keep cases of it on hand"-- Provided by publisher.
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