About Grief: Insights, Setbacks, Grace Notes, Taboos

By Brian Shuff and Ron Marasco

Book Overview

About Grief is a refreshingly down-to-earth book about an issue that blindsides many people. Written in a warm and conversational way that is, at times, deeply moving, at times, surprisingly amusing, and always practical, it covers a wide range of issues facing people in grief. Marasco and Shuff have done the footwork for readers who wish to know more about this complex subject. Using a variety of sources, including books, films, music and many hours spent talking with people in grief, the authors distill their candid insights into a series of short, single-topic-essays that can be easily digested in one sitting--a format they found grieving people preferred. This is not a book written by clinicians, so there's no cold jargon. It's not a memoir of one individual's grief, so it has something for everyone. And it's not a self-peddling inspirational book. It's a wise, plain-spoken, comforting book about an intimidating topic. As one reader recently said of About Grief: "Reading this book is like having a smart, entertaining friend around--at a time when you really need one."

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1566638585
• ISBN13: 9781566638586
• Release Date: September 2010
• Publisher: Ivan R. Dee Publisher
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.88 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 8.3"