Letters to My Husband

by Fern Field Brooks

Taking the form of letters to her husband on the first-year anniversary of his death, Brooks's touching, wonderful book is both an odyssey through her first year of mourning and an extraordinary love... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1564141853
• ISBN13: 9781564141859
• Release Date: November 1995
• Publisher: Career Press
• Length: 287 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.6" x 8.6"

Customer Reviews

I don't want to finish this book!

Hello Fern, Thanks for giving me an autographed copy of this book. I lost my dear sister who was like a twin to me about 2 years ago and you have helped me to come to grips such lost and emptiness in my life. Granted, I have a husband and 3 children (one is her son that we adopted after her death) but there is still a undescribed lonliness that I feel.I read a couple of chapters a night and savor in depth of this book. I've also learned that it's okay to write a letter to my sister or keep a journal instead of keeping everything inside. And, most importantly, you do not say that I will get over it or "just go on with life." Thank you so much for understanding and for letting me know that the way I feel about the death of my loved one is quite ok afterall. And it's ok to cry or get angry or to write to her. Fern, you're a gem. And that Normy must've have been such a wonderful man. I like him and have never even met him before. Can you explain this? (smile)

Heartwarming, funny, tender and oh so important!

I am a single man and did not read this book because I lost a spouse (though I have given it to others who have). I read it because it is simply magnificent. It touches on the human condition of loss and tells us a story of love and laughter, shares a life, a relationship,and leaves us with the distinct feeling that we are better off for having read it. It's simplicity is it's beauty, and Field, who is courageous and so appealing in her story, must be a wonderful woman. Just a beautiful little book to help us deal with our difficult life journeys. Bravo!

If you are widowed this wonderful book is a "MUST" read.

Great reading for anyone who has lost a loved one to death. Fern has an uncanny ability to project the emotions of a lifetime of love through the written word, as well as the pain of grief. This book will help anyone, in particular those who are widowed, to walk through the anguish of grief. Absolutely a "must read" for the widowed.

Delightful and touching love story of a widow

This is a beautiful story of a man and woman very much in love and suddenly the husband dies of a heart attack, few months after his death friends do not want to hear about him and the widow start to write her thoughts,feelings to her husband. She shares the most intimate moments of her life.

Compassionate and understanding

The book was sent to me right after my husband passed away and I strongly related to the emotions and situations Ms Brooks described in her own life. It was consoling to have a "friend" go through this period with me.