Living With Loss: Meditations for Grieving Widows

By Ellen Sue Stern

Book Overview

Your husband was your companion, your lover, your helpmate, your friend. Now that he's gone, it seems that the path of your life has led you to a place you never wanted to be. The supportive and... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0440505984
• ISBN13: 9780440505983
• Release Date: July 1995
• Publisher: Dell
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 0.44 lbs.
• Dimensions: 6.0" x 1.0" x 4.3"

Customer Reviews

Glad it's back in print!

Living With Loss was given to me after I lost my husband to cancer. I passed it on to another and have since purchased many more to give to others. I read an entry each day and found connections beyond belief. Along with prayers,family, friends, and a wonderful support group, this book was a great savior.

Living With Loss

A comforting companion as widows live through the first 365 days following the loss of their spouse. This book reflected the same feelings that I was experiencing. The words supported my thoughts and helped me travel through the valley of loneliness and grief. A gift that should be given to any woman faced with the overwhelming burden of loss.

LIVING WITH LOSS

THIS IS A WONDERFUL BOOK. I TOO, WAS UPSET WHEN I COULD NOT FIND IT WHEN I WANTED IT FOR A GIFT TO A RECENT WIDOW. I COULDN'T BELIEVE IT WAS SO TO THE POINT AND EVERYTHING I WAS FEELING. PLEASE BRING IT BACK

Helpful Companionship in the Healing Process

This book was incalculably helpful to me as I walked numbly through the first year after my husband's death. I received many books from well-intentioned friends, but couldn't find much enthusiasm for reading much at a sitting. This book is in a "daily meditation" format, presenting one idea per day, on one page. This was not too much for my grief-stunned attention span, and dealt with real issues in direct language. I appreciated it so much. Now, 6 years later, I want to purchase it for a friend, and am shocked and dismayed to find it's out of print! I sincerely hope that whoever is responsible for that will reconsider.... I heartily recommend this book for all widows who want to remember, and to gently help themselves heal.

Surprisingly to the point and upbeat

I am on month eight and enjoying every entry - I thought the book would be full of misery and "I miss him so" stuff, but instead it speaks to real issues of anger and going it alone - there are periodic opportunites to write letters to the missing spouse and all types of marriage relation-ships are covered.