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The Grieving Garden: Living with the Death of a Child

The Grieving Garden: Living with the Death of a ChildAuthors: Suzanne Redfern, Susan K. Gilbert
Publisher: Hampton Roads Pub Co
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Pages: 304
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ISBN: 1571745815
Dewey Decimal Number: 155.937
EAN: 9781571745811
ASIN: 1571745815

Publication Date: April 4, 2008
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Every year, some two million parents in the U.S. suffer the death of a son or daughter. The unnatural sequence of the child's preceding the parent in death creates a wrenching loss and overwhelming emotional and spiritual disorientation. Most of these bereaved parents find relief from their isolation only in the company of others like themselves. The Grieving Garden offers the support, understanding, and ultimately comfort and hope, from those who have shed the same tears over the death of a child.

The Grieving Garden is a ground-breaking book that invites bereaved parents into personal conversations with a diverse group of fathers and mothers who share the same loss. The text is free of distracting and heavy-handed editorializing, expert opinion, or unwanted advice. Instead, readers are welcomed into a community of common understanding one they may enter at will, at their own pace, for reassurance and hope.




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3 out of 5 stars jumps around too much   March 8, 2010
Elizabeth Davis (North Carolina)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful

The stories are heartfelt, but I wish they had each parent's story written together rather than jumping around all the time. That way, if you're trying to read about one loss (such as, a loss similar to your own), you can read it all at once instead of searching.


5 out of 5 stars A must read for friends of grieving parents   January 12, 2010
Stacy in Texas
1 out of 1 found this review helpful

I also bought this book to preview for a friend who's child has a fatal disease. I hope it will be a great resource for her when she needs it. It is very appropriate and hopefully will help me to be a better friend when she needs me. It is very well written with many differing experiences described by grieving parents.


5 out of 5 stars Very Helpful Book!   December 17, 2009
J. Spell
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Very Helpful!! I recieved this item in record time, and I love the quality of it!! Thank you


4 out of 5 stars Maybe I'm Just Not Ready   November 1, 2009
C. M. Graniero (Florida)
5 out of 5 found this review helpful

My 35 year old daughter died 14 months ago. She was my true soul mate, my best friend, and my reason for living. I have read so many books of this type and still find no comfort in any of them. I do believe this was a well thought-out book, different than the rest, with personal interviews of couples in various stages of grief. I have to emphasize the word "couples" because I am not a "couple" but a single, divorced Mother who has been dealing with Leukemia and all its treatments since my daughter was 5 years old. As I find my situation is different than most, it is hard to relate to comments from people who are grieving the loss of a child where there is so much support from family, friends, clergy, and others. Resources that are not there for me. And maybe I am looking to a book to ease my mind, knowing others feel the way I do. Maybe it is just not the right time, or the right resource to find any comfort. Many reviewers have not experienced such a loss, but use this book as a guideline to learn and understand what their friend(s) are going through. I applaud their compassion and their search for a way to help, when it is so much easier to just walk away from life's pain and suffering. The world needs a lot more people like you. I thank you for the help you are giving to others.


5 out of 5 stars Excellent book   June 4, 2009
KAL (Canada)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful

I have recommended this book to a friend at a Compassionate Friends meeting and she has the same view on this book. I plan to read it again in the near future. Having read about other parents that have lost a child made me realize that there are people who understand the pain. I cannot say enough about this book, I wish there were more written like it.


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