I Wasn't Ready to Say Goodbye: Surviving, Coping and Healing After the Sudden Death of a Loved One
by Brook Noel (Author), Pamela D. Blair (Author)
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Each year about eight million Americans suffer the death of someone close to them. Now for those who face the challenges of sudden death, there is a hand to hold. Written by two women who have experienced sudden loss, this updated edition of the best selling bereavement classic will touch, comfort, uplift and console. Authors Brook Noel and Pamela D. Blair, Ph.D., offer a comforting hand to hold for those who are grieving the sudden death of a loved one. Featured on ABC World News, Friends show more and many other shows, this book acts as a touchstone of sanity through difficult times. I Wasn't Ready to Say Goodbye covers such difficult topics as the first few weeks, suicide, death of a child, children and grief, funerals and rituals, physical effects, homicide and depression. With new material covering the unique circumstances of loss, men and women's grieving styles, religion and faith, myths and misunderstandings, I Wasn't Ready to Say Goodbye reflects the shifting face of grief. This book has offered solace to over eighty thousand people, ranging from seniors to teenagers and from the newly bereaved to those who lost a loved one years ago. Individuals engulfed by the immediate aftermath will find a special chapter covering the first few weeks. Tapping their personal histories and drawing on numerous interviews, authors Brook Noel and Pamela D. Blair, Ph.D., explore unexpected death and its role in the cycle of life. I Wasn't Ready to Say Goodbye provides survivors with a rock-steady anchor from which to weather the storm of pain and begin to rebuild their lives. show lessTags
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The authors have been there themselves and offer practical exercises for working through the mourning process. Especially helpful for those during the first weeks after a sudden tragic loss.
I Wasn't Ready to Say Goodbye: Surviving, Coping & Healing after the Sudden Death of a Loved One, by Brook Noel and Pamela D Blair. The authors have been there themselves and offer practical exercises for working through the mourning process. Especially helpful for those during the first weeks after a sudden tragic loss (Sourcebooks, 2008, £16).
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Brook Noel is the founder of GriefSteps.Com. She is a noted grief expert and has appeared on Fox, ABC World News Now, CNN and many other shows and stations.
Common Knowledge
- Original publication date
- 2000
- Epigraph
- Do not stand at my grave and weep. I am not there I do not sleep. / I am a thousand winds that blow. I am the diamond glints on snow. / I am the sunlight on the ripened grain. / I am the gentle autumn's rain. / When you awake... (show all)n in the morning hush, I am the swift uplifting rush of quiet birds in circled flight. / I am the soft stars that shine at night. / Do not stand at my grave and cry: I am not there, I did not die. - Hopi Prayer
- Dedication
- For George, who taught me how to let go and for Steve who taught me how to love again. - Pamela D. Blair
For 'Samson' who taught me that friendship goes beyond human dimensions. For Caleb who taught me that love and kinship go beyond earthly dimensions. - Brook Noel - First words
- I believe no matter how much pain we're in, there is something inside of us stronger than the pain.
- Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)I am here to tell you that one can survive that mess and come out the other side and that although death surely ends a life, it never ends a relationship.
- Blurbers
- Douville, E. Charles; Fitzgerald, Helen; Tomaino, Charlotte A.; Kandle, George C.
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- Genres
- Nonfiction, General Nonfiction
- DDC/MDS
- 155.937 — Philosophy and Psychology Psychology Differential and developmental psychology Environmental psychology Influences of Traumatic Experiences and Bereavement Death and Dying
- LCC
- BF575 .G7 .N653 — Philosophy, Psychology and Religion Psychology Psychology Affection. Feeling. Emotion
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- Languages
- English
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- Paper, Audiobook, Ebook
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