I Wasn't Ready to Say Goodbye: Surviving, Coping and Healing After the Sudden Death of a Loved One

I Wasn't Ready to Say Goodbye: Surviving, Coping and Healing After the Sudden Death of a Loved One

By: Brook Noel  

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Average Customer Rating: 4.5 out of 5

Now there is a hand to hold...

Each year about eight million Americans suffer the death of someone close to them. Now for thse 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. explore sudden death and offers a comforting hand to hold for those who are grieving the sudden death of a loved one.

Featured on ABC World News, Fox and Friends 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. New material covers 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.

These pages have 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.

PRAISE FOR I WASN'T READY TO SAY GOODBYE

"I highly recommend this book, not only to the bereaved, but to friends and counselors as well."
Helen Fitzgerald, author of The Grieving Child, The Mourning Handbook, and The Grieving Teen

"This book, by women who have done their homework on grief... can hold a hand and comfort a soul through grief 's wilderness. Oustanding references of where to see other help."
George C. Kandle, Pastoral Psychologist

"Finally, you have found a friend who can not only explain what has just occurred, but can take you by the hand and lead you to a place of healing and personal growth. Whether you are dealing with the loss of a family member, a close personal associate or a friend, this guide can help you survive and cope, but even more importantly... heal."
The Rebecca Review

"For those dealing with the loss of a loved one, or for those who want to help someone who is, this is a highly recommended read."
Midwest Book Review

Publisher: Sourcebooks, Inc.

Customer Review: 5 out of 5
Help with dealing with grief of a sudden death - If you have lost someone dear to sudden death this is a wonderful book on dealing with your loss, I wish I had this book when our son passed very suddenly in an accident.I have boughten three copies for friends. Need help read this book.

Customer Review: 5 out of 5
Very good book - I recently lost my dad very suddenly and this book has helped me understand a lot of things that I'm going through right now.
It is true that no one understands until it actually happens to them. I'm so glad I ordered this book. I haven't finished it yet but I give it 2 thumbs up!!

Customer Review: 5 out of 5
An excellent source of comfort - This book helped me immensely when I lost my mom when I was 25. I originally bought it for my dad, but I read it first and was glad I did. One of the things I liked best about it was how it gave different perspectives depending on one's relationship with the deceased, so whether you lost a parent, a spouse, a child, etc. it works for everyone and it also helps to learn what others are going through.

I only knew my loss as a daughter missing her mother, but the book helped me to learn what my father was going through, and also my grandparents. It was extremly comforting to hear descriptions of what one often feels, so it helped me feel less alone that others felt the same exact things I was feeling. In fact some of the descriptions were like they took the words right out of my mouth. I highly reccomend this book to anyone who has lost someone close to them, or to understand what someone close to them is going through in their grief. It's been six years since my mom died, but I think even now this book would help me if I read it again, which I plan on doing.

Customer Review: 5 out of 5
Comforting - I found that this book covered a-z on things & emotions I was feeling, during my sudden loss. Even things that I didn't even ever expect to feel or have to deal with. Family, friends & other loved ones who are hurting. This really helped guide me to get on my path to dealing & healing. I would recommend this to anyone whom has had a sudden loss of a loved one or a gift for someone who has lost someone suddenly.

Customer Review: 4 out of 5
Very helpful for my friend - I bought this book for friend whose husband recently died. She has mentioned to me several times how helpful the book has been. She keeps reading it again and again.

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