HOW MANY TIMES CAN YOU SAY GOODBYE? by Jenifer Pardoe +

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LP: 0-8146-2109-0

Facing loss is something we must all do at some point in our life. Sometimes these losses are small and we can overcome them fairly easily; sometimes they are so great that they threaten to overcome us. How Many Times Can You Say Goodbye? looks at grief in a way that ordinary people can understand without having to reach for a dictionary. With practical insights, human stories, and a Christian perspective, it explores how people can find the right way—their own way—to cope with their grief.

Subtitled "Living With Bereavement". This book is an attempt to look at some of the things that go on when people face a loss of someone or something significant in their lives. It is not meant to be a book with a message of "here's how to cope". There is no right way to handle grief...

This book tries to identify some of the common factors that can be found in different sorts of loss. It tries to point out that it is a common, though devastating, experience; that most people do survive it, but their lives are forever changed by it.

Title chapters include:

What is Grief?;
Faith, Religion and Ritual During Times of Loss;
Facing an Anticipated Death;
Facing Sudden Death and Disaster;
Facing Multiple Grief;
The Death of Children and the Elderly;
Suicide and the Church's Response;
Emotional Issues; and,
Spiritual Issues.

Jenifer Pardoe has wide experience meeting with dying and grieving people and uses this book to look at various responses to a range of bereavements, including miscarriage, the death of children, and losing a partner or parent. She explores the sorts of questions faced by grieving people emotionally, socially, and spiritually; and she also provides down-to-earth suggestions for those who want to stand alongside bereaved friends and family.

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