Angel Catcher: A Journal of Loss and Remembrance [Spiral-bound]

Kathy Eldon (Author), Amy Eldon (Author), Elisabeth Zeilon (Photographer)

Book Description

Publication Date: May 1, 1998

Angel Catcher is an invaluable resource for anyone who is coming to terms with the death of a loved one. A guided journal, its pages are filled with thoughtful quotations, prompts to encourage memories, and illustrations, but mostly it offers space to record thoughts, paste photos and clippings, draw, make lists, or express any feeling or remembrance of someone greatly missed.

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About the Author

Kathy Eldon is co-producing both a feature film about her son's life and a documentary about journalists who put their lives at risk to tell a story. She lives in Los Angeles.

Amy Eldon recently graduated from Boston University and moved to Los Angeles, where she is working as a documentary producer.

Product Details

• Spiral-bound: 128 pages
• Publisher: Chronicle Books (May 1, 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0811817318
• ISBN-13: 978-0811817318
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 7 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (37 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #948,986 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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52 of 52 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A MUST TO HELP YOU WORK THROUGH THE GREIVING PROCESS, December 4, 2001

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Tracy Falgoust "SpicyGRITS" (Picayune, MS United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Angel Catcher: A Journal of Loss and Remembrance (Spiral-bound)

I first purchased this book at the request of my grief counselor, after the sudden death of my Brother, D.J.
Since then, I have purchsed 4 additional copies as gifts for friends and relative who have suffered the loss of a loved one.
I found it very helpful. The pages start you off with questions or statements that allow your feelings to flow. Some feelings that even if you are a "writer" you would not think of or even may feel uncomfortable about bringing up yourself like anger.
I find that most people will only talk or write about the good things about the person they've lost which of course is good and natural but "Angel Catcher" alows you to write about all feelings and situations. I find that it allowed (and guided) me to express all of my feelings and in return I felt peaceful and had a better understanding of my own feelings.
As stated I purchased several as gifts. In stead of sending flowers, I gave this book. I also found it much easier to order it from Amazon.com, have it gift wrapped and sent with a personal note from me - especially when it was being given to someone out of town. I must say that instead of the usual "Thank you" note, I have received very personal cards of gratitude stating that it has helped others gather their thoughts.
I thank the Authors Kathy and Amy Eldon for using their personal loss to help others deal with theirs.

38 of 38 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Angel Catcher, September 30, 2000

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Erin (California) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Angel Catcher: A Journal of Loss and Remembrance (Spiral-bound)

It's been almost six months since my dad died, and I feel like everyone has moved on except me. His death has really taken it's toll on me, I cry at the drop of a hat these days, I find myself struggling to make it through the day,and I feel a depression that I just can't shake. I feel alone in my grief, and that is compounded by the people around me telling me that I should "be over it" by now. I feel that I haven't even touched my pain yet. I saw this book at the bookstore and couldn't put it down. I read the introduction and started crying right there in the bookstore. The book explained in the Introduction what I was feeling but couldn't put into words. It is helping me cope with the death of the man I thought was immortal. I bought copies for everyone in my family.

27 of 27 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A CATHARTIC EXPERIENCE, February 4, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Angel Catcher: A Journal of Loss and Remembrance (Spiral-bound)

My mother was killed in an auto/pedestrian accident about four months ago. I stumbled onto this book about two weeks after her death. It truly is a gift. I carry it everywhere. What a wonderful journal -- I love how you can jump from section to section as your emotions change. The questions that the journal prompts you to answer are incredible--things you would never think of but WANT to remember about the person. It is very HARD to journal the feelings, but feels good after you do. This book is a priceless treasure -- I refer back to what I have written on previous dates. I cry. I laugh. I miss my Mom so much it hurts terribly -- but am glad that I will have a memorialization of her. There is a place for pictures and an envelope in the back for special mementos. I only wish I had this book five years ago when my father died.