Our very successful edition of "Gentle Closings" has helped thousands of readers deal with grief in all its stages. This edition shares insights into the processes of acceptance, forgiveness, and recovery. By breaking down the experience of saying goodbye into steps and helping the reader through each one, nationally recognized grief worker Ted Menten eases the pain of dealing with the death of a loved one, and lets the healing process begin.
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Ted Menten is also the author of Gentle Closings, Teddy Bear Studio, After Goodbye, and A Healing Journal--all with Running Press.
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How to say goodbye to someone who is dying,
By Pat McNees (Bethesda, MD) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Gentle Closings: How To Say Goodbye To Someone You Love (Hardcover)
When I was putting together my book, DYING: A BOOK OF COMFORT, this was one of the books from which I used several selections. I often recommend it when people ask for advice about how to commemorate a death or how to say goodbye to someone who is dying. I particularly liked Menten's story of the couple who planted a garden during the husband's illness, a garden the wife could sit in after his death -- and remember the gathering where his friends all said goodbye to him. Sometimes people joke about giving a funeral while they're still alive, so they can appreciate it. Menten suggests ways to do something similar. A lovely, gentle, practical book.
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After Goodbye by Theodore Menten,
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This review is from: Gentle Closings: How To Say Goodbye To Someone You Love (Hardcover)
This book was one of the best that I have read on the topic of grief. It is real and truly illustrates the emotions that we all go through after the death of a loved one. The true life stories and illustrations give you a sense of peace as well as the feeling that you are not alone in your grief.
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Exceptional healing book.,
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This review is from: Gentle Closings: How To Say Goodbye To Someone You Love (Hardcover)
Whenever I need to learn how to say goodbye, I read this little book again.
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These are only moments, as fleeting as an eyeblink. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, Mister Silly, Aunt Lucy, Angel of Death, Bantam Books, Maker of All Things, Collier Books, Doctor Gloomy, King of the Ocean New!
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Front Cover | Front Flap | Table of Contents | First Pages | Back Flap | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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- Anatomy of an Illness by Norman Cousins on page 82, and page 153
- Anatomy of an Illness as Perceived by the Patient by Norman Cousins on page 82, and page 153
- Last Wish by Betty Rollin on page 155
- Final Exit: The Practicalities of Self-Deliverance and Assisted Suicide for the Dying, 3rd Edition by Derek Humphry on page 153
- How to Survive the Loss of a Love by Peter McWilliams on page 152
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- Helping Children Grieve: When Someone They Love Dies (Revised Edition) by Theresa M. Huntley in Back Matter
- After Goodbye: How To Begin Again After The Death Of Someone You Love by Ted Menton in Front Matter
- Lead Me Home: An African-American's Guide Through The Grief Journey by Carleen Brice on page 128
- The Breast Cancer Companion: From Diagnosis Through Treatment to Recovery: Everything You Need to Know for Every Step Along the Way by Kathy Latour in Back Matter
- Mending the Torn Fabric: For Those Who Grieve and Those Who Want to Help Them (Death, Value and Meaning) by Sarah Brabant in Back Matter
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