Hope is Like the Sun: Finding Hope and Healing After Miscarriage, Stillbirth, or Infant Death [Paperback]

Lisa Church (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: March 2004

Coping with a miscarriage or infant death can be one of the most difficult trials in a person’s life, and one most of us are unprepared to face. In Hope is Like the Sun, you will follow the author and four of her friends as they navigate the difficult journey through pregnancy loss.

This book will help you to understand and work through your grief by using practical and simple strategies. Find helpful advice, understand grief, and hear from others who have been there and begin your path toward healing today.

Editorial Reviews

Review

"A must read for families healing from pregnancy loss." -- Sherokee Ilse, Author, Empty Arms: Coping with Miscarriage, Stillbirth and Infant Loss and Miscarriage: A Shattered Dream

"A wonderful addition to the literature already available for bereaved parents." -- Ann H. Prescott RN, MSEd, CT; Grief Counselor, Certified in Thanatology

About the Author

Lisa Church decided to apply years of Corporate Support experience in a new direction after suffering a miscarriage. She now offers support to women and their families coping with pregnancy loss. Her website, HopeXchange.com, supplies information, articles, support, and products that offer hope and healing.

Product Details

• Paperback: 176 pages
• Publisher: HopeXchange Publishing (March 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0974869961
• ISBN-13: 978-0974869964
• Product Dimensions: 8.1 x 5.2 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #629,251 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

I suffered a miscarriage during my first pregnancy and I felt devastated. As I opened up to my friends, I learned that four of them had also endured pregnancy loss- and I never knew.

This made me want to do something- especially when I found out that nearly 1 million couples each year suffer miscarriage in the U.S. alone. I wrote the book "Hope is Like the Sun," sharing what we went through. I also launched www.HopeXchange.com. A website that is the resource I really wanted during my grief, but couldn't seem to find.

The site offers information, support, a free monthly newsletter, resources and encouragement to anyone impacted by miscarriage, stillbirth or infant death.

I also run HopeXchange Publishing, which has branched out to launch Wedding Words. Wedding Words is a website that offers professionally written wedding poems that can be customized by brides and grooms. I love being a part of one of the most important days in a person's life- their wedding day!

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Not what I expected, October 15, 2008

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JJO - See all my reviews

This review is from: Hope is Like the Sun: Finding Hope and Healing After Miscarriage, Stillbirth, or Infant Death (Paperback)

My baby was stillborn in the summer of 2008. I felt that this book focused on miscarriage and rarely mentioned stillbirth and infant loss - despite the fact that it is included in the title. If you are dealing with miscarriage, then this is a great book. If you're looking for help dealing with stillbirth then I suggest you keep looking. I feel stillbirth is a completely different situation.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Strongly encouraged and highly recommended reading, August 12, 2004

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Midwest Book Review (Oregon, WI USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Hope is Like the Sun: Finding Hope and Healing After Miscarriage, Stillbirth, or Infant Death (Paperback)

There is no more poignant or painful loss to a parent than the loss of a child, whether it be by miscarriage, stillbirth or infant death. There are almost a million pregnancy miscarriages a year in the United States alone, and all too high record numbers of infant deaths. Hope Is Like The Sun: Finding Hope And Healing After Miscarriage, Stillbirth, Or Infant Death follows author Lisa Church and four of her close friends as they personally navigate the difficult passage through the grief of having a child die. The result is a unique volume offering similar couples a compendium of practical tips and emotional/spiritual encouragements that can only come from personal experience and an intimate expertise. Hope Is Like The Sun is strongly encouraged and highly recommended reading for anyone having to deal with the death of a child -- before or after one is born into the family and the world.

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Enlightening and Helpful!, June 14, 2004

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"suzwilk" (Columbia, MD United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Hope is Like the Sun: Finding Hope and Healing After Miscarriage, Stillbirth, or Infant Death (Paperback)

I have never had a miscarriage, but I have both friends and family who have had to endure the pain of pregnancy loss. I have to be honest in saying that I really had no idea what was involved in overcoming the grief associated with losing a child in the early stages of pregnancy. This book was extremely enlightening and helped me to understand exactly what women go through. It also gave me ideas on how to best support them. I wish I had this book 8 years ago.