I'm Grieving as Fast as I Can: How Young Widows and Widowers Can Cope and Heal [Paperback]

Linda Feinberg (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: June 1, 1994

I'm Grieving as Fast as I Can sensitively guides young widows and widowers through the normal grieving process while highlighting the special circumstances of facing an untimely death. Hundreds of young widows and widowers, with whom the author has worked with for more than a decade as a counselor, share their thoughts and dilemmas about the situations that arise as a result of losing a loved one, among them what to tell young children experiencing a parent's death, returning to work, and dealing with in-laws and other relatives.

Product Details

• Paperback: 190 pages
• Publisher: New Horizon Press; 1 edition (June 1, 1994)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0882820958
• ISBN-13: 978-0882820958
• Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 5.5 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9.1 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (47 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #101,380 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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56 of 56 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent resource for young widows and widowers, July 28, 1999

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This review is from: I'm Grieving as Fast as I Can: How Young Widows and Widowers Can Cope and Heal (Paperback)

Being a young widower only 7 months into this hell I found that this book was very helpful in explaining that I was not alone in this world and there are many others like me. The many quotes used in the book have been said over and over in my mind a thousand times. It covers topics that no other books I have found does like dating, personal and family stresses, and many of the guilts we place on ourself and how other place their guilt onto us to ease their own. If you are not a widow or widower it is still a wonderful book to help you understand us and how we think.

This book is a must for any young person who has lost a spouse or someone who is close to them. If you know of someone buy it for them Don't make them find it on their own like I had to. It is noted in this book and I must agree that it is not for the newly widowed...wait a couple months before giving it to them.

39 of 39 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars It Made Me Feel Good About What I Was Feeling, October 10, 2000

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Angela D. Ragsdale (Jamestown, Indiana United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: I'm Grieving as Fast as I Can: How Young Widows and Widowers Can Cope and Heal (Paperback)

This book made me feel a lot better about being able to smile and have a good time after my 29 year old husband of a year died. I thought there was something wrong with me because I COULD have fun and laugh. In this book there was a part about when a spouse dies and the couple has nothing between them(no lies, arguements, unresolved things) that the surviving spouse has an easier time going on. Not that it has been easy for me but I know that my husband and I had nothing at all that we regretted during our time together, only that we didn't meet sooner. My husband & I had a once in a billion kind of love; we never fought, we liked all of the same things, we loved just talking and spending time together. We never got tired of each other's company. Thanks to this book now I realize WHY I am able to go out, have a good time & laugh. I miss him more than words could ever say but I know I'm going to be okay now.

36 of 36 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Best thing I've ever bought, February 24, 2003

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A. Bertagnolli "andrewbertagnolli" (San Francisco, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: I'm Grieving as Fast as I Can: How Young Widows and Widowers Can Cope and Heal (Paperback)

This book was the best thing that I ever bought. My partner was murdered in an anti-gay hate crime. I was 27 and he was 30. Read it cover to cover at least 7 times immediately following the murder and then used it as a reference book throughout the 5 year trial. It was great as it was written with the focus on the young widow, most books are targeted more for elderly folks. It has a great section called "It matters how the person died" with a homocide section which was spot on to the feelings that I was experiencing. I was also worried that I would need to "translate" through a hetrosexual taxonomy and bias, but I was pleasantly surprized. This type of experience is incredibly painful, gay or straight, and the entire book was written sensitively so that it would work for both audiences. There also is a nice section on "loss of a lover" which was most helpful to me. It covered loosing a lover or fiancee. If you or someone you know is dealing with loss this book can be a life-saver.