Customer Reviews

The Special Care Series

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I lost my wife suddenly four months ago. The funeral home that handled everything for me has been really great, and one of the things they are doing is sending me this series of booklets at the recommended intervals. So far I have only received the first two books, but they have been extremely helpful. Manning writes well and clearly. His advice isn't complicated or difficult to understand. In fact, it can be down right repetitive. But the fact is that people grieving need to hear what he has to say over and over again.

If I had to boil his advice down to a few words it would be this: "Don't let anyone tell you how to grieve. Live it, embrace it, and don't be ashamed of how you feel."

Not everyone will be as fortunate as I am to have great friends who will let me talk, nor will everyone have a funeral home caring enough to send them this series. This series would be a great gift to anyone grieving.

We received this series of books from the funeral director the year following the death of our 16 year old son. They are well written and concisely discuss issues bereaved individuals may experience during the first year. Doug Manning's writing style really is conversatonal and like talking to an old friend. Not all family members are avid readers, but these are easy to pick up and absorb. I think the series is also a really great way to show that you continue to care about those who have had a loss.

I lost my mother this past november and a friend started sending me these books. i am only through the second book but they have helped me put my grief in perspective and spoke to my heart when i needed it most. i wish i could buy 100 copies and have them on hand to send out to others that i know are hurting through this process.

He is a compasionate and expressive writer on a very sensitive subject. His writing applies to a person's varying degree of grief. He touches on just enough subjects to make the reader feel he really understands.

Someone sent me this series when my mom died several years ago.....I found them very helpful, and so I give them regularly to friends who have lost a loved one. I have used other materials from the same author and liked them as well.

This set of 4 books touch the heart of those in grief. Th author does a fantastic job of touching the hearts of grieving people and giving them comfort in their time of loss.

I have a support group for mothers who have lost their chuldren, and these booklets have been a comforting resorce to newly grieving mothers. Doug Manning writes so compassionately and the booklets are an easy read. I would recommend them to any support group as a resorce tool, or to anyone who is grieving.

Lynn Roberts

Mothers of Angels Society

I received one of the four booklets in the series. I kept waiting and waiting thinking that it was only part of the order as it said one of three. Well when the two packages came in, other books I ordered were there and not the missing three booklets. I returned the one I had for a refund. Very disappointing as I had wanted to send these to a friend who had recently lost her mother.