The death of a child is like no other loss. The Worst Loss will help families who have experienced this to know what they are facing, understand what they are feeling, and appreciate their own needs and timetables.
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Each week some 1900 American families are faced with the death of a child-allegedly the most harrowing of losses. Research shows that the grief of parents lasts longer and is more intense than any other. Here, Rosof, a California psychotherapist who works with bereaved families, offers compassionate advice to help parents cope. After describing the many ways children (including adult children) die, she explains why grieving is crucial to recovery, how the partners' relationship may be affected and the ways surviving siblings grieve. She also shows parents how to break down psychological barriers that hinder necessary grief work and prevent full recovery. In perhaps the most enlightening-as well as painful-part, families tell of their children's deaths and their aftermath. Included is a list of national organizations that support bereaved parents. Author tour.
Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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Rosof, a child psychotherapist who has worked for many years with families who have lost children, offers a clear, sympathetic, no-nonsense guide to surviving "a loss like no other." Using effective anecdotes from her practice, she explains why grieving is necessary, the stages of grief parents and sibling will likely go through, possible barriers to grieving, and learning to let go and create a new life. Throughout, she stresses that parents will never be the same as they were before their child's death. Rosof wisely deals with specifics such as coping with the death of a newborn or death from illness, murder, suicide, and accidents, though inevitably there is some ground she cannot cover, e.g., a stepparent's grief and the loss of an adult child or sibling. Nevertheless, parents mourning the loss of a child will find that Rosof's many insights ring true. An excellent primer that belongs in most public libraries.
Barbara Hoffert, "Library Journal"
Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
Barbara Hoffert, "Library Journal"
Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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43 of 43 people found the following review helpful
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I have read countless numbers of books about the loss of a child.Many of them become repetitious. The books written by grieving parents are often a catharsis and helpful to them, but are not necessarily guides for others.
This book is a combination of careful research and parent stories. It is honest and hopeful.
It is one of the few books which talks in depth about siblings and how a family can become dysfuntional and gently offers advice.
This - and the book, A Broken Heart Still Beats - if you are literary - are the two books which helped me the most, and I would recommend them highly.
The Worst Loss is the book which I pass on to parents and families new to their grief and I am careful in my choice because those of us who have lost children know how vunerable we were.
It's a five star.
This book is a combination of careful research and parent stories. It is honest and hopeful.
It is one of the few books which talks in depth about siblings and how a family can become dysfuntional and gently offers advice.
This - and the book, A Broken Heart Still Beats - if you are literary - are the two books which helped me the most, and I would recommend them highly.
The Worst Loss is the book which I pass on to parents and families new to their grief and I am careful in my choice because those of us who have lost children know how vunerable we were.
It's a five star.
27 of 27 people found the following review helpful
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I read this wonderful treatise in the face of a loss of a beloved nephew. As an Emergency Physician who occasionally encounters death of children, I will recommend (indeed I'll buy the book) for families grieving the loss of a child. It has helped me understand the varied emotions and coping mechanisms that accompany these tragedies. I have read several books dealing with the same topic and this is, on any basis of comparison, the best.
26 of 26 people found the following review helpful
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My son died in a dirt bike accident 3 months ago and I am still finding it hard to breathe let alone read. I loved this book. Barbara's chapter on what it's like to lose a sibling helped me to know how to be as present as possible for my other children so they didn't feel like they had lost a mother too. We read the chapter on sibling loss together and individually. The small comforts that I found (when there seems to be no comfort at all)were knowing that others had hurt as deeply and acutely as I and had made it through because the book not only shares others stories of grief but has helpful guides in how to walk through this lonely process knowing that you are not alone.
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The best I read... and I read many.
When my son died I poured myself into books on grieving. This was the clear winner. Rosof provides unique insight into the special way a parent's brain is wired to connect with... Read more
Published 11 months ago by V. Bennett
Great Grief Book
Many say this is the best Grief Book written for Parents who have lost a child. It definitely is the best I have read. Very helpful. Read more
Published 22 months ago by DHT
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Published on December 17, 2009 by J. Spell
The best book for the bereaved parents
I lost my Beloved, Beloved 24 year old Son on Aug. 06 2009
It's the worst, worst loss in my life. Read more
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Published on September 17, 2009 by KB
How Families Heal from the Death of a Child by Barbara Rosof
This is an excellent resource for those who have suffered such a horrible loss. The information that Ms Rosof shares is spot on. Read more
Published on March 25, 2009 by S.Swan
The Worst Loss: How Families Heal from the Death of a Child
We recently lost our 19 year old son in an automobile accident. This book was a little hard for me to read. Read more
Published on January 6, 2009 by Sherry K. Boyd
One of the better reads when you are ready
Goe to the point- the worst loss. when ready read this one- doesn't preach or dictate. Was a little helpful in my opinion
Published on November 14, 2007 by R. White
comprehensive look at personal grief
I have read many books since my son committed suicide on his 27th birthday. This book is helpful in that it looks at all causes of the death of a child,not just sucide, but... Read more
Published on November 10, 2007 by Grace M. Young
The Worst Loss Helped Me the Most
I lost my beloved son four months ago in a motorcycle accident. He was 24 years old. I have read 7 different grief books written for bereaved parents. Read more
Published on September 29, 2007 by A. Lothian
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Patrick was fifteen, and he savored every moment of his summer. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
bright canopy, replacement child, children grieve, acute grief, sibling dies Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Compassionate Friends, New York, Parents of Murdered Children, San Diego, Mothers Against Drunk Driving, South Carolina New!
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Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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- When Bad Things Happen To Good People by Harold S. Kushner on 4 pages
- When Bad Things Happen to Good People by Harold S. Kushner on 4 pages
- Parental Loss of a Child by Therese A. Rando in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- The Sibling Bond (Basic Behavioral Science) by Stephen Bank on page 33, Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Beyond Endurance: When a Child Dies, 2nd Edition by PhD, Ronald J. Knapp on page 216, Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
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- Families Facing Death: A Guide for Healthcare Professionals and Volunteers by Elliott J. Rosen on page 67, and Back Matter
- I Wasn't Ready to Say Goodbye Workbook: Surviving, Coping and Healing After the Sudden Death of a Loved One (Workbook) (I Wasn't Ready to Say Goodbye, 1) by Brook Noel in Back Matter
- A Practical Guide to Rabbinic Counseling by Yisrael N. Levitz on page 154
- I Wasn't Ready to Say Goodbye: Surviving, Coping and Healing After the Death of a Loved One by Brook Noel in Back Matter
- Helping Bereaved Parents: A Clinician's Guide (Series in Death, Dying, and Bereavement) by Richard G. Tedeschi on page 170
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