When Your Friend Dies (Hope & Healing Series) [Paperback]

Harold Ivan Smith (Author)

Book Description

Series: Hope & Healing Series | Publication Date: April 1, 2002

Many of us will grieve the death of a friend. Yet, this particular kind of grief is not recognized as often as that experienced when a spouse, child, or parent dies. Grief counselor and speaker Harold Ivan Smith has worked with "friend grief" both professionally and personally. In this short volume, he offers comfort and encouragement to those who have lost a friend by validating their grief, urging them to give their grief a voice, and remembering their friend.

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About the Author

Harold Ivan Smith is the author of many books including On Grieving the Dealth of a Father, Grieving the Death of a Friend, Singles Ask and I Wish Someone Understood My Divorce. A former funeral director, he is a member of the Association for Death Education and Counseling, and leader of seminars on grief and spirituality. He lives in Kansas City, Missouri.

Product Details

• Paperback: 64 pages
• Publisher: Augsburg Books (April 1, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0806643544
• ISBN-13: 978-0806643540
• Product Dimensions: 7.2 x 4.3 x 0.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #468,432 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #36 in Books > 4-for-3 Books > Health, Mind & Body > Death & Grief > General

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Powerful Little Book on Friendgrief, May 17, 2003

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NiceGuy1 (Onalaska, Wisconsin USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: When Your Friend Dies (Hope & Healing Series) (Paperback)

If someone every told you that funerals were mainly for family members and not friends, this is the book for you. The clergy often fail to recognize the importance of a grief among friends of the deceased. In this small but powerfully written book, Harold Ivan Smith addresses head on the issues surrounding friendgrief in our society.

Although the book appears to have been primarily written with christians in mind, readers from other faiths will find "When Your Friend Dies" helpful when coping with their own grief. Examples from Smith's own life, from the bible, and from American history all make the reality of friendgrief more understandable.

This book is very readable. It would be the perfect gift for someone who has just lost a friend or who is only now revisiting a loss that occurred years ago. "When Your Friend Dies" would also be a valuable addition to every church library.