Gentle Closings: How To Say Goodbye To Someone You Love (Hardcover)

by Ted Menten (Author) "These are only moments, as fleeting as an eyeblink..." (more)
Key Phrases: New York, Mister Silly, Aunt Lucy (more...)

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Product Description
The author of this reassuring book has devoted much of his time to helping terminally ill children, AIDS patients, and their families. Gentle Closings shares their wisdom about ways to say "I love you" while there is still tim e.

About the Author

Ted Menten is also the author of Gentle Closings, Teddy Bear Studio, After Goodbye, and A Healing Journal--all with Running Press.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 160 pages
• Publisher: Running Press; 1 edition (February 24, 1992)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1561380040
• ISBN-13: 978-1561380046
• Product Dimensions: 6.5 x 5.1 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8.5 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #739,561 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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20 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars How to say goodbye to someone who is dying, January 6, 1999

By	Pat McNees (Bethesda, MD) - See all my reviews

When I was putting together my book, DYING: A BOOK OF COMFORT, this was one of the books from which I used several selections. I often recommend it when people ask for advice about how to commemorate a death or how to say goodbye to someone who is dying. I particularly liked Menten's story of the couple who planted a garden during the husband's illness, a garden the wife could sit in after his death -- and remember the gathering where his friends all said goodbye to him. Sometimes people joke about giving a funeral while they're still alive, so they can appreciate it. Menten suggests ways to do something similar. A lovely, gentle, practical book.

13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars After Goodbye by Theodore Menten, January 10, 2000

By A Customer

This book was one of the best that I have read on the topic of grief. It is real and truly illustrates the emotions that we all go through after the death of a loved one. The true life stories and illustrations give you a sense of peace as well as the feeling that you are not alone in your grief.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Exceptional healing book., July 14, 2008

By	C. Guerber - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Whenever I need to learn how to say goodbye, I read this little book again.