This book was fantastic on many levels. I say this as a physician, as a grief recovery specialist, but, most importantly, as also once being a widow with three young children.
It is simply written, the flow is fantastic, and the book is easy to read. It was so riveting that I put it down only after I had totally finished reading it in the wee hours of the morning. I cried, I laughed.
The angle--widowed husbands, whose wives died of cancer, with young kids--was unique. I had never thought about it until I read the book. And what perspectives from all the fathers! It opened my eyes. I had gone through many, many similar things but to hear it from a father's viewpoint was something else. I am excited and I hope that there are many more support groups such as these all over the world.
Drs. Rosenstein and Yopp explained and weaved together research, education (whether it was about Viktor Frankl, Elisabeth Kubler-Ross, the Dual Process Model of Bereavement and the many other modalities) into the storytelling in context. It was naturally and seamlessly done. It was just beautiful. I learned so much!
The stories told of each father really touched my heart to the core. It was obviously excruciatingly difficult reading about the wives' stories but that was part of knowing each father. The tone of the book was respectful and compassionate, each person was allowed to speak with his own voice, and I appreciated the way the authors let the fathers control the group. The authors never butted in, never lectured to them, admitted when they did not know something.....with such humility.
I hope and pray this book goes all over the world because it is much needed by ANYONE who has lost a loved one. Hats off to both the authors!!!
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