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As a bank executive, Herb Knoll was known as a man who could get the job done. But when Knoll lost his wife to cancer he found few resources that could help him recover. And the more he learned about the plight of widowers, from high suicide rates to physical and emotional problems, the more he became motivated to write a book with fellow widowers, for fellow widowers.

Knoll’s The Widower’s Journey tackles tough questions and provides advice on many topics, including:

how men can process grief
keeping healthy during stressful times
managing a career while coping with loss
drawing strength from your faith
reentering the dating world
dealing with the issues that sex, dating, and marriage create
parenting as a widower
solving financial and legal problems
preserving your late partner’s memory for yourself and for family and friends

Knoll breaks down barriers that block men in their journeys to recovery. He encourages men to seek out the fellowship of other widowers, and he provides resources that men need to move forward.

He also identifies how society fails widowers, and spells out how institutions need to change so widowers can receive the support they deserve.

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Herb Knoll knows the profound grief that comes with being a widower. After his wife, Michelle, died in 2008, he looked through the self-help section of his local bookstore but quickly realized there were few resources available for widowers. Knoll wrote The Widower's Journey, a guide designed to help other widowers heal.

Knoll is a retired bank executive, marketer, and professional speaker and seminar leader turned widower advocate. He founded Michelle's Angels Foundation, Inc., a not-for-profit with a mission to "provide love, hope, compassion, and comforting music to those who quietly suffer." (See MichellesAngel.com.) Knoll also founded the Widowers Support Network in 2014 (see WidowersSupportNetwork.com), so he could better serve, comfort, and assist widowers.

Knoll has served as a weekly columnist for the Rochester Democrat & Chronicle, a contributing writer for Sales & Marketing Management and Marketing Times magazines, and as a professional voice talent. PBS affiliate WNED produced and aired the three-part series Today's Executive featuring Herb and his business insights which were the subject of his book, The Total Executive.

As the former spokesperson for KeyBank (NY) and later as president of Marketplace Bank (FL), Knoll frequently appeared on radio and television. A dynamic public speaker, Knoll has been the featured speaker at conferences, conventions, universities and corporate gatherings across the country.

Knoll won the first annual Piero DiMitri Executive Image Award and was inducted into the Buffalo/Niagara Sales and Marketing Executives Hall of Fame. Knoll lives in Lake Mary, Florida, with his current wife, Maria.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform; 1st edition (April 5, 2017)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 226 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1541344065
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1541344068
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 10.9 ounces
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6 x 0.51 x 9 inches

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Herb Knoll lost his wife, Michelle, to pancreatic cancer on March 7, 2008. Knoll is a retired bank executive, marketer, and professional speaker turned widower advocate. He founded the Michelle’s Angels Foundation, Inc., a not-for-profit organization with a mission to “provide love, hope, compassion, and comforting music to those who quietly suffer” (MichellesAngel.
com).
Knoll also founded the Widowers Support Network in 2014 WidowersSupportNetwork.com), so he could better serve, comfort, and assist widowers.
Knoll has previously served as a weekly columnist for the Rochester Democrat & Chronicle, contributing writer for Sales & Marketing Management and Marketing Times magazines, and as an on-air talent for television commercials.
As the former director of public and media relations for KeyBank (NY) and later as president of Marketplace Bank (FL), Knoll frequently appeared as his bank’s spokesperson on radio and television. PBS affiliate WNED produced and aired the three-part series Today’s Executive, featuring Herb’s business insights, which were featured in his first book, The Total Executive (1985).
An inductee of the Buffalo/Niagara Sales & Marketing Executive’s Hall of Fame, Knoll went on to serve as the Executive Director of the 10,000+ member Sales & Marketing Executives International and was a charter member of the board of directors for Nap Ford Community School in Orlando.
A former U.S. Army Reserve Drill Sergeant (E-7), Knoll is a proud member of the Knights of Columbus. Knoll lives in Lake Mary, Florida, with his wife, Maria.
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Deborah Carr is a professor of sociology and inaugural director of the Center for Innovation in Social Science at Boston University. She previously held faculty positions at Rutgers University, University of Michigan, and University of Wisconsin. She received her PhD in sociology at University of Wisconsin-Madison. Dr. Carr is editor-in-chief of Journal of Health and Social Behavior, and previously was editor-in-chief of Journal of Gerontology: Social Sciences (2015-20). Her work has been featured in the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, NBC Nightly News, Newsweek, and other national media. She lives in Providence, RI. For more information on her books, journal articles, and chapters, see:
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Abel Soto

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Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on March 23, 2023

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This book gives an idea of the life of a widower and how alone he is in the grieving process. There is a list of resources including a list of books among them one that I think will be more helpful than this one.

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This book was a light in the storm after my wife passed

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on July 8, 2017

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My late wife passed away quickly and unexpectedly a year ago. We have been together over 30 years, High School sweethearts, and married 23 years. We adored each other, and personified the vow "in sickness and in health". Despite a chronic illness (Lupus) and a very, very complicated medical history, we was absolutely devoted to each other. When she passed, it was like a lighting bolt struck my soul, and I was absolutely adrift, alone and shell shocked. I didn't know what to do. I wasn't prepared to be a widower. I had never even considered it could happen..but there I was.

I checked Amazon hoping to find a book for widowers, and this book stood out as an excellent resource. I pulled the trigger and downloaded the Kindle version. Much of this book and the experience of other widowers feel like they were plucked right from my feelings and thoughts.

Everything thing I was feeling was right there on the pages. I highlighted many, many passages and went back to them time and time again. It was comforting to know that these horrible feelings of loneliness, grief, guilt, pain are not unusual, and in fact are very common. The author(s) did a great job explaining that while I felt lost, there is hope for the future. This book is exactly what I needed when I needed it the most.

It's not a book that gets read once and filed away. I have gone back to it many times over the last year. The book covers topic of the full spectrum of widowerhood, including the terrifying though of dating again.

If you are a new or impending widower, the resources for us are slim...but this book fulfills the needs, answers the questions, and gives you the power to carry on, even when you think you can't.

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Randall Mitchelson

Must Read that Fills a Massive Void in the World of Books

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on May 13, 2017

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This unique book provides inspirational anecdotes about facing the loss of a wife and breaks down barriers that men confront with the grieving process and exploring whether they can discover love again and how society perceives the rights and wrongs of how men navigate this massive life change. The author not only shares his own very personal and heart wrenching journey with becoming a widower but he collaborates with experts in the field and provides deeply researched, science based information to support the book's premise. There is no shortage in this world of men of all ages who must face life without their bride and manage to reinvent their life and the stories volunteered by the book's contributors provide ample evidence that men struggle with this process but that there is a fulfilling life on the other side of the tragedy. Why does our society provide so much support to widows but seemingly ignore the plight of widowers? Look no further because this book has answers and good luck finding anything else like it. Don't assume that a widower in your life is ok. He is a master at burying his grief. This book provides a valuable outlet for a widower to explore his feelings, discover he is not alone, be introduced to a safe network of support and cope with their heartbreak.

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Tommy Hall

Not very informing

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on March 2, 2023

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Daniel H. Triplett

Must read for widowers

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on March 24, 2021

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I thoroughly enjoyed reading this book. It’s chock full of good information and helpful advice. I gain some valuable insight into my own situation and recognize some of the mistakes Along this journey. Most importantly, I found out that I’m not alone as a man struggling with the loss of his wife or significant other. At the end of the book are some helpful advice on finances and estate planning and also a great selection of books to purchase to further one’s understanding in navigating this journey. I highly recommend this book.

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Wm. Bruce

Very informative

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on May 8, 2019

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Detailed explanations of the Widowers issues and downfalls after a loss. Strait forward insite that will make you cry and help to try understanding what your going thru. Should be a must read for children ( of older age) and family of any new widower to understand were we are or should I say are not. After my year and a quarter of pure hell not really understanding what I am going thru I wish I would've found sooner as said puts a clearer light on your ongoing greif. Not a instant fix but with numerous suggested sites to help you with this there almost seems to be hope. 😞 Thank you

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Robin J. Wisner

It's worhty of any widowers reading

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on October 10, 2018

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I like the stories from other widowers that author interviewed they were very insightful and just exactly what I needed to hear. It has helped me understand that I needed to get on with my life. I'm 76 and I didn't think I could ever date again and enjoy another woman's company I was wrong I do very much. I meant a widow at grief meeting and she wanted to have lunch after the meetings I finally got together with her and we set a time and day. I had the best time I have had in a very long time. That was worth the read in the book alone, but there is so much else I received from the book The widower's Journey. Thank you very much Mr. Herb Knoll for writing this book.

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Thankyou Herb Knoll - A widowers must have

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on June 3, 2021

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I am a new widower and honestly found myself lost. As Herb said there is umpteen books for widows but nothing out there for widowers until now. I urge all new and even non new to Widowerhood men to read this book. It has been such a help to me. It is well worth your time.

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David Miller

Very helpful book for widowers

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on September 21, 2018

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Having lost my wife recently I found the book very helpful. FYI - Herb Knoll isn't an Alpha male giving simplistic, prescriptive advice. Rather his advice, based on his own personal experience and his long-term observation of other widowers, is very practical and non-judgmental. Very helpful. I have read a number of books and guides over the last few months. Knoll's is by far the most helpful to me at this terrible time.

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David Pedley

Packed with information

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on April 2, 2021

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