Total Page : 94
Publisher : HarperOne
Publication Date : 1994 12
>> a Grief Observed by CS Lewis
For CS Lewis fans I will be slaughtered by this review I absolutely love The Chronicles of Narnia Every single thing about it Recently my son was killed in a tragic accident and searching for some type of comfort I ordered this book I read this book I read it very slow to make sure nothing was missed This book rambled on with meaningless sentences very complicated hard to read pages and at the end of it I had learned nothing except he truly loved his wife and she suffered until the end of her life and it is his thoughts of her after her death There was not one single thing I could apply to my own life or use as something to comfort others The bottom line for me is 1 I would not read it again 2 I would not buy it as a gift for someone enduring grief sincerely r jeansonne
>> Really gets to the heart of grief
There are those who consider this book to be too maudlin or too unsettling But I know of no other source that comes closer to what grief is When I read this book I thought of past grief in my own life and how very acutely Lewis describes certain things that I have never been insightful or clever enough to put into words By sharing in Lewis s experiences with the loss of his wife and his recounting of the long process of coming to terms with that tragedy I was able to glean a great deal of comfort Lewis s awareness and keen perception continue to astonish me as I read his work and mostly lately this book Even when he describes or posits things he admits uncertainty about he does so in ways that nevertheless make you feel like you re getting closer to the substance of difficult emotions and questions I highly recommend this book to those who are having and have had major suffering in their lives
>> Wonderful
This is the best book ever written to comfort surviving partners after the death of a spouse
Dr S E Neil
Clinical and Family Psychologist
