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'A brilliant, caring, practical guide to help us understand grief' Daniel J Siegel, M.D.

'Finding Meaning is Kessler's poignant response to society's insensitivity, [a] how-to in the very best sense' LA Times

David Kessler - the world's foremost expert on grief and the coauthor with Elisabeth Kubler-Ross of the iconic…

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2 authors picked Finding Meaning as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

When I read Kessler’s book, a missing piece came into place for me. I had been working hard to absorb my loss, to be brave, to keep going...what I needed, in addition, was to find meaning in what had happened.

This book helped me ask the right questions to begin to do that. It drew me forward into a new stage of acceptance, helping me let go of underlying angst and despair.

From Gwen's list on for grieving widows.

I went through a stage of reading books on grief from experts and this is one that stood out for me because it looks at the sixth stage of grief which is meaning. In this book, the author discusses his own grief with the tragic and sudden loss of his son. I found it to be very sensitively written and practical and it helped me to understand grief in a different way and let me know that what I’d experienced was okay. I found his words very comforting.

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