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I Wasn't Ready to Say Goodbye (Updated Edition): Surviving, Coping and Healing After the Sudden Death of a Loved One | 
| Authors: Pamela Blair, Brook Noel
Publisher: Sourcebooks, Inc.
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  72 reviews
Sales Rank: 21880
Media: Paperback
Edition: Updated
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 336
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.2
Dimensions (in): 8.9 x 6 x 1
ISBN: 1402212216
Dewey Decimal Number: 155.937
EAN: 9781402212215
ASIN: 1402212216
Publication Date: May 1, 2008 (New: Last 30 Days)
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Product Description
This updated edition of the best-selling bereavement classic (more than 75,000 copies in print) explores tragic and sudden loss, authored by two women who have lost someone firsthand. Featured on ABC World News, Fox and Friends and many other shows, this book acts as a touchstone of sanity through difficult times. I Wasn't Ready to Say Goodbye covers such difficult topics as the first few weeks, suicide, death of a child, children and grief, funerals and rituals, physical effects, homicide and depression.
With new material covering the unique circumstances of loss, men and women's grieving styles, religion and faith, myths and misunderstandings, I Wasn't Ready to Say Goodbye reflects the shifting face of grief.
Each year about eight million Americans suffer the death of a close family member. Such incomprehensible loss must be dealt with daily-for those who face the challenges of a sudden death, I Wasn't Ready to Say Goodbye can be a comforting hand to hold.
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 Recommend for those grieving as well as those supporting others April 17, 2008
I liked this book and would recommend it for anyone who has lost someone suddenly or for anyone who wants to understand what that person is going through. The authors speak from personal experiences and offer different perspectives on how people experience sudden loss. The book goes into the stages of grieving and then discusses how others are affected when they loose a parent, child, partner, sibling etc... The book includes exercises for dealing with the grieving process. There is also a workbook available with more tools for dealing with this type of loss.
gift December 29, 2007
I bought this for a friend who had lost her husband. She thanks me all the time for the book. She said it was well written and helped her a lot throughout her grieving.
 Ok, but not the best resource out there December 17, 2007
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
I read this book to help me cope with the sudden death of a loved one. It was somewhat helpful, but it mainly covered the same information in another book I read in a much less comprehensive manner. That book is How to Go on Living When Someone You Love Dies by Therese Rando and I highly recommend reading that book. It is the best I have read on the topic of grief/death/mourning. These authors had good intentions, but I think you will get more out of the Rando book.
Very helpful for survivors December 11, 2007
I first heard about this book in the "Ask Amy" advice column. I have given copies to my grown daughter and to a co-worker who each faced a sudden death of a loved one. Both said the book helped them through a very difficult experience. I cannot recommend this book too highly.
 A sincere effort to be as comprehensive as possible to try to help all those who grieve. December 7, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This book is a worthwhile read if, for nothing else, Chapter 19 which contains a list of Resources and Support, both available support groups and recommendations for reading. There are also a number of helpful exercises i.e. suggestions for journal writing, letters to the deceased, etc. that are of healing value. It is evident that the authors put a lot of work into producing this book. There seemed to be a bias in it however that the loss of a child or a sibling was MORE painful than the loss of a parent. Particularly there was not as much support listed in the book for the adult children of deceased parents. It may well be that there just is not as much available on the subject for the authors to list. This is the 11th book on grieving I have read since my father's death in August and Dr Kubler-Ross book ON GRIEVE AND GRIEVING remains the most powerfully written and most helpful book on grief that I have read to date. However there is MUCH in I WASN'T READY TO SAY GOODBYE that is helpful if one takes the time to read the book carefully sifting out what is useful and discarding the rest. It just doesn't STAY consistently in that mode.
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