From Grief to Greatness

From Grief to Greatness
Author: Tom Sweetman
Publisher:
Total Pages: 120
Release: 2014-11-10
Genre:
ISBN: 9781503364394
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A Book That Offers Comfort for Individuals Dealing With GriefIn a society that often avoids talking about unpleasant topics, people dealing with grief are often left to their own devices to get through their situations. Are You Experiencing The Deep and Painful of Loss of Someone Special In Your Life, and Feeling Overwhelmed With Grief? Author Tom Sweetman wrote "From Grief to Greatness: A Collection of True Stories and Lessons on Living Life after Loss" following the passing of his mother in 2012 due to cancer. He realized that the average person is not prepared for the array of emotions that accompany loss, and he wrote his book as a way to help others struggling with similar situations. Through stories of how others have gone from grief to greatness, the work offers hope and relatability to those experiencing grief and looking for inspiration to help them through this tough time. It offers a chance to turn pain into potential for those who know they have more to give to the world. Sweetman wants to offer relief to those feeling isolated after the loss of someone or something important in their life. Get your copy today, and start getting on the road to resolving your grief. A Book For The Grieving Heart "A culture that denies death inevitably becomes shallow and superficial concerned only with the external form of things. When death is denied, life loses its depth." - Eckhart Tolle This book is written for: - Those are experiencing grief - Those looking for inspiration at a tough time in their life - Those wanting to turn their pain into potential - Those who know they have more to give to the world - Those who are feeling isolated through the loss of someone or something in their life.

Grief

Grief
Author: Andrew Holleran
Publisher: Hyperion
Total Pages: 168
Release: 2006-05-31
Genre: Fiction
ISBN:
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"Reeling from the recent death of his invalid mother, an exhausted, lonely professor comes to our nation's capital to escape his previous life." "What he finds there - in his handsome, solitary landlord; in the city's somber mood and sepulchral architecture; and in the strange and impassioned letters and journals of Mary Todd Lincoln - shows him unexpected truths about America and loss. As he seeks to engage with the living world around him - a challenging student, the mother of a dead friend, even his landlord's neglected dog - he comes to realize that his relationship to his grief is very different than he had thought." "In Grief, Holleran summons voices from the past that eerily echo and speak to our own troubled times. It is a masterwork by one of America's singular voices, a writer who is beloved for his depth of feeling, his humor, the elegance of his prose, and his unflinching honesty."--BOOK JACKET.

Greatness and Grief

Greatness and Grief
Author: Gabriel Hershman
Publisher: Independently Published
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2020-07-16
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN:
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Actor George Segal on Greatness and Grief: "Read it from cover to cover. Delightful, illuminating and fun. Many things I didn't know. And a lovely trip down memory lane for the things I did know." Sian Owen (Richard's niece) "My sister Meg and I both loved the book. Many congratulations." Guy Masterson (Richard's great nephew) "There are several biographies of Richard, all of which approach their subject differently. In my view, Gabriel's gets closest to what made him tick." Richard Burton (1925-1984) was that rare phenomenon - an international superstar who was also a great classical actor. Yet Burton's uproarious marriage to Elizabeth Taylor and extravagant lifestyle drew more publicity than his achievements. By the time of his death a Faustian language had built around him: He had 'wasted his talent', 'thrown away' a promising career and 'sold his soul'. So ran the carping from envious journalists and critics. In reality, Burton left behind many magnificent cinematic performances. Author Gabriel Hershman picks 20 of the Welshman's finest portrayals and explores his unique screen presence. He also uncovers Burton's extraordinary ability to fathom hidden meaning from text and explains why the oft-repeated 'actor with the great voice' label actually failed to do him justice. It also shows why Burton, although no saint, did not deserve the litany of brickbats that came his way. This appreciation spurns the clichéd, lurid nature of certain previous works on Burton. The focus here is on his inner life. It reveals how Burton's fusion of remarkable energy, concentration, stillness and intensity made him such a riveting actor. The author also shows how Burton's demons, which manifested in his catastrophic drinking, influenced his acting. We come to understand how greatness and grief merged to create two of the most superlative performances seen on film - as Alec Leamas in The Spy Who Came in from the Cold and George in Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? With the help of those who knew him best, including director Tony Palmer who worked with him on Wagner for nine months, and his great nephew Guy Masterson, Hershman reveals Burton's extraordinary intellect but also deep-rooted insecurity. Ultimately, if perhaps ironically, Richard Burton found happiness once his yearning for a simpler life was fulfilled. The author was also given access to unabridged interviews with Burton's fifth wife, Sally, and his daughter Kate, excerpts of which were mentioned on Tony Palmer's brilliant documentary about Burton - In From The Cold? With this erudite yet accessible work, the author hopes to introduce younger audiences to Burton's work. Thirty seven years after Richard Burton's death he finally shows why critics misunderstood him - mistaking Richard's depression for carelessness and his ostentation for arrogance. Above all, they failed to acknowledge the genius of the 20th Century's greatest actor. This incisive analysis of Burton's psychology and greatest screen achievements is the most rounded portrait of Richard Burton yet published.

Good Grief!

Good Grief!
Author: Erica McNeal
Publisher: WestBow Press
Total Pages: 152
Release: 2012
Genre: Family & Relationships
ISBN: 1449734235
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Unmet expectations and conflicts arise, when a person is hurting and doesn't know what they need, and their loved ones don't know what to say or how to help. By the time author Erica McNeal was thirty-two years old, she was already a three-time cancer survivor, and had experienced the loss of five children, two of which she held in her arms. Those close to her were not sure of how to console her, and some well-intended comments only served to hurt Erica and her family in their healing process. For example, imagine being diagnosed with a rare form of cancer, at twenty-two years old, and having your best friend tell you that she wished she had cancer too, so that people would like her. Or imagine being pressured to hold a friend's baby a child that was born the same day you buried your daughter, in order to "prove your love" for the couple. These statements represent only a fraction, and not even the worst, of the painful words spoken to her family while they struggled through cancer treatments and grieved the loss of their children. Good Grief! is a book filled with tangible solutions for determining what to say, what not to say, and what to do, in order to love others well, through difficult times!

The Only Way Out Is Through

The Only Way Out Is Through
Author: Gail Gross
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Total Pages: 208
Release: 2019-09
Genre: Psychology
ISBN: 9781538132975
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Part memoir of grief, part guidebook, The Only Way Out is Through: A Journey to Wholeness offers a comprehensive structure for the bereaved to return back to the world of the living, not just to exist, but to live.

Grief: The Great Yearning

Grief: The Great Yearning
Author: Pat Bertram
Publisher: Second Wind Publishing
Total Pages: 176
Release: 2012-02-29
Genre: Family & Relationships
ISBN: 1935171593
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"Grief: The Great Yearning" is not a how-to but a how-done, a compilation of letters, blog posts, and journal entries Pat Bertram wrote while struggling to survive her first year of grief. This is an exquisite book, wrenching to read, and at the same time full of profound truths. ""Grief: The Great Yearning" by Pat Bertram is a book of empathic understanding. How many recently bereft have looked to society's guidelines for grieving and found these "norms" did not correspond to what they were feeling? How many were left confused and even more depressed because they were not "progressing" like the experts said they should? Bertram's book is a comfort to those of us tossed into the grief whirlwind of disbelief and agony. The entire book is raw and real. "Grief: The Great Yearning" is a companion guide from someone who has already been there. It is a forever love letter." -J J Dare, author of "False Positive" and "False World." ""Grief: The Great Yearning" by Pat Bertram is a wonderful tribute to Jeff (Bertram's deceased life mate/soul mate) and to Bertram's own stamina." -Malcolm R. Campbell, author of "The Sun Singer" and "Sarabande" "Everyone needs to read "Grief: A Great Yearning" by Pat Bertram. It's the best grief book I've ever read, and I have read the Kubler-Ross books and "The Year of Magical Thinking." Pat Bertram's book feels like what most of us would experience, makes me feel what she is feeling, and it's written from the inside out." -Brenda Buckner Wallace, author of "Brilliant Prey" "If people were to ask me for an example of how grief can be faced in order for the healthiest outcome, I would refer them to "Grief: The Great Yearning," which should be the grief process bible. Pat Bertram's willingness to confront grief head on combined with her openness to change is the epitome of good mental health." -Leesa Healy, Consultant in Emotional-Mental Health."

Gardens of Grief

Gardens of Grief
Author: Boston Teran
Publisher: High Top Publishing LLC
Total Pages: 256
Release: 2011-01-03
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1567030521
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An adventure-historical fiction epic. The author of Gardens of Grief does what it took Leon Uris 600 plus pages to do in Exodus. The latter dealt only peripherally with the Jewish holocaust. Boston Teran deals more directly with the Armenian one.Turkish readers and the Turkish government can tune out now if they like, but butchers of the Ottoman Empire not only killed millions of Armenians, they probably encouraged Hitler and his Nazi murderers to do the same to the Jews. The Turks dodged the bullet of public opinion, a fact not overlooked by the Nazi establishment. It certainly prompted them to believe that the rest of the world wouldn’t care what they did to the Jews. They were right—much of the official Western World didn’t care until U.S. troops and others started reporting what they found in the Nazi concentration camps.The Turks have an open wound of guilt with respect to their Armenian solution. They have even leveraged their position in NATO to keep the U.S. government from using the words genocide, holocaust, and ethnic cleansing when describing their Armenian solution. Use whatever words you want, but no amount of ostrich behavior or positive spin can change what really happened. It was obscene, organized murder, a mob lynching on the scale of millions.This is the background for Boston Teran’s book. Like Exodus and other thrillers (Forsyth’s work comes to mind), the historical facts seem to meld seamlessly into the story. You don’t know where the history ends and the fiction begins. This book is easier to read and it is more profound. We see the holocaust up close and personal through the eyes of the main characters. It is not a pretty sight.The hero is John Lourdes, the same one from the author’s Creed of Violence. That makes this book a sequel. (The blurb on the back cover says it’s less of a sequel than an organic evolvement—whatever that means. To me sequel has a more expansive definition, but words are like symbols in an equation—they can mean anything, especially in today’s literature.) John is Mexican-American. Much is made in the book that he is swarthy so he can pass himself off as Armenian. I don’t remember my Armenian friends as swarthy, but maybe I was just colorblind when I grew up. Also, as a Spanish speaker, I don’t particularly think of John Lourdes as being a Mexican-American name (this might be explained in Creed, which I have not read), but maybe they’ll change that in the movie (Universal has purchased film rights to both Creed and Gardens).Lourdes is a spy. I don’t believe that word was once used to describe him, but there is no doubt that he would be at home in the CIA. Moreover, this spy story, like Creed, is about oil. Where Creed was about America’s intervention into the Mexican Revolution in 1910 for the sake of oil, Gardens is about the control of the Baku oil fields. My conclusion at the end is that the U.S. ignored the holocaust that was going on and left Lourdes and company to die due to the U.S. interest in that oil. Black gold has more of a Midas attraction than

Unplanned Journey

Unplanned Journey
Author: Tanya M. Unkovich
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2009-01-06
Genre: Adjustment (Psychology)
ISBN: 9781933204765
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After the death of her husband, Tanya Unkovich knew that holding on to her faith in God would be vital for her healing process. In this workbook she shares the tools, favorite scriptures, prayers and readings that she used regularly when darkness enveloped her. In addition to assisting the reader through the grieving process many of the strategies outlined are to do with moving forward on many levels during a life transition and once again finding some meaning and purpose in your life and creating a vision for your future. Areas covered are strategies for coping with the everydayness of grief, the loneliness, re-identifying with who you are now with the change in status as a result of this life transition. Also included are behavioral changes that the reader would like to make, financial concerns, possible future relationship issues, areas to be cautious of when becoming a new widow or widower. This workbook provides some life coaching and cognitive behavioral techniques for the reader to learn and place into everyday practice. This book can be used for a considerable period of time and revisited many times as the life tools provided are such that you do not have to be in the early days of your grieving process in order to receive benefit from this material. Anyone who is currently going through the grieving process after losing someone they love can benefit from this workbook as well as counselors, therapists or life coaches. Through a series of well-placed questions for the reader, this workbook demonstrates to you in a simple and direct means how you too can embark on this life transforming process by methodically following each chapter. If you have a strong desire for what you want in your life, truly believe that it is possible and in yourself, then with faith, it is yours.

The Dark Interval

The Dark Interval
Author: Rainer Maria Rilke
Publisher: Modern Library
Total Pages: 129
Release: 2018-08-14
Genre: Literary Collections
ISBN: 0525509844
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From the writer of the classic Letters to a Young Poet, reflections on grief and loss, collected and published here in one volume for the first time. “A great poet’s reflections on our greatest mystery.”—Billy Collins “A treasure . . . The solace Rilke offers is uncommon, uplifting and necessary.”—The Guardian Gleaned from Rainer Maria Rilke’s voluminous, never-before-translated letters to bereaved friends and acquaintances, The Dark Interval is a profound vision of the mourning process and a meditation on death’s place in our lives. Following the format of Letters to a Young Poet, this book arranges Rilke’s letters into an uninterrupted sequence, showcasing the full range of the great author’s thoughts on death and dying, as well as his sensitive and moving expressions of consolation and condolence. Presented with care and authority by master translator Ulrich Baer, The Dark Interval is a literary treasure, an indispensable resource for anyone searching for solace, comfort, and meaning in a time of grief. Praise for The Dark Interval “Even though each of these letters of condolence is personalized with intimate detail, together they hammer home Rilke’s remarkable truth about the death of another: that the pain of it can force us into a ‘deeper . . . level of life’ and render us more ‘vibrant.’ Here we have a great poet’s reflections on our greatest mystery.”—Billy Collins “As we live our lives, it is possible to feel not sadness or melancholy but a rush of power as the life of others passes into us. This rhapsodic volume teaches us that death is not a negation but a deepening experience in the onslaught of existence. What a wise and victorious book!”—Henri Cole

The Beauty of What Remains

The Beauty of What Remains
Author: Steve Leder
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 242
Release: 2021-01-05
Genre: Self-Help
ISBN: 0593187555
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The national bestseller From the author of the bestselling More Beautiful Than Before comes an inspiring book about loss based on his most popular sermon. As the senior rabbi of one of the largest synagogues in the world, Steve Leder has learned over and over again the many ways death teaches us how to live and love more deeply by showing us not only what is gone but also the beauty of what remains. This inspiring and comforting book takes us on a journey through the experience of loss that is fundamental to everyone. Yet even after having sat beside thousands of deathbeds, Steve Leder the rabbi was not fully prepared for the loss of his own father. It was only then that Steve Leder the son truly learned how loss makes life beautiful by giving it meaning and touching us with love that we had not felt before. Enriched by Rabbi Leder's irreverence, vulnerability, and wicked sense of humor, this heartfelt narrative is filled with laughter and tears, the wisdom of millennia and modernity, and, most of all, an unfolding of the profound and simple truth that in loss we gain more than we ever imagined.