A warm, moving and practical guide to grief from one of the UK's leading bereavement counsellors.
Julia Samuel, MBE, is a leading British psychotherapist. During the last thirty years, she has worked first for the NHS and then in private practice. She is Founder Patron of Child Bereavement UK. Her previous books are This Too Shall Pass and Grief Works, both of which were Sunday Times bestsellers. She lives in London with her husband, and has four children and six grandchildren.
A profoundly moving book by an extraordinary storyteller - Julia
Samuel describes her patients' stories of loss with great
sensitivity and fascinating psychological insight. Essential for
anyone who has ever experienced grief, or wanted to comfort a
bereaved friend
*Helen Fielding, bestselling author of 'Bridget Jones' Diary'*
Fascinating. A wise and compassionate book full of insight and
understanding that would help anyone experiencing grief, or those
surrounding them. I am so glad this book exists.
*Cathy Rentzenbrink, author of 'The Last Act of Love'*
What an amazing book! I absolutely LOVE it. Intelligent,
empathetic, modest, funny, and learned - it's an amazing feat.
*Rabbi Julia Neuberger*
A wonderfully important and transforming book - lucid, consoling
and wise.
*William Boyd, bestselling author of 'Sweet Caress'*
Julia Samuel's wise, compassionate voice speaks out on every page
of this exceptionally moving book offering courage and hope:
emotions that are sometimes inaudible and and unattainable to those
who grieve. Her exceptional understanding of the way human beings
think/love/mourn makes Grief Works an invaluable guide to
understanding the complex emotions around death. Through the
inspirational stories of those many people she has helped, both the
dying and the surviving, Julia Samuel dissipates fear and
demonstrates the extraordinary resilience of humankind.
*Juliet Nicolson, author of 'A House Full of Daughters'*
The stories of [Julia's] clients are set out with such eloquence,
sensitivity and insight and I learned something from each one of
them. I liked her honesty about how difficult it can be for a
therapist to find a way into communication with someone who is in
the throes of grief, and how much the therapist can doubt herself.
And the way she teases out the slow, arduous process of recovery is
truly heartening. I don't often read a book which offers such
direct and generous support.
*Helen Dunmore*
The book will allow us to stop feeling awkward and uncertain about
death - and why we should talk honestly about grief
*Guardian*
A moving guide to dealing with grief - a rigorous, researched but
above all readable study of how to deal with death, dying and
grieving. The book is self-help at its most philosophical,
practical and profound... Anyone who has every struggled with the
obscure, muddled, vulnerable, uncertain, fearful, elemental process
of bereavement, or facing their own mortality, should find this
book of help
*Sunday Times*
This invaluable guide gets to the heart of grief, showing how a
simple act like making a meal for someone who is bereaved, or
sending a card with memories of the deceased, can make all the
difference
*Sunday Express S Magazine*
Psychotherapist Julia Samuel's case studies provide vital and
compelling insights into bereavement (...) fascinating and
affecting
*Observer*
If a single book could help you to be kinder and more
compassionate, could expand and deepen your understanding of other
people (and possibly yourself) and make you less afraid of dying in
the process, you would surely be eager to acquire it at once. Well
look no further, for Grief Works is that book
*Spectator*
Brilliant
*Mariella Frostrup*
Samuel turns out to be a remarkable writer (...) what is impressive
is that such harrowing material should result in such a readable
book
*The Oldie*
A very helpful book
*The Lady*
A brilliantly insightful look at the complexities of
bereavement
*Daily Mail Ireland*
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