Certain to be an indispensable guide to millions, this work by the author of Shamefaced offers an innovative and profoundly touching series of meditations on grief in all its seasons and emotions. Themes such as Rage, Exile, Abandonment, Silences, and Spiritual Awakenings can be found throughout the book in chapters no more than one or two pages long.

Stephanie Ericsson is a screenwriter and advertising copywriter and the author of ShameFaced and Recovering Together. She began writing a journal of her experiences after the loss of her husband while she was pregnant with their only child, and later published a widely acclaimed excerpt from the book in the Utne Reader. A frequent speaker on the subjects of loss, she lives in Minneapolis, Minnesota.