Book
The truth about grief : the myth of its five stages and the new science of loss
Edition
1st Simon & Schuster hardcover ed.
Publication Information
New York : Simon & Schuster, c2011.
Physical Description
258 p. ; 22 cm.
Summary
In this illuminating account of how we grieve, Ruth David Konigsberg reveals that everything we thought we knew about confronting loss is wrong. She maintains that people cope with grief thanks largely to the human capacity for resilience, relying heavily on the work of psychologist George Bonanno.
Contents
- The American way of grief
- Is widowhood forever?
- The work of grief
- The making of a bestseller
- The grief counseling industry
- The grief disease and resilience
- Grief and the sexes
- Grief for export.