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A Little Book of Self-Care for Those Who Grieve

My First Five Years in Books

Paula Becker author Rebekah Nichols illustrator

Format:Hardback

Publisher:Girl Friday Productions

Published:11th Nov '21

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A thoughtful and gentle approach to working through grief, specifically created for those in the overwhelming early days of loss.

Weep. Scream. Hate. Disbelieve. Go numb.

Breathe.

This beautiful book offers a gentle and honest guide for surviving the early days of grief—shock, trauma, disbelief—and beyond. In simple, easy-to-absorb pages composed of short, poetic text and spot illustrations, readers will begin to find the path they need to move through their grief, step by step. From grieving a sudden death or a long illness, someone hard to love or impossible to live without, anyone suffering a loss will see themselves and their grief reflected in these pages.

When author Paula Becker’s son was killed in 2017, she reached for grief books to help her understand how to proceed through the enormous grief engulfing her. Most grief books are tens of thousands of words long—helpful resources, but often too overwhelming for the newly bereaved to navigate with shattered attention spans and broken hearts. With A Little Book of Self-Care for Those Who Grieve, as only someone who knows grief intimately can, Paula Becker offers grievers a touchstone, quiet snippets of care and advice that can be returned to again and again as they travel the lifelong road of grief. A planned foreword from a notable voice in the grief community as well as a resources section rounds out this essential book.

In the vein of It's OK That You're Not OK, A Little Book of Self-Care for Those Who Grieve acknowledges the brokenness, the pain, and how grief alters your reality and with great tenderness and gentle compassion, walks with readers in that new world.

“Becker’s authentic sharing of her own experience offers readers suggested instruction rarely given but frequently sought after. This book will go a long way to help others who struggle with the death of a loved one feel less alone.”—Laura Takacs, LICSW, MPH, Clinical Director,Grief Services, Virginia Mason Medical Center “There’s no map for grief, but . . . Paula Becker’s suggestions light a path to navigate the early days of intense grief and heartbreak.” —Jana DeCristofaro, LCSW, Community Response Program Coordinator, The Dougy Center for Grieving Children and Families

ISBN: 9781736357958

Dimensions: 177mm x 127mm x 13mm

Weight: unknown

112 pages