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Review of Living Forward After Loss
[Following is a volunteer review of "Living Forward After Loss" by Kathleen Ho.]
It is always tragic to lose a partner, the parent, or relative untimely. In Living Forward After Loss: Rebuilding Your Life After Losing Your Life Partner, Kathleen Ho shared her experiences of grief and healing after the death of her spouse, David. They had been married for 10 years. David died of a stroke. In this book, Kathleen Ho shared her journey of healing from sorrow, grief, misery, depression, and even thoughts of suicide. She elaborated that grief is an important condition in the healing process and, one should not keep the sadness on hold within.
Kathleen Ho explained in the second chapter that we should allow our emotions to flow, but never let them take over. We should learn from our past experiences. We should do self-care and avoid overconsumption of alcohol as well as drug abuse. They deteriorate our health, decision-making capacity and make us more vulnerable to depression. She advised exercise, long walks, writing a diary, company of good friends and relatives to reduce stress and sorrow. One should try to rediscover the aims of living a life that can bring relief to the grieving person.
Every chapter starts with an inspirational quote of some famous personality. The thing I liked was chapters with a summary, highlighting the main insights to maintain continuity. The book is written in simple language. The other thing I liked about this book is that it highlighted the points that one should avoid saying to the griever. Kathleen Ho has shown that it is hard to move on, but it is not impossible. Doors should not be closed for the new and compatible person to enter your life. The scene described by Kathleen Ho in chapter 3 about the last two smiles of David before leaving the world was very heart-touching. That scene was continuously revolving around my mind wherever she talked about David.
I did not dislike much in the book except the repetitions of emotions and few mistakes. However, they did not affect my overall reading experience. I rate this book 3 out of 4 stars due to some typing and grammatical errors. The book could have been edited better.
I would recommend this non-fiction book to readers who prefer to read about love and the people who lost their loved ones untimely. This book would show them the path to heal and may help in coping with the grief. Kathleen Ho did a commendable job of writing down such a guiding book.
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Living Forward After Loss
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It is always tragic to lose a partner, the parent, or relative untimely. In Living Forward After Loss: Rebuilding Your Life After Losing Your Life Partner, Kathleen Ho shared her experiences of grief and healing after the death of her spouse, David. They had been married for 10 years. David died of a stroke. In this book, Kathleen Ho shared her journey of healing from sorrow, grief, misery, depression, and even thoughts of suicide. She elaborated that grief is an important condition in the healing process and, one should not keep the sadness on hold within.
Kathleen Ho explained in the second chapter that we should allow our emotions to flow, but never let them take over. We should learn from our past experiences. We should do self-care and avoid overconsumption of alcohol as well as drug abuse. They deteriorate our health, decision-making capacity and make us more vulnerable to depression. She advised exercise, long walks, writing a diary, company of good friends and relatives to reduce stress and sorrow. One should try to rediscover the aims of living a life that can bring relief to the grieving person.
Every chapter starts with an inspirational quote of some famous personality. The thing I liked was chapters with a summary, highlighting the main insights to maintain continuity. The book is written in simple language. The other thing I liked about this book is that it highlighted the points that one should avoid saying to the griever. Kathleen Ho has shown that it is hard to move on, but it is not impossible. Doors should not be closed for the new and compatible person to enter your life. The scene described by Kathleen Ho in chapter 3 about the last two smiles of David before leaving the world was very heart-touching. That scene was continuously revolving around my mind wherever she talked about David.
I did not dislike much in the book except the repetitions of emotions and few mistakes. However, they did not affect my overall reading experience. I rate this book 3 out of 4 stars due to some typing and grammatical errors. The book could have been edited better.
I would recommend this non-fiction book to readers who prefer to read about love and the people who lost their loved ones untimely. This book would show them the path to heal and may help in coping with the grief. Kathleen Ho did a commendable job of writing down such a guiding book.
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Living Forward After Loss
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