UNATTENDED SORROW: Recovering from Loss and Reviving the Heart
Stephen Levine, . . Rodale, $23.95 (225pp) ISBN 978-1-59486-065-2
According to Levine, "unattended sorrow," even years after a loss, casts a shadow over one's entire life, leading to fear, doubt, shame and, more concretely, eating disorders, troubled sleep and sexual dysfunction. These sorrows, he writes, involve not only death but "the ungrieved losses of love betrayed, of trusts broken, and of the repeated bruises left by unkindness" that, unheeded, "sink well below the level of our awareness." In this valuable addition to the literature on mourning and bereavement, Levine writes in a soothing voice informed by many of the principles of Buddhism, but also encompassing all the major spiritual traditions. Levine (
Reviewed on: 12/20/2004
Genre: Nonfiction
Paperback - 240 pages - 978-1-939681-90-4
Paperback - 225 pages - 978-1-59486-381-3