Understanding Your Grieving Heart After a Loved Ones Death

After debunking myths about the grieving process, e.g., that it lasts only a few months, Mary M. Wong (editor, The National Directory of Bereavement Support Groups and Services) traces the stages of grief (shock, denial, despair, renewal), manifestations (e.g., regrets, depression, anger, workaholism) and effects on marriage, children, friendships and work relationships in Understanding Your Grieving Heart After a Loved One's Death. Even if we've seen others mourn a loss, says Wong, we may be taken by surprise at our responses to the death of an intimate, particularly the sense of being out of control that often accompanies bereavement. Grieving readers will appreciate this warm, wise guide by an experienced bereavement counselor and crime victims' rights advocate. ( Dec.)