{"product_id":"about-grief-insights-setbacks-grace-notes-taboos-9781442226166","title":"About Grief: Insights, Setbacks, Grace Notes, Taboos","description":"\u003ci\u003eAbout Grief\u003c\/i\u003e is a refreshingly down-to-earth book about an issue that blindsides many people. Written in a warm and conversational way that is, at times, deeply moving, at times, surprisingly amusing, and always practical, it covers a wide range of issues facing people in grief. Marasco and Shuff have done the footwork for readers who wish to know more about this complex subject. Using a variety of sources, including books, films, music and many hours spent talking with people in grief, the authors distill their candid insights into a series of short, single-topic-essays that can be easily digested in one sitting-a format they found grieving people preferred. This is not a book written by clinicians, so there's no cold jargon. It's not a memoir of one individual's grief, so it has something for everyone. And it's not a soft-peddling inspirational book. It's a wise, plain-spoken, comforting book about an intimidating topic. As one reader recently said of \u003ci\u003eAbout Grief\u003c\/i\u003e: \"Reading this book is like having a smart, entertaining friend around-at a time when you really need one.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRon Marasco\u003c\/b\u003e is a professor in the College of Communication and Fine Arts at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles. His first book, \u003ci\u003eNotes to an Actor\u003c\/i\u003e, was named by the American Library Association an \"Outstanding Book of 2008.\" For the past five years he has taught a very popular course on the subject of grief using film, theatre, literature and oral history as a way to study this often intimidating subject. He has acted extensively on TV--in everything from \u003ci\u003eLost\u003c\/i\u003e to \u003ci\u003eWest Wing\u003c\/i\u003e to \u003ci\u003eEntourage\u003c\/i\u003e -and appeared opposite screen legend Kirk Douglas in the movie \u003ci\u003eIllusion\u003c\/i\u003e, for which he also wrote the screenplay. He has a BA from Fordham at Lincoln Center and an MA and Ph. D. from UCLA. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eBrian Shuff\u003c\/b\u003e is a writer from Mesa, Arizona, who now lives in Los Angeles where he is at work completing a book of short stories. His mother died when he was eight years old, giving him a life-long interest in the subject of grief. Along with Ron Marasco he has written a screenplay based on Louise Hay's groundbreaking book, \u003ci\u003eYou Can Heal Your Life\u003c\/i\u003e that will premiere in 2011. He and Marasco are also working on a dramatic adaptation of John McNulty's book \u003ci\u003eThis Place on Third Avenue\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Rowman \u0026 Littlefield Publishers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50527609422098,"sku":"9781442226166","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_657799cf-718d-40e3-97ea-94bbadebbf9a.jpg?v=1766485523","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/about-grief-insights-setbacks-grace-notes-taboos-9781442226166","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}