{"product_id":"companion-through-the-darkness-inner-dialogues-on-grief-9780060969745","title":"Companion Through the Darkness: Inner Dialogues on Grief","description":"As a result of her own experience with many kind of loss, Stephanie Ericsson offers an intimate, profoundly touching guide for those in grief, legitimizing the complex and often taboo emotions we all feel when loss transforms our lives. In \u003cem\u003e Companion Through the Darkness, \u003c\/em\u003e Stephanie Ericsson defines grief as \"the constant reawakening that things are now different.\" Using a very simple format -- which combines excerpts from her own diary writings with brief essays -- she vividly speaks the language of loss and captures the contradictory, wrenching, and chaotic emotions of grief. The book can be opened at any point to chapters no more than a few pages long on such themes as: \u003cp\u003e Abandonment: The sudden state I am forced into. I no longer belong to you. I no longer belong to anyone. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Rage: The state I use to survive seemingly moments of intolerable pain. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Humor: The backside of agony. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Pity: The look on people's faces when they haven't a clue what to say to me. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Transition: The moments, strung out over months, when I know I am no longer the woman I was, but not quite the woman I am becoming. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e The result is compelling, intimate, and heartbreakingly truthful -- a book that promises to be enormously sought-after support and touchstone for all those making their own journey through grief.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eEricsson, Stephanie:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Stephanie Ericsson is a screenwriter and advertising copywriter and the author of \u003cem\u003eShameFaced\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eRecovering Together.\u003c\/em\u003e She began writing a journal of her experiences after the loss of her husband while she was pregnant with their only child, and later published a widely acclaimed excerpt from the book in the \u003cem\u003eUtne Reader.\u003c\/em\u003e A frequent speaker on the subjects of loss, she lives in Minneapolis, Minnesota.","brand":"William Morrow \u0026 Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50523382415634,"sku":"9780060969745","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_4c19f83d-4d0a-465e-a919-0aab8d085077.jpg?v=1731146323","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/companion-through-the-darkness-inner-dialogues-on-grief-9780060969745","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}