{"product_id":"the-empty-room-understanding-sibling-loss-9780743201520","title":"The Empty Room: Understanding Sibling Loss","description":"\u003ch2\u003eAbout The Empty Room: Understanding Sibling Loss\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\nTed is Elizabeth DeVita-Raeburn's older brother, best friend, and the \"ringmaster of her days.\" On a September morning when she is six, she wakes up and Ted is gone. Her parents explain that he went to the hospital for a while. \"A while\" turns out to be eight years in a plastic bubble, where he dies of a rare autoimmune disease at age seventeen.\n\n\u003ci\u003eThe Empty Room\u003c\/i\u003e is DeVita-Raeburn's unflinching, often haunting recollection of life with Ted, woven into a larger exploration of the enormous -- and often unacknowledged -- impact of a sister's or brother's death on remaining siblings.\n\n\u003ch2\u003eA Unique Blend of Personal Memoir and Research\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\nWith an inspired blend of life experience, journalistic acumen, and research training, DeVita-Raeburn draws on interviews of more than two hundred survivors to render a powerful portrait of the range of conditions and emotions, from withdrawal to guilt to rage, that attend such loss. Finding little in professional literature, she realizes that those who suffer are the experts. And in the end, it is DeVita-Raeburn and her experts who present a larger, more complex understanding of the sibling bond, the lifelong impact of the severing of that bond, and the tools needed to heal and move forward.\n\n\u003ch2\u003eEssential Reading for Grief Support\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\n\u003ci\u003eThe Empty Room\u003c\/i\u003e is a fascinating literary hybrid in which Elizabeth DeVita-Raeburn seamlessly fuses deeply affecting remembrance with a pragmatic, lucidly written exploration of the healing journey. This paperback edition offers practical insights for anyone navigating the complex emotions of sibling death, making it an invaluable resource for those seeking understanding and healing after loss.\n\n\u003ch2\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\nElizabeth DeVita-Raeburn has been a science and health journalist for twelve years, and has worked for such publications as \u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eHarper's Bazaar\u003c\/i\u003e. She holds an MFA in science writing from Johns Hopkins University and is currently finishing a degree in public health at Columbia University.","brand":"Scribner Book Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50680723341586,"sku":"9780743201520","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_aa9643f0-3c0f-48f7-9d1c-aa267cb7f35e.jpg?v=1734924348","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-empty-room-understanding-sibling-loss-9780743201520","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}