A Little Book of Self-Care for Those Who Grieve

Product Description
Weep. Scream. Hate. Disbelieve. Go numb.
Breathe.
This beautiful book offers a gentle and honest guide for surviving the early days of grief―shock, trauma, disbelief―and beyond. In simple, easy-to-absorb pages composed of short, poetic text and spot illustrations, readers will begin to find the path they need to move through their grief, step by step. From grieving a sudden death or a long illness, someone hard to love or impossible to live without, anyone suffering a loss will see themselves and their grief reflected in these pages.
When author Paula Becker’s son was killed in 2017, she reached for grief books to help her understand how to proceed through the enormous grief engulfing her. Most grief books are tens of thousands of words long―helpful resources, but often too overwhelming for the newly bereaved to navigate with shattered attention spans and broken hearts. With A Little Book of Self-Care for Those Who Grieve, as only someone who knows grief intimately can, Paula Becker offers grievers a touchstone, quiet snippets of care and advice that can be returned to again and again as they travel the lifelong road of grief. A planned foreword from a notable voice in the grief community as well as a resources section rounds out this essential book.
In the vein of It's OK That You're Not OK, A Little Book of Self-Care for Those Who Grieve acknowledges the brokenness, the pain, and how grief alters your reality and with great tenderness and gentle compassion, walks with readers in that new world.
Review
“Becker’s authentic sharing of her own experience offers readers suggested instruction rarely given but frequently sought after. This book will go a long way to help others who struggle with the death of a loved one feel less alone.”
—Laura Takacs, LICSW, MPH, Clinical Director,
Grief Services, Virginia Mason Medical Center\n“There’s no map for grief, but . . . Paula Becker’s suggestions light a path to navigate the early days of intense grief and heartbreak.”\n—Jana DeCristofaro, LCSW, Community Response Program Coordinator,
The Dougy Center for Grieving Children and Families
Review
"This book is perfect. It's truly perfect in every way. It finds the right words to express what you feel, and has the right words to comfort and be able to breathe. Most importantly, it makes you feel ok, and that you are not losing your mind, even in those moments when grief overwhelms you and your pain is more than you can handle. I have read a lot about grief since my mom died Christmas 2016. More recently, I came home from work on April 8, 2021 to find my partner dead. This book is the best one I've read, because it actually helps. I'm not crazy for wearing his shirts or mom's necklaces. It's OK to have normal dishtowels and special ones (mom's), which I treat more carefully, and a million other little things that I do or I keep and treasure for the most benign reasons. This book is important. This book helps. This book should be given to everyone, who has lost someone recently. This book can give people, who feel they don't want to continue a life without the person they lost, moments to catch a breath, thing to do to process the grief, permission to feel their feelings, something that soothes and calms and the sense that it will become bearable with time. Thank you to NetGalley for providing me with a free review copy, and to Paula Becker for writing this book, which has made a difference in my life. That's priceless beyond what my words can express." --Katarina O.
"This book was great. Like the title, it’s a book of self care for those who are grieving. Excerpts are short and are easy to read through. This book reminds those to breathe, process, and just take care of you during an extremely difficult time. I did wish the book was a bit longer, but as the author explains, it’s the perfect length for those who are still in the early stages of grief (as well as those who have been grieving for