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Record Nr.

UNINA9910149202203321

Autore

Brabant Sarah

Titolo

Mending the torn fabric : for those who grieve and those who want to help them / / Sarah Brabant

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Amityville, N.Y., : Baywood Pub. Co., c1996

ISBN

1-315-22413-5

1-351-84297-8

1-351-84298-6

0-89503-591-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (171 p.)

Collana

Death, value, and meaning series

Disciplina

155.9/37

Soggetti

Bereavement - Psychological aspects

Grief

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Originally published: Amityville, N.Y. : Baywood Pub. Co., ©1996.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 145-146) and index.

Nota di contenuto

""Mending the Torn Fabric: For Those Who Grieve and Those Who Want to Help Them""; ""Cover""; ""Title Page""; ""Copyright Page""; ""CONTENTS""; ""Chapter 1 The Torn Fabric""; ""Chapter 2 Places To Mend""; ""Chapter 3 Places To Avoid""; ""Chapter 4 How Many Tears?""; ""Chapter 5 Earlier Tears""; ""Chapter 6 Future Tears""; ""Chapter 7 Needles And Threads""; ""Chapter 8 Complicated Mending""; ""Chapter 9 The Mended Fabric""; ""Chapter 10 Guidelines For Those Who Want to Help""; ""Chapter 11 Notes for the Professional: Theoretical Underpinnings and Use of Analogy ""; ""Bibliography""

""Resources for Bereaved Persons""""Suggested Readings/Nideos""; ""Index""; ""Select Titles from the: Death, Value and Meaning Series""; ""Back Cover""

Sommario/riassunto

The analogy of the torn fabric was first used by the author in response to a bereaved mother's cry: "I know what grief feels like; I don't know what it looks like." In "Mending the Torn Fabric: For Those Who Grieve and Those Who Want to Help Them", the author expands the metaphor to include earlier and future or potential losses as well as losses associated with the death that may be unrecognized or minimized. This book includes chapters that examine complications that may be



present or may arise, suggestions for mending even the most torn fabric, and a chapter dedicated to friends who want to help. Stories bereaved persons have shared with the author through the years are interspersed throughout the book to provide examples of loss and mending.