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Record Nr.

UNINA9910800039403321

Autore

Abrams Rebecca

Titolo

When parents die : learning to live with the loss of a parent / / Rebecca Abrams

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Abingdon, Oxon : , : Routledge, , 2013

ISBN

1-136-17111-8

1-283-97331-6

0-203-08101-3

1-136-17112-6

Edizione

[3rd ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (265 p.)

Disciplina

155.9/37

Soggetti

Grief

Bereavement - Psychological aspects

Parents - Death - Psychological aspects

Loss (Psychology)

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

WHEN PARENTS DIE Learning to live with the loss of aparent; Copyright; Letters from Readers; Contents; Acknowledgements; Foreword; Introduction; 1 My story; 2 First days, last rites; 3 Different deaths, different griefs; 4 Mourning time: the first year; 5 Mourning time: the second year and after; 6 Changes and losses: the private kind; 7 Changes and losses: the public kind; 8 Old grief in new guises; 9 Pathways to the future; Useful organizations; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

The death of a parent marks an emotional and psychological watershed in a person's life. For children and teenagers, the loss of a parent if not handled sensitively can be a lasting trauma, and for adults too, a parent's death can be a tremendous blow.When Parents Die speaks to bereaved children of all ages. Rebecca Abrams draws on her personal and professional understandings of parental loss, as well as the experiences of many other adults, teenagers and children, to provide the reader with an honest, compassionate and insightful exploration of the experience of losing a pa