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Autore |
Attig Thomas <1945-> |
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Titolo |
The heart of grief [[electronic resource] ] : death and the search for lasting love / / Thomas Attig |
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New York, : Oxford University Press, 2000 |
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0-19-773568-1 |
0-19-028366-1 |
1-280-65497-X |
0-19-802795-8 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (310 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Bereavement - Psychological aspects |
Death - Psychological aspects |
Grief |
Loss (Psychology) |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Contents; Preface; I. PLACES IN THE HEART; II. TRANSITIONS TO LASTING LOVE; III. MEMORIES; IV. PRACTICAL LIFE; V. LIFE OF THE SOUL: RETURNING HOME; VI. LIFE OF THE SPIRIT: REVIVING HOPE; Afterword: Grief Is a Journey of the Heart; Acknowledgments |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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""What's gone and what's past help,"" Shakespeare wrote, ""should be past grief."" But Thomas Attig argues that Shakespeare is wrong--that a grieving survivor need never let go. In The Heart of Grief, Attig gives us an inspiring and profoundly insightful meditation on the meaning of grief, showing how it can be the path toward a lasting love of those who have died. Recounting dozens of stories of people who have struggled with deaths in their lives, he describesgrieving as a transition from loving in presence to loving in separation. The thing we long for most--the return of the one who i |
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