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Widows' Words: Women Write on the Experience of Grief, the First Year, the Long Haul, and Everything in Between
Contributor(s): Bauer-Maglin, Nan (Editor), Goode-Elman, Alice (Contribution by), Dunham, Kelli (Contribution by)
ISBN: 0813599539     ISBN-13: 9780813599533
Publisher: Rutgers University Press
OUR PRICE:   $28.76  
Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats
Published: May 2019
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BISAC Categories:
- Social Science | Death & Dying
- Family & Relationships | Death, Grief, Bereavement
- Literary Collections | Women Authors
Dewey: 306.883
LCCN: 2018031137
Physical Information: 1" H x 5.9" W x 9.1" (1.15 lbs) 282 pages
Themes:
- Topical - Death/Dying
- Sex & Gender - Feminine
- Topical - Family
 
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Publisher Description:
Becoming a widow is one of the most traumatic life events that a woman can experience. Yet, as this remarkable new collection reveals, each woman responds to that trauma differently. Here, forty-three widows tell their stories, in their own words.

Some were widowed young, while others were married for decades. Some cared for their late partners through long terminal illnesses, while others lost their partners suddenly. Some had male partners, while others had female partners. Yet each of these women faced the same basic dilemma: how to go on living when a part of you is gone.

Widows' Words is arranged chronologically, starting with stories of women preparing for their partners' deaths, followed by the experiences of recent widows still reeling from their fresh loss, and culminating in the accounts of women who lost their partners many years ago but still experience waves of grief. Their accounts deal honestly with feelings of pain, sorrow, and despair, and yet there are also powerful expressions of strength, hope, and even joy. Whether you are a widow yourself or have simply experienced loss, you will be sure to find something moving and profound in these diverse tales of mourning, remembrance, and resilience.