Grief is a Sneaky Bitch: An Uncensored Guide to Navigating Loss
(Paperback)
Publishing Details
Grief is a Sneaky Bitch: An Uncensored Guide to Navigating Loss
By (Author) Lisa Keefauver
Headline Publishing Group
Headline Home
26th November 2024
7th November 2024
United Kingdom
Classifications
General
Non Fiction
Coping with / advice about death and bereavement
155.937
Physical Properties
Paperback
320
Width 154mm, Height 232mm, Spine 42mm
390g
Description
'A truly helpful, honest, and important trail map for the journey we all eventually must take through grief' - Steve Leder, New York Times bestselling author of The Beauty of What Remains
'An immense amount of knowledge and science around grief and the grieving process' - Colin Campbell, author of Finding the WordsWhen social worker Lisa Keefauver became a widow in 2011, she was alarmed to discover that even though 100 percent of us experience loss, we're living in a grief illiterate world. In her work as a therapist, and in her search for help in the wake of her own loss, Keefauver began to see how the misguided stories we consume about grief lead to unnecessary suffering. Responding to the problematic narratives that grief is something to move on from after completing the five stages like some sort of to-do list, Keefauver became a grief activist. Through this book and her hit podcast of the same title, she creates a safe place to be inside the messiness of it all, to discover the full spectrum of grief, and to find the tools that help grievers move forward, not on. Grief is a Sneaky Bitch is a comprehensive guide-both a manual full of insights and skills and, even more importantly, a thoughtful companion that helps readers feel seen and held. Keefauver shares her personal and professional wisdom alongside the lessons she's learned from clinicians, authors, poets, and friends. In place of rigid instructions and must-do checklists, Grief is a Sneaky Bitch invites reflection, encourages self-compassion and explores the therapeutic power of humour with, yes, a bit of profanity.Reviews
Lisa Keefauver has crafted a warm, irreverent, and powerful guide for those of us who are either navigating grief, or supporting the bereaved. She manages the extraordinary feat of being inviting and accessible while at the same time packing in an immense amount of knowledge and science around grief and the grieving process. Grief is a Sneaky Bitch is an extraordinary, must-read companion for anyone struggling with any form of grief or loss. - Colin Campbell, author of Finding the Words: Working Through Profound Loss with Hope and Purpose
A truly helpful, honest, and important trail map for the journey we all eventually must take through grief. In easy-to-remember, sometimes funny, sometimes sad, but always truthful ways, Lisa is a superb guide. - Steve Leder, New York Times bestselling author of The Beauty of What Remains: How Our Greatest Fear Becomes our Greatest Gift
Grief is a Sneaky Bitch is wise, accessible, safe, practical, and ultimately life-enhancing. Lisa's capacity to capture so many types of grief experiences, while honouring each and every one of them, astounds and comforts. This book is a true companion that each of us should always have close by. - Myra Sack, founder of E-Motion, Inc., author of Fifty-seven Fridays: Losing Our Daughter, Finding Our Way
