After the Death of a Child

[W]ritten with warmth, depth, and sensitivity… it will be a comfort to those some way down the road, helping them understand their sorrow and pain, and affirming their own individual way of grieving. – June Gooch Newsletter of the Compassionate Friends The bravery that Ann Finkbeiner must have had to write this book is incredible… By using her own and other parents’ experiences, the author makes the issues speakable, and a sense of peace through connectedness with these parents is conveyed to the reader. – Marceil Bauman-Bork, MD Bulletin of the Menninger Clinic Find a copy… It will exhaust and replenish you. – Gary Grant We Need Not Walk Alone Enriching. One is struck by the mysterious power of attachment and love in the parent-child bond. – Holly Perkins, M.D. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Like mourning itself, this powerful book, much of it in the words of bereaved parents, evokes a series of reactions… It illustrates the hard fact [of human suffering] but also our resilience. New York Times The first book to examine the long-term nature of parental grief through the tales of those who suffer it. Although the book includes most current grief research, its authorities are parents. Baltimore Sun

Ann K. Finkbeiner is an award-winning science journalist and regular contributor to Science, The Sciences, and USA Today and coauthor of The Guide to Living with HIV Infection, also available from Johns Hopkins.