The accounts promote our understanding of grief itself, encourage
respect for individuality and the uniqueness of loss experiences,
show how to deal with helplessness in the face of 'choiceless'
events, and offer much priceless guidance for caregivers.
Ggrieving is not a process of passively living through stages.
nor is it a clinical problem to be solved or managed by others.
How We Grieve shows that grieving is an active, coping process
of relearning how to be and act in a world where loss transforms
the fabric of our lives. Loss challenges us to learn things
and places; relationships with others, including fellow survivors,
the deceased and even God: and most of all ourselves, including
our daily life patterns and the meanings of our own life stories.
About the author
Thomas Attig was 1995-96 President of the Association for death
education and Counseling. Formerly a professor of philosophy
at Bowling Green State University, he has been teaching and
writing about death, dying, grief , and loss since 1974. He
now lives in San Francisco, California.
