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Title: Poignant, compelling, and informative.
Review: This is an extraordinary book. The combination of literary selections and the editors' poignant and personal introductions to the various chapters make a powerful and unforgettable reading experience. This book is not only for bereaved parents. It should be read by anyone who wishes to have a more profound understanding of the way tragedy can affect family, friends, acquaintances, and yourself. Furthermore, one obtains a tremendous insight from this book as to how the creative process of poets, authors, songwriters, playwrights, etc. is inspired and motivated by loss. Finally, the literary selections themselves, which range chronologically from Homer to contemporary writers such as John Irving and Ann Tyler and Eric Clapton"s lyrics to "Tears in Heaven", are keenly illustrative of the complex and multi-faceted aspects of the worst thing that can happen to a parent.
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