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Title: Not Helpful to Me
Review: I have read other books on grief and this one is not as good as any of the others I've read. It puts down some of the theories of Elisabeth Kubler-Ross who has written many wonderful books on grief. Some of the statements in it are so simplistic that they sound stupid. The book puts down the "denial" aspect of grief by saying that none of the people they interviewed ever denied that their loved one had died. That's not what the "denial" step is about. It's about saying "This can't be happening to me" or "I must be having a nightmare," when faced with the loss of a loved one. I would appreciate the book more if they just said the book contains their beliefs about getting through grief and not that what they think is the gospel and what anyone else has written is wrong. I'm also reading a book, Transcending Loss, by Ashley Davis Bush who is a therapist and grief counselor and am finding it much more relevant and beneficial to getting through grief.
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