title: With You: Coping with the Loss of a Loved One
author:  Susan V. Bertram 
description: "A deeply felt, child-appropriate book on dying that's resonant for all ages." - Kirkus Reviews<br /><br /><span>"This elegantly simple book by Bertram, an art therapist, focuses on the close relationship between a grandmother and her grandchild. It's told from the child's point of view as the youngster processes the impending loss of a beloved grandmother ... The expressive flow and swirl of Bertram's and DiGuiseppi's colorful mixed-media illustrations provide a complementary backdrop to the well-crafted text. The author makes no reference to religion, instead offering readers of all ages an inclusive, uplifting message of transition, connection and spiritual renewal." - Kirkus Reviews</span><br /><br /><div>"I love the way Susan Bertram explains death in such a gentle way and the illustrations are just beautiful ... [With You] will provide comfort and understanding for many children and adults who are grieving or facing their own dying." - Dr. Nancy Wesson, Psychologist, Palo Alto, CA</div>
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  ### An Eccentric Engagement
  
  
    
  
  
  Sorrow Marchand has patiently endured the
  
  
  taunts of London society for her bold speech and curious ways, yet
  
  
  it was those very qualities of the sparkling young beauty that
  
  
  caught the eye of the Honorable Bertram Carlyle and ultimately
  
  
  elicited an offer of marriage from him. But the usually candid
  
  
  Sorrow has kept her ludicrously madcap family a well-hidden secret
  
  
  from her betrothed—and now he is coming to visit!
  
  
    
  
  
  Bertram was an exceedingly suitable suitor,
  
  
  but for all his many fine traits he had been harshly schooled under
  
  
  the oppressive thumb of his father and had meekly embraced many of
  
  
  the man’s conventional attitudes. Upon meeting Sorrow’s family and
  
  
  becoming swept up in the endless swirl of silly chaos, he senses a
  
  
  conflict of epic proportions on the horizon—both within himself and
  
  
  with his fa