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 father.
  
    
  
  As Sorrow grows more concerned that her outrageous relatives will damn her
  only chance at hap