How to Help a Grieving Friend

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This book will help you be a source of comfort and strength to a grieving friend by equipping you to say words that will bring consolation and healing. Stephanie Grace Whitson, the author, identifies the subtle difference between helpful and hurtful conversations. She shares her grief-tested strategies with you so you will be prepared with the right words at a time when your friend most needs your support and understanding. The practical guidance and razor-sharp insights in this easy-to-read volume will give you ...
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Overview

This book will help you be a source of comfort and strength to a grieving friend by equipping you to say words that will bring consolation and healing. Stephanie Grace Whitson, the author, identifies the subtle difference between helpful and hurtful conversations. She shares her grief-tested strategies with you so you will be prepared with the right words at a time when your friend most needs your support and understanding. The practical guidance and razor-sharp insights in this easy-to-read volume will give you the confidence that you know what to say - and how to say it.
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  • ISBN-13: 9781936924608
  • Publisher: Greenbrier Book Company, LLC
  • Publication date: 4/26/2011
  • Pages: 96
  • Sales rank: 282,414
  • Product dimensions: 5.25 (w) x 8.00 (h) x 0.23 (d)

Meet the Author

Stephanie Grace Whitson is a native of southern Illinois who has lived in Nebraska since 1975. In 1996, Stephanie lost her best friend to cancer three days after her own husband was diagnosed with an incurable form of non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma (he subsequently died in 2001). Later that same year, her mother and father died within six weeks of each other. Thus, 1996 marked the beginning of the grief journey that has resulted in How to Help a Grieving Friend.
Stephanie has loved to write virtually all of her life, but began writing fiction (what she calls “playing with imaginary friends”) when, as a result of teaching her four homeschooled children Nebraska history, she was personally encouraged and challenged by the lives of pioneer women in the West. Stephanie’s fiction titles have often appeared on bestseller lists and been finalists for the Christy Award, the Inspirational Reader’s Choice Award, and ForeWord Magazine’s Book of the Year.
In addition to serving in her local church and keeping up with keeping up with five grown children, their spouses, and their perfect children (i.e., Stephanie’s grandchildren), Stephanie enjoys motorcycle trips with her new husband Dan, her family, and her church friends. (Yes! She does own and ride a Honda Magna cruiser.) Her passionate interests in pioneer women’s history, antique quilts, and French, Italian, and Hawaiian language and culture generate endless story-telling possibilities. Stephanie holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in French with minors in English and Music from Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville.
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  • Posted June 20, 2011

    It's a Ten.

    I've been around and through enough pain and loss to be familiar with the dynamics of grief. How To Help A Grieving Friend has the clear ring of truth. From the first sentence, "The world needs more people like you." the book is intensely personal. I hadn't turned many pages before I was crying out loud, not because she provoked memories of grief but because she touched the loneliness of grief and said, "You aren't the only one. I've been here, too." If grief is a foreign language, then the author is a skilled interpreter. Though her focus is on loss through death, her insights are as pertinent for those whose pain stems from divorce, relocation, loss of a dream, etc. Grace Potts.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted October 31, 2011

    Very Helpful

    It has great insight and was an excellent resource for me after a good friends son died.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted September 16, 2011

    Highly recommended!

    My Brother in law passed and my Sister in Law is not only that but one of my BEST friends! I felt so helpless in helping her. This book is short and to the point. If you truly care for someone who is grieving, this is a must read!! Expect to shed some tears! She writes from her heart and experience.

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