When Parents Die: A Guide for Adults

by Edward Myers

Overview

The topics range from the psychological responses to a parent's death such as shock, depression, and guilt, to the practical consequences such as dealing with estates and funerals.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780140262315
Publisher:	Penguin Publishing Group
Publication date:	03/01/1997
Edition description:	Revised
Pages:	256
Sales rank:	674,334
Product dimensions:	4.90(w) x 7.62(h) x 0.47(d)
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

Edward Myers is a freelance writer who, together with Koman, has written The Parenting Survival Kit and How to Mend a Broken Heart.

Editorial Reviews

``One of the situations you face in grieving for a parent is the likelihood that some people will treat it as a non-event''; well-meaning friends will commonly ``ask `how's your mother taking it?' but nothing about how you feel'' writes Myers, a free-lance journalist who has experienced the death of both parents as an adult. Relying primarily on interviews and questionnaires, the author covers the grieving process, the difference in impact of sudden death versus slow decline, and some of the practical and emotional issues involved in planning the funeral, dividing personal property, and resolving residual feelings. Although not comprehensive, this book is recommended as a resource for further reading and/or for guidance from social service agencies and as a validation of grief upon losing one's parentsat any age. Suzanne Druehl, Little Rock P.L., Ark .

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