false 2282203 1 <B>A moving and remarkable memoir about the sudden death of a daughter, surviving grief, and learning to love again.</B><BR><BRIn 2002, Ann Hood's five-year-old daughter Grace died suddenly from a virulent form of strep throat. Stunned and devastated, the family searched for comfort in a time when none seemed possible. Hood&#151;an accomplished novelist&#151;was unable to read or write. She could only reflect on her lost daughter&#151;"the way she looked splashing in the bathtub...the way we sang 'Eight Days a Week.' " One day, a friend suggested she learn to knit. Knitting soothed her and gave her something to do. Eventually, she began to read and write again. A semblance of normalcy returned, but grief, in ever new and different forms, still held the family. What they could not know was that comfort would come, and in surprising ways. Hood traces her descent into grief and reveals how she found comfort and hope again&#151;a journey to recovery that culminates with a newly adopted daughter. 2288399 12 5 2008 Comfort: A Journey Through Grief total:279|5:113|4:95|3:54|2:16|1:1| 279 1140 490 106 5 1 false false Thu Sep 04 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Sep 04 10:05:47 -0700 2008 Sat Sep 06 20:06:31 -0700 2008 more...]]> 2 1 false false Wed Jul 30 12:15:21 -0700 2008 Wed Jul 30 12:20:46 -0700 2008 more...]]> 2 0 false false Wed Jun 17 15:22:08 -0700 2009 Thu Jun 18 11:20:49 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Thu Mar 05 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Fri Mar 06 08:56:18 -0800 2009 Mon Mar 09 09:11:30 -0700 2009 Magical Thinking". It was amazing in its description of loss that cannot be shared. However, I must say that Ann Hood has expressed the loss of a child better than anyone I have ever had the discussion with about the perso...more...]]> 5 1 false false Fri Oct 03 09:01:30 -0700 2008 Fri Oct 03 09:03:32 -0700 2008 4 0 false false Sun Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Mar 02 07:54:30 -0800 2009 Mon Mar 02 08:04:27 -0800 2009
I read the book over the course of a day and...more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Mar 24 11:10:51 -0700 2009 Wed Mar 25 14:13:58 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Oct 04 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Jul 08 16:57:44 -0700 2008 Sat Oct 04 13:33:07 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Wed Jun 11 20:49:48 -0700 2008 Thu Jun 12 09:23:58 -0700 2008
Not being a parent and not even having any plans to be one in the future or ev...more...]]> 2 0 false true Wed Jun 11 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon May 26 19:41:15 -0700 2008 Tue Jun 10 06:52:40 -0700 2008
I also lost my daughter, (9 years ago this May) though under completely different circumstances than Ann did and before my daughter, Brianna, was born. ...more...]]> 5 0 false false Mon May 26 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon May 12 13:21:42 -0700 2008 Mon May 26 14:25:43 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Feb 05 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Thu Jan 22 08:58:14 -0800 2009 Fri Feb 06 09:10:32 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Jun 13 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Jun 11 06:47:20 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 22 06:26:54 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Thu Feb 12 09:18:36 -0800 2009 Thu Feb 12 09:20:13 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Sep 04 17:44:32 -0700 2008 Thu Sep 04 18:00:56 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Aug 07 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue May 27 07:00:59 -0700 2008 Thu Aug 07 20:21:14 -0700 2008 Magical Thinking." Ann Hood is so genuine - her writing is, at time raw and difficult to read, but so very real. Too often we say platitudes and s...more...]]> 5 0 false false Fri Jun 20 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Jun 22 19:06:43 -0700 2008 Sun Jun 22 19:08:45 -0700 2008
Hood's journey, like that of every parent who has lost a child, will never end. It will just ge...more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Jul 07 11:06:31 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 07 11:09:53 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon Aug 11 13:31:21 -0700 2008 Mon Aug 11 13:39:12 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Jun 24 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Jun 21 17:00:37 -0700 2009 Wed Jun 24 18:15:36 -0700 2009 more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=2282203