Finding Your Way After Your Spouse Dies

by Marta Felber

There is nothing you need more than the warm, reassuring voice of one who has traveled this path before. . . and survived after suffering the death of a spouse. In Finding Your Way After Your Spouse Dies , Marta Felber offers just such a voice-caring, hopeful, always pointing ahead to a tomorrow that will be a little easier than today. Having experienced her own spouse's death, Felber is never glib or simplistic. She knows the grief her readers are feeling and she encourages them to give it full expression. At the same time, she offers sound, practical suggestions on how to navigate difficult days. This book shies away from none of the difficult issues of bereavement. Felber gently urges her readers toward careful, honest examination of the issues they face.

Genres: Self Help, Nonfiction

160 pages, Paperback

First published February 25, 2000

Reviews

[Candice]

I was given this book by my brother, who bought it at a Christian bookstore, a few months after my husband died. It's quite different from most grief books in that it doesn't describe the process and factors involved in widowhood in great detail. It does none of that. Instead, it's more of a devotional companion, a way to guide you through thinking, praying, and contemplating your loss each day or week.

Each entry, or chapter, or whatever you'd like to term it, is two pages, so that when you hold the book open in front of you, you're looking at the complete "devotion." The next page is another topic altogether. And be forewarned that it is overtly spiritual: it includes a prayer to God at the end of each topic, and also lists two Bible passages to read.

With that said, I didn't like it. Hated it, even, but it's not my taste in grief book at all. But it could be very useful to someone else. It could be good for someone wanting something short to read daily, to provide a context for devotional, contemplative exploration within a Christian perspective. Or for someone who doesn't have a lot of time, energy, or attention span (all true as a new widow) to give toward reading grief books or toward focused grief. I didn't like it, but that doesn't mean someone else wouldn't.

[Cruse]

Great book

Very practical advice. Devotional scripture references that coincide with the subject matter. Especially good for someone who has just gone through the loss of a loved one.

[denise e krom]

Finding way after spouse dies

This is a great read. I like that it not only assists in helping you move through the grief process but also has scripture and prayers. I would recommend reading.

[Caroline]

An easy read - a bit old fashioned

[Cheryl B]

This is a wonderful book for those in the early days of widowhood. It is very easy reading which is what I needed when I first became a widow. It has 2 page chapters with a prayer and Bible verses to read. This book gives practical suggestions and comfort for the broken heart. I loved this book and would recommend it for every widow or widower to read. A friend gave this to me and I would recommend it for any friend looking for something to give a widow.

[Deidre]

Not helpful, and not just because it was religious. A Grief Observed, by C. S. Lewis is very religious, but I've read it several times. He wrote what he felt, including his anger at God.

This one felt cold.