Loss

[close] Let's Talk About Loss is proud to run the Bereavement Book Club. Many people find reading books so helpful for understanding and living with loss. For that reason, the Bereavement Book Club supports those who are grieving with book suggestions uploaded every month and this is a place where we can discuss our monthly picks and stay in touch with one another.

[close] Hello! Welcome to The Grief Diaries Book Club! The Grief Diaries is an online magazine of art and writing about loss, and this group is intended for our community to come together to discuss literature pertaining to grief, loss, and bereavement of all kinds. Selected books will cover topics ranging from loss of a loved one to other, less traditional definitions of grief. It's our hope that this space will allow our community to learn about and share resources, ideas, and testimonies that will contribute to a greater understanding of grief. We encourage members to suggest books to be discussed. Please email us at griefdiary@gmail.com if you have any questions.

[close] ...October 13, 2013 to November 12, 2013... Have you read Love For Our Afflictions? Are you interested in reading it? Talk with the author here! Ask questions, post thoughts, talk with others who might be also be reeling from affliction or on their own journey of self discovery. "As I courageously sat down to write my story, I did so with blurred vision and a keyboard drenched from all the tears. As I wept and wrote, it was with the sincere hope that my story would one day help someone else. I wrote honestly--sometimes to my detriment--but inside are more truths and revelations than I thought would be revealed. May my words help those in affliction, beyond affliction, or without affliction. This is a story for everyone." x Ariana Carruth In an age where so many secret stories are demanding to be told, the author fearlessly takes us into her broken heart in hopes of buoying others in their own afflictions. As her life is split open early, repeatedly and even savagely from threats to babies born and unborn, to a daughter’s health and longevity, and to a husband’s fidelity, she discovers the gifts that lay hidden within each. Freed from her afflictions, she finds a path to authentic living. Clearing a fiercely unconventional path to her own heart's desires, she also finds a new life as a Jew with a conversion to Judaism. Love for Our Afflictions does more than advise making lemonade out of lemons. It wakes us up to challenge an old, unchallenged belief--that afflictions are to be dreaded and feared-- and shows us how we can instead find love for our afflictions.

[close] Un luogo quieto dove le parole sussurrano ciò che spesso tace: la morte, la finitudine, l’ombra che dà forma alla luce. In questo gruppo camminiamo insieme lungo i sentieri della letteratura, della poesia e del pensiero, per incontrare il limite, ascoltare il silenzio, dare voce all’assenza. Leggiamo per ricordare, per comprendere, per sentire. Perché parlare di morte è, in fondo, un modo per abitare più pienamente la vita.