IN THE LETTING GO: WORDS TO HEAL THE HEART ON THE DEATH OF A MOTHER

Book ID/图书代码： 11922006B03490

English Summary/英文概要： We can be 20, 30, 40, 50 or older …. we’re adults, but the death of a mother often leaves us feeling like bereft children. Guilt, anger, sandess – any number of emotions rise – or refuse to rise – to the surface.
When a mother dies, people often say the centre of the family has gone. The holiday rituals, the special birthday celebrations for children and grandchildren, the memories are often held by the mother. Who will hold them now is only one of the questions.
When Jonathon Lazear’s mother died, at age 82, he went through a process of loss and grief that was like and nothing like he’d been led to expect. Complicated by having to become the caretaker for his elderly father, a widower after more than 60 years, his grief took him to some surprising places. In this heartfelt collection of quotations and reflections, Lazear has created a companion for grief. To read this book and to return to it again and again after the death of a mother is like having a roomful of wise and loving friends who share their own experience, emotions and thoughts. Selections from writers such as Winston Churchill, Gwendolyn Brooks, Madeleine L’Engle, Natalie Goldberg, Seamus Heaney and more. With stories from Jonathon Lazear’s own experience, and those of his friends and family. In the Letting Go is no step-by-step program to “deal” with grief. Nor is it a daily meditation book. It’s simply a little book of comfort. Some passages are an invitation to remember. Some an invitation to explore feelings, some to forgive, but not forget. Some an invitation to cry, some to laugh. some are simple and profound: “A mother understands what a child does not say” – Jewish proverb.

Chinese Summary/中文概要： 我们都会长大甚至是变老…我们经常会把自己生气，悲伤，内疚的情绪埋藏起来，但是当我们的母亲离开我们时还是会像丧失亲人的小孩子那样。
当妈妈去世时，人们常会说家里的主心骨没了。假期的安排，孩子们和老人们的生日聚会，纪念日的安排都是由妈妈安排的，将来谁来安排这些只是一大堆问题中的一个。 当Jonathon Lazear妈妈在82岁去世后，他陷入了无限的悲伤中。他要开始照顾他年迈的父亲。在In the Letting Go 书中Jonathon从很多作家比如Winston Churchill, Gwendolyn Brooks, Madeleine L’Engle, Natalie Goldberg, Seamus Heaney等人那收集了他们的经历还有他们朋友和家人的故事，还有他自己的亲身经历和情感，来告诉你怎样一步步来处理悲伤的情绪。

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About the Author/作者介绍： Jonathon Lazear用他自己的亲身经历创作了很多作品：Meditations for Men who Do Too Much, Come On, Get Happy 等。他从事了多年的出版事业并且还成立的了自己的公司Lazear代理公司。

Format:TRADE PAPERBACK

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