Book description
'Dr. Richard Alapack, sensitively and with deep understanding,
orchestrates a survivor's journey through the complex country of sorrow.
Alapack challenges and transcends the received scientific view of grief
over loss as a well-ordered progression. He appeals to the power of the
imagination, broadening our understanding and breaking new ground that
exposes both the life-giving and potentially destructive aspects of
intense sorrow. This rich, original contribution to the grief literature
must be read.'- Freda Woodrow Ph. D., University of Pretoria, South
AfricaIn this beautifully tender, sensitively reflective, and
provocative book, the author leads a journey through the depths of
authentic sorrow, longing, and despair. Daring us to face death
unflinchingly, Alapack rouses in us the courage to spin in the vortex of
personal and collective grief. In doing so, we emerge transformed and
forever changed. No other book on human loss is so sane yet
simultaneously subverts the status quo.- Ron Cornelissen, Argosy
University, San Bernardino, California
