From the publisher:
There is no right way to grieve.
When someone you love dies, the world does not stop with you. People offer condolences. Friends try to help. Life keeps demanding your attention. And sooner or later, you are left with a question no one else can answer for you:
How do I live now?
Sixteen Voices gathers the stories of sixteen ordinary people who faced profound loss and had to discover their own answers.
They speak candidly about sudden death and long illness, marriages interrupted, empty homes, anniversaries, anger, guilt, loneliness, counseling, friendship, faith, laughter, new relationships, and the bewildering experience of watching everyone else's life continue when your own seems to have stopped.
These are not experts prescribing stages, timetables, or the proper way to grieve. They are people who have lived it.
Their stories are different. So are the ways they learned to carry what happened. But together they offer a gentler possibility than “moving on.”
Living forward does not mean leaving love behind.
Their person may be gone. Their love is not. Nor are their hopes and their means for new lives.
