The Loss That Is Forever: The Lifelong Impact of the Early Death of a Mother or Father
Author: Maxine Harris
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ISBN: 0525938699
Publisher: E P Dutton (September, 1995)
Sales Rank: 477,918
Average Customer Rating: 4.62 out of 5
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Rating: 5 out of 5
This Book Makes An Impact...
I lost my father 14 years ago, when I was only 15 years of age. Over the years the pain has lessened, but has never disappeared. I find myself struggling many days to fathom how I've made it this far into adulthood without my father. This book puts so many of those feelings into perspective. I found myself relating to so many of the accounts from others who have experienced loss similar to my own. The book was comforting, but at the same time very emotionally jolting. I would recommend this book to anyone, and have even ordered extra copies since my purchase to send to friends who have lost a parent as well
Rating: 5 out of 5
This book was very therapeutic
I lost my father in a car accident in 1981 when I was only 13 years old. He passed instantly at the scene in a very catastrophic auto/commercial truck pile up. This book helped me understand that the emotional roller coaster that I had been on for years was totally normal.
My parents had me late in life when they were 42 and 43. I was extremely close to my father and in fact I completely worshiped him.
I grew up in a family that did not grieve heathily and it was difficult for me that at one moment we all (there were 4 siblings) had a wonderful father that we were all blessed to have had and the next moment he just wasn't talked about. It was like our whole family went into a shock and denial of the accident and of our loss. We still in 1998 don't talk about it much and I still miss him terribly. I have many fond memories as a child of vacations and trips that I took with my father that I will cherish forever. Thanks Maxine for such beautiful insight. I can not tell you what it has meant to me.
You, in fact have inspired me to write a book about my loss. I still think about it everyday. There is not a day that goes by that I do not think about the fact that I would give up everything I have, everything I am, everything I have accomplished to have him back in my life again.
Rating: 5 out of 5
This book changed my life.
Everyone knows that loosing a parent will cause life-long grief, this book enlightens the reader to the life long habits and thinking patterns that occur. It's a blueprint to understanding yourself if you've lost a parent as a child. I can't recommend it enough.
I thought I had self actualized and knew myself very well until I read this book. I lost my father when I was six.
Everything I have become and all of the choices I've made have had something to do with that. I had no idea.
Then I read this book that described me so well. I don't usually buy books, but I keep this one on the shelf, well dusted and frequently referred to. Similar Products
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