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Summary: Recommended for those grieving, or helping someone grieve
Review: My across-the-street neighbor suddenly passed away, leaving behind a grieving widow and beautiful 6-year old son. I went to the book store and came across this book. There's not a lot out there on grieving for kids. Reading this book, I was moved to tears right there in the bookstore aisle. The pictures are marvelous as is the story. This book tells of 'Grandy', who loses 'someone close'. Especially helpful is that it doesn't specify who the 'someone' is, so it can fit into any situation. Grandy and Grampy are making tear soup. The book tells how people are afraid to approach someone who's grieving, and how people who try to be helpful, sometimes are not. It follows the stages of grief, and how you have to allow yourself all the time you need. In the end, the hardest day comes, and Grandy puts the tear soup away in the freezer to taste now and then. Her grandson says, "What will I do when you die, Grandy?" And she replies, "I'll leave you my recipe for tear soup." Gorgeous. I now keep a copy of this book on hand for those grieving in all walks of life. I've given it to my doctor when his daughter was suddenly killed in an accident, and a copy went to my cousin when her father suddenly died of a heart attack. This book is also useful in reminding all of us that the grieving process is not just about death, but any sort of loss in our life, ranging from a mild disappointment to a "not to be borne" situation.
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Summary: Helping Through
Review: My counselor recommended this book to me after the loss of my son. As I cried my way through the book, I found validation for my feelings and thoughts. It was very helpful to me and it is also a good source for friends who want to know how to help people dealing with similar losses. I am buying a copy to donate to my local library.
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Summary: Helping Through
Review: My counselor recommended this book to me after the loss of my son. As I cried my way through the book, I found validation for my feelings and thoughts. It was very helpful to me and it is also a good source for friends who want to know how to help people dealing with similar losses. I am buying a copy to donate to my local library.
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Summary: After the death of my parents
Review: My dad died suddenly in June, 2002; my mom died, after living with cancer,in January 2003. Someone sent me this book and it was the best piece I have read on grief. I am ordering multiple copies in memory of my parents. I will distribute them to elementary and secondary schools, hospice facilities and chaplains. Anyone who works with grieving people will want this book!
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Summary: After the death of my parents
Review: My dad died suddenly in June, 2002; my mom died, after living with cancer,in January 2003. Someone sent me this book and it was the best piece I have read on grief. I am ordering multiple copies in memory of my parents. I will distribute them to elementary and secondary schools, hospice facilities and chaplains. Anyone who works with grieving people will want this book!
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Summary: Great
Review: Reading this book aloud was one of the first "exercises" we did in a bearevement support group. I am a college student and my father recently died. When the group leader suggested we read this book, I was a little skeptical, but as we all cried our way through it, I realized the beaty and simplicity of its metaphor that makes it accessible to both children and adults.
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Summary: Excellent approach to grieving for families
Review: Tear soup is a wonderfully illustrated children's book for adults written about how we each individually grieve loss in our lives. The story is about "Grandy," but she could just as easily be me or you, and Grandy has suffered a loss, so Grandy begins to make tear soup. Tear soup cannot be made just out of a can, but is an individual process, as unique as each chef; and only through the soup making can we fully heal and move on. The full page illustrations through which the text of the story run show an even richer tale of the other people and pets in Grandy's life who interact with her recipe and add a powerful depth to an already touching story which you can't help but relate to your own life.
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Summary: Excellent approach to grieving for families
Review: Tear soup is a wonderfully illustrated children's book for adults written about how we each individually grieve loss in our lives. The story is about "Grandy," but she could just as easily be me or you, and Grandy has suffered a loss, so Grandy begins to make tear soup. Tear soup cannot be made just out of a can, but is an individual process, as unique as each chef; and only through the soup making can we fully heal and move on. The full page illustrations through which the text of the story run show an even richer tale of the other people and pets in Grandy's life who interact with her recipe and add a powerful depth to an already touching story which you can't help but relate to your own life.
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Summary: Wonderful Comfort for anyone who has suffered a loss
Review: This book was recommended to me by another bereaved friend and I could not have been given a better suggestion. This is a book especially comforting to anyone who doesn't quite know how to express their feelings, especially when the loved one lost is very close to them, like a child. The illustrations and the simplicity of the entire book are magnificient with the kind message. I would highly recommend this to anyone who might have an interest in understanding loss and trying to heal. I am taking it to my grief counseling group and sharing it with a number of other individuals who I know will appreciate its incredible beauty.
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Summary: Wonderful Comfort for anyone who has suffered a loss
Review: This book was recommended to me by another bereaved friend and I could not have been given a better suggestion. This is a book especially comforting to anyone who doesn't quite know how to express their feelings, especially when the loved one lost is very close to them, like a child. The illustrations and the simplicity of the entire book are magnificient with the kind message. I would highly recommend this to anyone who might have an interest in understanding loss and trying to heal. I am taking it to my grief counseling group and sharing it with a number of other individuals who I know will appreciate its incredible beauty.
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