You deserve loving support in your time of need, because it hurts--a lot. It helps to read stories from other people who have been through the same thing and who are passing on their advice and best tips.
Losing a loved one, whether a child, a spouse, a parent or grandparent, a sibling, a friend, a pet... it's a process you have to work through. The same goes for losing the future you thought you had due to chronic illness. And with these 101 stories you'll find people just like you sharing what worked for them and helped them continue living, loving, and even laughing.
You don't have to feel alone. Think of this as your portable support group, with 101 new friends who care about your situation and understand what you're going through.
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Amy Newmark is the bestselling author, editor-in-chief, and publisher of the Chicken Soup for the Soul book series. Since 2008, she has published more than 200 new books, most of them national bestsellers in the U.S. and Canada, more than doubling the number of Chicken Soup for the Soul titles in print today. She is also the author of Simply Happy, a crash course in Chicken Soup for the Soul advice and wisdom that is filled with easy-to-implement, practical tips for having a better life.
Amy is credited with revitalizing the Chicken Soup for the Soul brand, which has been a publishing industry phenomenon since the first book came out in 1993. By compiling inspirational and aspirational true stories curated from ordinary people who have extraordinary experiences, Amy has kept the 32-year-old Chicken Soup for the Soul brand fresh and relevant.
Amy graduated magna cum laude from Harvard University where she majored in Portuguese and minored in French. She then embarked on a three-decade career as a Wall Street analyst, a hedge fund manager, and a corporate executive in the technology field.
Her return to literary pursuits was inevitable, as her honors thesis in college involved traveling throughout Brazil’s impoverished northeast region, collecting stories from regular people. She is delighted to have come full circle in her writing career—from collecting stories “from the people” in Brazil as a 20-year-old to, three decades later, collecting stories “from the people” for Chicken Soup for the Soul.
When Amy and her husband Bill, the CEO of Chicken Soup for the Soul, are not working, they are visiting their four grown children and their spouses, and their grandchildren.
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Listen to her free daily podcast, The Chicken Soup for the Soul Podcast, at cms.megaphone.com, or find it on iTunes, the Podcasts app on iPhone, or on your favorite podcast app on other devices.
Chicken Soup for The Soul
Grieving, Loss and Healing
101 Stories of Comfort and Moving Forward
Written By Amy Newmark
Review By Heidi Lynn’s Book Reviews
In December I lost my father who was like my best friend. We would call each other even three times a day to check in on each other, I would take him to his appointments, we would go out to eat, and he was always there for me no matter what. Needless to say it has been hard since he has been gone. When I saw Chicken Soup for the Soul Grieving, Loss and Healing 101 Stories of Comfort and Moving Forward at my local library I knew that this was one book that was a must read in my healing journey.
This book is compiled of very beautifully written stories of people who have opened up their hearts to share their personal experiences with us readers of what they went through. Many stories pulled hard on my heart strings as I could relate to it as it was something similar I had been feeling. If you or anyone you know are mourning the loss of someone I highly suggest you read this book.
Warning: if you are like me you are going to want to grab some tissues! Yes, many of these stories triggered me to ugly cry over and over.
What was interesting about this book was it wasn’t about just grieving for humans but pets as well.
After reading all the stories at the end Amy included a selection where readers were able to get to know the contributors to the book a little bit. I thought that was a nice touch.
The cover design of the book and interior pictures were beautifully done by Daniel Zaccari.
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