Losing a parent : practical help for you and other family members : [explore real ways to cope with and recover from the shock of your parent's sudden death or terminal illness

Whether from a sudden accident or a slow, terminal illness, the death of a parent is devastating to adults and children alike. In Losing a Parent , Fiona Marshall helps readers understand the process of coping with a parent's death, from preparing for death to recognizing the different stages of grief, from nurturing the relationship with the surviving parent to harnessing new strength to carry on with life. Wise, compassionate, and practical, Losing a Parent is an invaluable source of support for a time of overwhelming loss.

Losing a parent suddenly or to terminal illness brings about a particular kind of grief. Whatever your particular circumstance, this book will guide and support you.

Author Fiona Marshall offers insightful and practical strategies for you to use in dealing with your own dying father or mother, your newly widowed parent, and with other family members.

Losing A Parent offers comforting and inspiring advice for helping you cope with the different and difficult effects of loss. Turn today's grief and pain, sadness and loss, and feelings of abandonment, rage, guilt and anger into hope, new strength and maturity to carry on.

A personal guide to coping with that special grief that comes with losing a parent.

Comforting and inspiring advice for dealing with the loss of a parent