Grief Is Love

Living with Loss

De: Marisa Renee Lee

Narrado por: Marisa Renee Lee

A trusted grief expert shares advice on how to navigate the loss of a loved one in this incisive and compassionate guide: “calm, lucid prose… humanizing exploration of coping with the life-changing tides of loss” (Kirkus Reviews).

In Grief is Love, author Marisa Renee Lee reveals that healing does not mean moving on after losing a loved one—healing means learning to acknowledge and create space for your grief. It is about learning to love the one you lost with the same depth, passion, joy, and commitment you did when they were alive, perhaps even more. She guides you through the pain of grief—whether you’ve lost the person recently or long ago—and shows you what it looks like to honor your loss on your unique terms, and debunks the idea of a grief stages or timelines. Grief is Love is about making space for the transformation that a significant loss requires.

In beautiful, compassionate prose, Lee elegantly offers wisdom about what it means to authentically and defiantly claim space for grief’s complicated feelings and emotions. And Lee is no stranger to grief herself, she shares her journey after losing her mother, a pregnancy, and, most recently, a cousin to the COVID-19 pandemic. These losses transformed her life and led her to question what grief really is and what healing actually looks like. In this book, she also explores the unique impact of grief on Black people and reveals the key factors that proper healing requires: permission, care, feeling, grace and more.

The transformation we each undergo after loss is the indelible imprint of the people we love on our lives, which is the true definition of legacy. At its core, Grief is Love explores what comes after death, and shows us that if we are able to own and honor what we’ve lost, we can experience a beautiful and joyful life in the midst of grief.

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“Marisa Renee Lee is the friend we all wish we had in times of need: compassionate, smart, understanding, and endlessly wise. Grief is Love is the closest many of us will get to understanding eternal love for another.”—Elaine Welteroth, cohost of The Talk and New York Times bestselling author of More Than Enough

"Grief Is Love is what the world needs. Marisa’s vulnerability humanizes pain, longing, and loss. Saying this book should be required reading is an understatement."—Alexandra Elle, author of After the Rain

“Authentic, all-inclusive, and utterly breathtaking, Grief is Love is the book that will help you deal with your darkest days and walks with you as you venture back into the light.”—Willie Geist, cohost of The Today Show and New York Times bestselling author of Good Talk, Dad

"In Grief Is Love, Marisa Renee Lee has transformed her own profound losses into a powerful meditation on what grief is at its core: an extension of love. She invites us to reframe grief as an everlasting tribute, not as a burden, and her insights about healing will be a gift to countless readers. Losing a loved one is life-changing; this book will be life-changing for readers, too."
—Maggie Smith, National bestselling author of Keep Moving

“This is a beautiful memoir about the love that lasts after loss. With powerful prose and refreshing candor, Marisa Renee Lee challenges the cultural stigma around grief and highlights a healthier way to cope. If you’re struggling with loss, reading this book might just be a jolt of hope.”
—Adam Grant, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Think Again and Option B

“This book, like its author, radiates empathy, rejects platitudes, and uplifts even while interrogating life's darkest crevices. In examining her own experiences with life-changing loss, Marisa helps us recognize the gift of love in grief, and offers a guide for how to show up for those we love in the moments that matter most. Marisa knows grief, but she also knows deep joy, and she has laced both into every page of this exquisite book."
—Alicia Menendez, MSNBC Anchor and author of The Likeability Trap

“Grief Is Love is a remarkable homage about what it’s like to love through loss. This gem of a book is like taking an exhale, or being hugged, or being told that everything is going to be alright and actually believing it. As I continue to navigate the loss of my father, which happened when I was a small child, I am reminded, with the help of this book, that grief doesn’t have an expiration date. Every human should own this marvel of a book. I treasured every page and I am indebted to it.”
—Jennifer Pastiloff national bestselling author of On Being Human

Right on point on grieving

This book didn’t have all the cliché we hear so much about grieving. This is a heartfelt book. Authentic and empathetic approach to loss.

A must read....

Grief is layered, complicated and private...yet this beautiful author holds our hand as she walks us through all of her layers. Brilliantly written, with breaths of fresh air and humor.....laced with a lot of wisdom....As someone who is learning a new life without my Papa, I think you for this book Marisa xo

Groundbreaking truth!

Thank you, Marisa, for speaking out about the truth of grief! This is life changing!

Some Similarities

I found a few things in this book that helped me. I would recommend this book to those who have lost a loved one. There’s a similarity in my story as it relates to the Authors story.

Grief is Love

Nice book, she really could have used other choice words, other than cuss words.
She used “black woman” waaayyyy too much, it applies to almost all women, regardless of race, sure sometimes they were appropriate, but not every time.
Good template to learn from for some healing and healthy grieving.
This can apply to all people in the grieving process.

It’s like she was saying what I felt

I am thankful for this author and that she wrote this book. She expressed exactly how I feel but couldn’t say. This book I believe will help me through losing my mother.

Heartfelt story telling

This is the book to read if experiencing grief and want tangible advice for yourself or a loved one. Helps one navigate through all the tough parts of grief and how to come out on the other side. Beautifully written. Sending to anyone who is or has experienced losing someone

Beautiful

I am so grateful that I came across this book. I loved it so much I just bought copies for friends/ family that I think would find it helpful.

Healing

This book has been a God send. Thank you for the honesty and thoughtfulness of your grief. Thank you for showing me that you too have met real love and experienced it in its fullness.

Great message

Helped me understand grief and complex feelings that come along with it. I picked this book to read after my father passed away and was comforting to know, but everything I was feeling as normal.