So Sorry for Your Loss

How I Learned to Live with Grief, and Other Grave Concerns

De: Dina Gachman

Narrado por: Dina Gachman

Duración: 4 h y 50 m

Resumen del Editor

A searching, heartfelt exploration about what it means to process grief, by a bestselling author and journalist who experienced two devastating losses.

Since losing her mother to cancer in 2018 and her sister to alcoholism three years later, author and journalist Dina Gachman has dedicated herself to understanding what it means to grieve, how to live with loss, and the ways we stay connected to those we miss. Through a mix of personal storytelling, reporting, and insight from experts, Gachman gives listeners a fresh take on grief—whether the loss is a family member, beloved pet, or a romantic relationship. No one wants to join the grief club, since membership comes with zero perks, but So Sorry for Your Loss will make that initiation just a little less painful.

©2023 Dina Gachman (P)2023 Union Square & Co.

Reseñas de la Crítica

“So Sorry for Your Loss is a monument to the work of remembering and a testament to the immutable love of family and the grief that forever changes us. Dina Gachman writes with compassion and honesty, at once heartbreakingly human and mordantly funny. Suffused with tender emotion and unsparing reflection on what it means to lose, how we grieve, and how we survive that grief, So Sorry for Your Loss is a deeply moving book that will never leave you.”—Lauren Hough, New York Times bestselling author of Leaving Isn’t the Hardest Thing

“Dina Gachman’s So Sorry for Your Loss is a collection of essays that masterfully explores grief in all its sacred intricacies. It is vulnerable and generous, and while anyone who has experienced grief knows nothing can alleviate its sting, it does offer us a valuable comfort: that you are not alone.”—Marisa Renee Lee, author of Grief Is Love

“A luminous collection examining collective and individual grief. In her moving essays, Gachman takes readers on a wide and careful journey, one that made me feel less alone, and thankful for her deep empathy and intelligence.”—Amanda Eyre Ward, New York Times bestselling author of The Jetsetters and The Lifeguards

Brave, heartfelt and helpful

After losing my mom to pancreatic cancer in April 2022, this book helped me deal with all of the emotions, thoughts and everything in between. Made me feel “normal” in a not so normal situation. Thank you.

Your story resonated with me

Thank you for being realistic Dina. No one talks about how bad it is when people say nothing. It rude and unacceptable. There are people I’ve written off because of their insensitivity. I appreciate you sharing your raw feelings and emotions that I have experienced.

Interesting insights along with unnecessary elements

I appreciate the author sharing her personal journey through grief after caring for and losing her beloved mother and then shortly after her little sister. I can’t “review” that. I am thankful to have listened and learned more about walking with others through grief from her account.

There were moments throughout the book when it seemed she was inserting opinions or stances on things that weren’t helpful or necessary for the reader to receive the overall message about grief.

And speaking of grief, “reproductive rights” as she likes to mention a few times in the book in various ways - also known as taking the life of an innocent child - certainly leads to a deluge of grief that should be cared for and not stated as if it’s a belief box to be ticked along the way while telling your story.

Depressing not uplifting

Author does a very good job describing every possible grief one can experience in life including everything from pets to Prince. She does little to lift the spirits of those of us who have had much grief and were looking for positive ways to handle it . I felt reminded of every possible reason I should be sadder. I do not recommend this book.