Good Grief, (Paperback)

from rayski

A woman goes through the phases of grief as she recovers from her husband's death. She hits rock bottom showing up to work in her bathrobe then slowly picks herself up, eventually becoming a big sister, starting a bakery business and becoming someone that others depend upon.

from bookczuk

I read this book in what basically turned out to be a sick day, lolling on my couch. Normally, books about widowhood make me very nervous, because it is one of my biggest fears to think about life without javaczuk. I often tell him if he dies before me, I'll kill him. I just don't want to contemp...

from annarlee

I enjoyed this book and it read quickly for me. The beginning was depressing and a bit hard to get through, but really enjoyed the other two thirds. I think the characters were well developed and I especially liked Sophie's interaction with Crystal, the troubled teen with a penchant for starting ...

from jeffersonsambrosia

This book was an up and down read. A read that was very real, and hard to look at with some of the issues it addresses, but it has its happy moments to. This book is very real. You can see the emotions, feel them, think that it could happen to you. A very good read, a fast read despite the feelin...

from burnit99

Sophie Stanton is 36, a competent public relations person for a successful company, and recently widowed. Cancer. She wants to be a classy, elegant widow like Jackie Kennedy, but her grief takes over her life until, having reached rock bottom in the coping department, she moves to Ashland, Oregon...