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Gone in the Morning: A Writer's Journey of Bereavement

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An exploration of death, bereavement and grief. This first hand account gives Geoff Mead's experience of responding to the loss of his wife from a brain tumour. Giving insight into the grieving process and how Geoff learned to manage his grief, this book will offer hope to anyone experiencing something similar.
 
After coming to the realisation that mourning is a conscious process, to which we can apply creativity, passion and intelligence, Geoff explored the unknown territory of bereavement through his writing. The book shows how artful practice, such as writing, can help to make sense of our experience and navigate the wreckage of grief.
 
1. Here be Dragons. 2. Gone in the Mourning. 3. Wild Margins. 4. Into the Void. 5. Curating a Life. 6. Solitude. 7. After Ithaka. 8. Sassy Bear. 9. Being and Becoming. 10. The Wind Rises. 11. Ashes to Ashes. 12. Written on the Body. 13. Captain Midnight. 14. Parting Gifts.
A remarkable book - beautifully written by an accomplished writer/storyteller - it tells, through blog extracts, poetry and pictures, of the writer's emotional journey during the final months of illness and then, the two years after his wife's death...Each extract is a complete little story in itself - and brief enough that I could not resist the urge to read 'just one more' before turning out the light. It was a compulsive read...Most of us experience love and loss, and yet we find it hard to talk of such things. Now I feel that I have a greater understanding of my own journey of grief, and a better way of thinking and talking about it.
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