Beyond Tears, Barbara Eisenberg
Beyond Tears, Barbara Eisenberg
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Beyond Tears
Living After Losing a Child, Revised Edition

Author: Barbara Eisenberg, Lorenza Colletti, Carol Barkin, Barbara J. Goldstein, Audrey Cohen, Phyllis Levine, Ariella Long, Rita Volpe, Madelaine Perri Kasden, Ellen Mitchell

Narrator: Pam Ward

Unabridged: 7 hr 44 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 06/21/2016


Synopsis


The death of a child is that unimaginable loss no parent ever expects to face. In Beyond Tears, nine mothers share their individual stories of how to survive in the darkest hour. They candidly share with other bereaved parents what to expect in the first year and long beyond:

Harmonious relationships can become strained
There is a new definition of what one considers "normal"
The question "how many children do you have?" can be devastating
Mothers and fathers mourn and cope differently
Surviving siblings grieve and suffer as well
There simply is no answer to the question "why?"

This sharing in itself is a catharsis and because each of these mothers lost her child at least seven years before, she is in a unique position to provide perspective on what newly bereaved parents can expect to feel. The mothers of Beyond Tears offer reassurance that the clouds of grief do lessen with time and that grieving parents will find a way to live, and even laugh again.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Jackie on June 01, 2014

My 18yr old daughter was killed in a car accident in 2009. My mom suggested this book to me after reading an article about it in the newspaper. I purchased it and read it in the fall of 2010 a little over a year after losing my daughter. I found it very relevant and helped me to know that I was not......more

Goodreads review by Cindy on May 01, 2016

I found the book hard to read in the respect that the women seemed so focused on themselves and this being about them. I lost my adult son 10 months ago and he is the one that is gone....yes it is devastating but he is the one missing out. I didn't find this book at all inspiring, I found it to be d......more

Goodreads review by Debra on April 10, 2014

This book was sent to me years ago by the publisher. I've flipped through it before and found useful material, but for some reason, I picked it up again recently with the intention of reading it through. I felt a little spooked when, as I was finishing it, my cousin's young daughter died in a car wr......more

Goodreads review by Shakira on January 22, 2016

I've read this twice, and its the only book about loss, other than The Shack, that really spoke to me. As a parent and a sister, I know I will never stop missing the child and the brother I lost, but this time, reading it as a daughter was especially insightful. This book is very difficult to read,......more

Goodreads review by Sandra on July 26, 2012

"Never thought of it that way" is what I tell myself many times when reading the stories other people share about their grief, very therapeutic.......more