WinterGrief

WinterGrief: A Personal Response to Grief by Donna J. Mann, is the story of grieving for a friend.

Anyone who has mourned the death of a loved one yearns to remember - but memories hurt. So, we often diligently work at forgetting by keeping busy, playing mind games to avoid thinking, speaking or listening to anything or anyone who reminds us of our loved one. After her Debbie died, the author wanted desperately to remember – but couldn’t without pain, guilt and anger. What freedom when she discovered grief work and learned ways to remember without drawing on familiar jargon or withdrawing to a safe environment in order to cope. Only then did she understand the she had lost previous time with Debbie, because she had used her energy to run away. This is a story of a journey – a grief journey – a part of life’s journey.

“The person who can most help you with your grief is someone who has been through it, has had time to reflect on the experience, to learn from it, and to use that experience in counselling others. Donna Mann is such a person, and her book WinterGrief will surely help you develop new insights into what you are going through and how the process of grieving can – with time and grace – become a healing rather than a hurting experience.” – Jim Taylor,  author of Surviving Death: Healing and Growing through Grief and Everyday God

“Donna gives readers a courageous and well-documented account of her grief process. The book will gently provide a guide for anyone who is grieving.” – Eric Cline, Grief Institute of Canada, Cambridge, Ontario

“We have many books on our library shelves, but none with the personal and honest reflection of the grief process that Donna provides in WinterGrief. Thank you.” – Patti McCulloch – McCulloch Funeral Home, Durham, Ontario