The Disenfranchised: Stories of Life and Grief When an Ex-Spouse Dies (Death, Value and Meaning Series)
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| Rating | : | 4.56 (735 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0895038226 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 244 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-06-11 |
| Language | : | English |
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They offer tools, strategies to cope with the loss. These stories offer more, though, than simple validation. THE DISENFRANCHISED: Stories of Life and Grief When An Ex-Spouse Dies does that in a very powerful and personal way. These stories reaffirm not only the complexity of human relationships but also the resiliency of the human spirit to surmount even the most complex and difficult losses. Individually, the accounts lay bare in memorable poetry and prose the good, the bad, and the ugly of relationships lost twice once to divorce, and then to death and the nuanced empathic terrain into which family, friends, and counselors are invited to step in their aftermath. --Rose Cooper, BT
Sapphire is the author of two poetry collections, A Possible Explanation (Partisan Press, 2006) and In the End a Circle (Antrim House, 2009). Peggy Sapphire, MS (Lehman College, City University of New York), is an educator/counselor in New York State public schools, specialized in issues of single-parent families and children of divorced parents, and has presented numerous workshops for educators
Review of Peggy Sapphire's latest book The Disenfranchised, Stories of Life and Grief When an Ex-spouse DiesEdited by Peggy Sapphire.Reviewed by Offie WorthamPeggy Sapphire, holds an MS in Counseling, is the author of several books of poetry, and is Editor of the recently published and unprecedented anthology on the subject of disenfranchised grief - THE DISENFRANCHISED: Stories of Life and Grief When An Ex-Spo. Stevanne Auerbach said Powerful Book that Heals. THE DISENFRANCHISED: Stories of Life and Grief When An Ex-Spouse Dies is a valuable edition by Peggy Sapphire, a talented writer and poet, that guides both professionals and ex-spouses about how best to handle powerful and often confusing feelings that arise when there are incompletes, and other searing emotions leftover in relationships that have ended after the person on. An excellent text for students and experienced clinicians, as well as a good read This book came to me by a circuitous route. Ironically, I was just finishing 30 hours of Hospice Volunteer Training. I began reading in the middle, caught by a story about a ‘rubber man’ and I couldn’t put down the book. I was struck by the commentary section as seemingly incongruous, as the individuals had laid bare their life, with clinical comments fol
Sapphire established trusting relationships with the contributors, who, though choosing to submit their work, often struggled with reluctance, even dread, at revisiting previously private events in their lives and finally committing their stories to paper, and ultimately to publication. The contributors represent an extraordinary range of professional achievements and academic credentials--well-published writers, poets, working artists, educators, academics, mental health practitioners, and health professionals.. In many narratives, the healing power of their creative processes through art and poetry is further revealed. The Disenfranchised: Stories of Life and Grief When an Ex-Spouse Dies offers an unprecedented anthology of never-before-published, first-person life histories by ex-spouses whose grief has endured as disenfranchised: socially unacknowledged, untold, and unrecognised. Contributors present personal histories, revealing that the dimensions of disenfranchised grief are as individual as the writers who have endured this neglected aspect of grief and bereavement. Over the span of five years, through phone conversations and written communications, Ms. Each narrative is accompanied by a clinical commentary, written by Shirley Scott, MS, certified Thanatologist, which provides readers,