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First Year of Grief Club: A Gift From A Friend Who Gets It
Paperback
ISBN13: 9780578366845
Publisher: R. R. Bowker
Published: Jan 28 2022
Pages: 210
Weight: 0.63
Height: 0.44 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
When someone you care about is grieving, it can be difficult to know what to send-or what to say.
First Year of Grief Club is a gentle, year-long companion created to stay with them after the flowers, meals, and condolences have faded.
Beginning on Day 1, the book offers short daily peer support during the earliest period of grief, followed by manageable weekly check-ins through the first year. Readers can move through it in order, open it only when they need it, or use the journal space to reflect in their own way and at their own pace.
This is not a book about getting over loss. It does not attempt to fix grief, force a timetable, or reduce an individual experience to a series of stages.
It is a compassionate reminder:
You are not doing grief wrong. You do not have to navigate it alone.
Inside, readers will find:
- Daily companionship during the earliest days after a loss
- Weekly offerings and check-ins for the remainder of the first year
- Gentle reflection prompts and room for personal notes
- Practical tools grounded in curiosity and self-compassion
- Reassurance from someone with lived experience of profound loss
- Support that can be used in order-or returned to whenever it is needed
A meaningful gift for:
- A friend or family member grieving the death of someone they love
- A coworker or employee experiencing bereavement
- Someone navigating the loss of a parent, sibling, spouse, partner, child, relative, or friend
- Anyone searching for a thoughtful alternative to flowers or a sympathy card
- Your own first year after loss
Author Addison Brasil created the book after losing his brother to a brain tumor, finding his father after suicide, and surviving an accident that led to the death of a close friend. Even with those experiences, he still struggled to know how to support others following a death.
First Year of Grief Club was created to fill that space: a gift from a friend who cannot claim to know exactly how you feel, but who gets that grief continues long after everyone else has gone home.
Grief is not something you fix; it's something you honour.
Addison Brasil has taken his thirteen years of grief and proven that rituals created around honoring one's journey, not trying to fix it, can lead us to our own wisdom and tools for loss.
CHIP CONLEY New York Times Bestselling Author, Founder of Modern Elder Academy, and Wisdom Well
Having had the privilege of becoming friends with Addison, I can confidently say that few people speak about healing grief through finding meaningful connection and service as eloquently and thoughtfully as he does. In his book, he shares deeply valuable perspectives that have helped me find the tools and approaches to healing that I had yet to uncover previously. If you or someone you know is suffering, I could not recommend more highly taking the opportunity to immerse yourself into this book.
ZAK WILLAMS: Mental Health Advocate, Founder You Can Pym
There is no right or wrong way to grieve. Everyone does it in their own time, but this book certainly helps you along that journey. It offers a life lesson that everyone needs to learn.
Dr. RANJ SINGH: Author, Celebrity Doctor & TV Personality
So, please skip the overpriced flowers and undercooked casseroles. Send this book to anyone entering the grief club!SHELLEY PAXTON Author of Soulbbatical
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