'This is the most startlingly honest book about grief I have ever
read. Its immediacy hits you on the first page and takes you on an
unforgettable journey. No one has set out so clearly the stages we
go through as we try to come to terms with facing the enormity of
death.' - Dame Penelope Wilton, DBE 'Sasha writes exquisitely and
honestly, the sheer rawness of what she has gone through and is
still going through, sitting in balance with the calm and
clear-sighted objectivity of the therapist, who is also her.' -
Hugh Bonneville One person, two perspectives on grief. Plunged
unexpectedly into widowhood at just 49 years old, psychotherapist
Sasha Bates describes in searing honesty the agonisingly raw
feelings unleashed by the loss of her husband and best friend,
Bill. At the same time, she attempts to keep her therapist hat in
place and create some perspective from psycho-analytic theory. From
the depths of her confusion she gropes for ways to manage and bear
the pain - by looking back at all that she has learnt from
psychotherapeutic research, and from accepted grief theories, to
help her make sense of her altered reality. Languages of Loss
starts a necessary and overdue conversation about death and loss.
It breaks down taboos and tries to find humour and light amidst the
depressing, bewildering reality. It is an essential companion to
help support readers through the agony of those early months,
giving permission for all the feelings, and offering various
methods of living with them.This book's overriding message is that
everyone's experience of grief is different, but knowing more about
the theory, and learning a new vocabulary, while not necessarily
easing the grief, can help you feel less alone, and at some point
enable you to reflect back and see how far you have come. 'This is
a useful as well as a moving book. The writing is energetic,
down-to-earth and bracingly honest, and many readers will feel
consoled and enlightened by Bates's take on her experience.' - The
Times 'Bates's skill as a psychotherapist is married to her deft
ability to use language and metaphor to create this vital treatise
on loss. As much as Languages of Loss is an essential text on
grief, it is also a story of love.' - Sunday Business Post Review
'This book will give anyone grieving the death of their partner an
insight into their experience, and help those around them
understand the difficult and painful process of grief.' - Julia
Samuel, author of This Too Shall Pass and Grief Works 'A really
powerful book. I hadn't read a book before that melds the
professional, as a psychotherapist, and the personal, as someone
that lost their partner. Sasha's book covers the course of one year
since she lost her husband Bill, where she describes how she feels
and tries to apply what she has learnt as a therapist. She explores
the times when that really exposes the shortcomings of grief
counselling, and how incapable anything is really at helping you
navigate this absence. I've never read anything like that, a
mixture of the practical and the emotional.' - Pandora Sykes
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