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On Grief and Grieving: Finding the Meaning of Grief Through the Five Stages of Loss

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A modern classic text on the crucial role of grieving in dealing with loss, by the author who first explored the now famous five stages of grief—On Grief and Grieving is an invaluable blend of Kubler-Ross’s practical wisdom, case studies, and her own experiences and spiritual insight. Elisabeth Kübler- Ross’s On Death and Dying changed the way we talk about the end of life. Before her own death in 2004, she and David Kessler completed On Grief and Grieving, which looks at the way we experience the process of grief. Just as On Death and Dying taught us the five stages of death—denial, anger, bargaining, depression, and acceptance—On Grief and Grieving applies these stages to the grieving process and weaves together theory, inspiration, and practical advice, including sections on sadness, hauntings, dreams, isolation, and healing. This is “a fitting finale and tribute to the acknowledged expert on end-of-life matters” (Good Housekeeping). Read more

Publisher ‏ : ‎ Scribner


Publication date ‏ : ‎ August 12, 2014


Edition ‏ : ‎ Reprint


Language ‏ : ‎ English


Print length ‏ : ‎ 272 pages


ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1476775559


ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 55


Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 8 ounces


Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.5 x 0.6 x 8.38 inches


Best Sellers Rank: #13,373 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #12 in Death #23 in Grief & Bereavement #32 in Love & Loss


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    • Great read, have bought many to give as gifts, very pleased
Format: Paperback
I was given a copy of this book by a coworker a few years ago when my mother passed away. She said it was given to her by a friend when her father had passed and it helped her. It was an easy read, and I learned about the 5 stages of grief, and it really did help me along the way in dealing with grief. It won't solve your problems but you get a better understanding about the grieving process, and what to possibly expect in the time to come. But the bottom line is grief moves in waves. I've been so happy with it I have purchased at least 10 of these over the past few years and given them as gifts to those I have met or known that have recently experienced loss and may have trouble dealing with grief. Several of them have told me they were very appreciative of the gesture and loved the book. I do recommend. ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on November 3, 2024 by C. Melton
    • Valuable tool for grief
Format: Paperback
This book really helped me to process and cope with the difficult loss of my grandmother. I would recommend it to all dealing with new or old grief.
Reviewed in the United States on September 28, 2025 by Amazon Customer
    • Really great book for grief
Format: Paperback
I bought this book for a client that had just lost her second daughter. It was a really good book and great for grief! My client said that it should be given to every person that has lost somebody.
Reviewed in the United States on June 10, 2025 by BAMBI
    • How to Cope with Loss
Format: Paperback
Review Image by Bryan Carey Bryan Carey
If you’ve had to deal with grief, then you know that the process can be complicated. There are so many feelings to sort out, so many what- ifs to process, that you may often wonder if what you are feeling is normal, and if it will ever end. This book, On Grief and Grieving, is here to help you. This book’s subtitle refers to five stages of grief, which include denial, anger, bargaining, depression, and acceptance. While each of these five areas is touched on in the book, there is much more to read than just these five stages and what they mean. When I first got this book, I was expecting a separate, long chapter for each of the five stages, but the book is not written that way. Rather, it spells out the five stages in the first chapter, then it proceeds to talk about more specific topics, like regrets, hauntings, isolation, anniversaries, suicide, and more. I was recommended this book following the passing of my spouse and I found that it did have many good, comforting things to offer. Probably the strongest takeaways from this book are: 1. Everyone’s grieving process is different and there is no single way to grieve and 2. Grief is all about YOU, and your individual needs. Don’t let others try to pressure you to ‘get over it’ or tell you that you’re taking things to extremes or acting childish. Grief is personal, and every single one of us needs the time to deal the situation and recover as we see fit, on our own terms. Grieving is a process. It is something we all have to go through from time to time and while there is no defined endpoint to grief, it is good to understand how grieving differs from person to person. It is also good to know that the way you choose to grieve, the way you cope, and the way you respond is perfectly fine. On Grief and Grieving does take somewhat of a spiritual angle from time to time, which may not be suitable to all readers, but it remains generic enough in the spiritual dimension that most anyone can relate. It’s a good guide to grief, and a book I recommend. ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on March 6, 2024 by Bryan Carey Bryan Carey
    • Excellent book for grieving.
Format: Paperback
After I lost my spouse, I was confused and sad. This book was a godsend. It tells so many real-life stories of grief and what people go through, and as such was an amazing resource to embrace the new reality and understand your thoughts of sadness, despair, anger and hope. I have bought this book multiple times to give to relatives, friends and neighbors a month or so after their loss. This book healed me in so many ways by making me realize all the thoughts and emotions you feel are normal and how to deal with them. Many other simple day-to-day chores or activities are changed forever and that is okay. Can't recommend this book enough for the healing, closure and hope and, yes, joy that it helps you rediscover. ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on July 20, 2022 by Sparky
    • Teaches us to love our life, accepting our entire fate with our losses and grieves as well. This is a real gift.
Format: Kindle
thank you very much to Elisabeth and David: you helped me to me very much with this book. After two and half years, after our most painful loss (the unexpected loss of our beloved one son, lived almost 20 years) I was able to face with our own grief, reading this book. I've translated the book in Hungarian, hoping that with it I can help to other ones in my circle of our dear friends and beloved ones, who instinctly always knew how to help us, with their love in these nightmareful years after our son's death. This book (similarly to other books of Elisabeth) has a crystal clear structure, she highly knows the real nature of the grief and grieving. She exactly knows that every person has - and has to experience - an own, unique grief, there are no two alike. Therefore there is no universal recipe to help us. Just unique love and sympathy, to every unique persons. And this is also highly true: the process is infinite, never in our life could find any "final" relief without pain. Our pain is as infinite as our love of Him and as our loss of Him. But we used to live further accepting this recognition, appreciating our privileged years with Him - and our privileged years nowadays with each other: with my dearest lifemate, dear father of our beloved son, and with my dearest mother. Every minutes living together is a unique precious gift. This book - as the other ones of EKR - teaches us to survive, to love our life AND our death together - they are two "parts" of the same sphere. Love for Elisabeth to respect every persons' own beliefs. She never wants to "evangelize". She really respects all individualities, she exactly knows that all of us live and think differently, so there is no "one right way" to us. She can though help us with her eternal truths. After reading this book I'm able to embrace our hardest grief with the other ones in my life, because they are also my parts, as our common joys, happy hours. Our life is so full with sunshine AND clouds AND rainfalls AND devastating storms. This is the fullness of our life-death cycle. "Birth is not a beginning and death is not an ending. They are merely points on a continuum". ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on October 10, 2014 by AndiHu

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