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A thoughtful and gentle approach to working through grief, specifically created for those in the overwhelming early days of loss.
About the author
Paula Becker is a writer and historian living in Seattle, Washington. She is the author of the memoir A House on Stilts: Mothering in the Age of Opioid Addiction (University of Iowa Press), a finalist for the 2020 Washington State Book Award, and of the book Looking For Betty MacDonald: The Egg, The Plague, Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle and I (University of Washington Press). Paula is also coauthor (with Alan J. Stein) of the books The Future Remembered: The 1962 Seattle World’s Fair and Its Legacy (Seattle Center Foundation) and Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition: Washington’s First World’s Fair (History Ink/HistoryLink in association with University of Washington Press). More than three hundred of Paula’s essays documenting all aspects of Washington’s history appear on HistoryLink.org, the online encyclopedia of Washington State history, where she is a historian.
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A thoughtful and gentle approach to working through grief, specifically created for those in the overwhelming early days of loss.
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“Becker’s authentic sharing of her own experience offers readers suggested instruction rarely given but frequently sought after. This book will go a long way to help others who struggle with the death of a loved one feel less alone.”—Laura Takacs, LICSW, MPH, Clinical Director,Grief Services, Virginia Mason Medical Center
“There’s no map for grief, but . . . Paula Becker’s suggestions light a path to navigate the early days of intense grief and heartbreak.”
—Jana DeCristofaro, LCSW, Community Response Program Coordinator, The Dougy Center for Grieving Children and Families
