The Light at the End of the Tunnel: Coming Back to Life After a Spouse Dies

By Mary Ward Menke

The straight-from-the-heart stories told here illuminate that often murky world of those who have lost a spouse. In revealing detail, surviving spouses describe the minutiae of tragedy and the greater hope of life beyond death. For the newly-bereaved and for those who care about them, this book offers understanding-someone does know how they feel-and possibly solace.

• Language: English
• Publisher: AuthorHouse
• Release date: Jul 17, 2006
• ISBN: 9781467805391

Mary Ward Menke

Mary Ward Menke is a nonfiction writer whose work has appeared in The Toastmaster, Dog Fancy, Science of Mind, and The Writers Post Journal. She is a contributing editor to January Magazine, an online book review magazine. As a writer, Mary understands the power of words. She also believes that even non-writers can benefit from getting words on paper during stressful times. Mary was inspired to compile the stories of survival in The Light at the End of the Tunnel: Coming Back to Life After a Spouse Dies after her son and her friend each lost their spouse quite unexpectedly due to similar misdiagnosed medical events, several years apart. Because of the special bond shared with these individuals by Mary and her husband (the friend’s husband was also his best friend), she witnessed first-hand that advice offered with the best intentions can often be completely wrong for the recipients. And the myriad books about grieving written by “professionals” sometimes leave the reader thinking they must have been written for someone else. The Light at the End of the Tunnel is written by survivors for survivors with the two-fold purpose of encouraging those who have “been there, done that” to help themselves while helping others and to show the newly bereaved that there is no single right way to grieve.  

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