About this title: A compassionate guide to enduring the death of a husband and learning to carry on. In this remarkably useful guide, widow, author, and therapist Genevieve Davis Ginsburg offers fellow widows-as well as their family and friends-sage advice for coping with the loss of a husband. From learning to travel and eat alone to creating new routines to surviving the holidays and anniversaries that reopen emotional wounds, Widow to Widow walks readers through the challenges of widowhood and encourages them on their path to building a new life.
Note: This is a general synopsis. Each listing is described below.
Description: Very good. Book has appearance of light use with no easily noticeable wear. Millions of satisfied customers and climbing. Thriftbooks is the name you can trust, guaranteed. Spend Less. Read More. read more
Description: Fine. Almost in new condition. Book shows only very slight signs of use. Cover and binding are undamaged and pages show minimal use. Millions of satisfied customers and climbing. Thriftbooks is the name you can trust, guaranteed. Spend Less. Read More. read more
Description: Good. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Description: Good. Former Library book. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: DA CAPO PRESS, New York, New York, U.S.A.
Date Published: 2004
ISBN-13:9780738209968ISBN:0738209961
Description: Good + Paperback in good + condition. There is a little edge wear, one corner may be starting to dog-ear, pages are clean, [Satisfaction Guaranteed! ]. read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Da Capo Pr, New York, New York, U.S.A.
Date Published: 2004
ISBN-13:9780738209968ISBN:0738209961
Description: New. 6 x 9. This book is new. Cover shows slight shelfwear. Author, therapist, and fellow widow Ginsburg offers sage advice for coping with the loss of a husband. read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Da Capo Pr, New York, New York, U.S.A.
Date Published: 2004
ISBN-13:9780738209968ISBN:0738209961
Description: New. 6 x 9. This book is new. Cover shows slight shelfwear. Author, therapist, and fellow widow Ginsburg offers sage advice for coping with the loss of a husband. read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Da Capo Pr
Date Published: 2004-08-17
ISBN-13:9780738209968ISBN:0738209961
Description: NEW. Softcover. From an inventory that is 100% brand-new, 100% direct from the publishers' distribution channel. We carry NO pre-owned, NO remaindered. We pack in CARDBOARD to ensure the pristine quality is maintained. (Bubble-wrap alone is NOT sufficient to protect from USPS equipment. ) Guaranteed brand-NEW, protected with CARDBOARD, your satisfaction is guaranteed. BKLUVID: 9780738209968. read more
Description: Fine; Collectible. Excellent condition. Appears unread. No marks/underlines/highlights. Pages are clean and nice. Satisfaction guaranteed! read more
Description: Good. Book shows minor use. Cover and Binding have minimal wear and the pages have only minimal creases. A tradition of southern quality and service. All books guaranteed at the Atlanta Book Company. read more
"Shallow. The tips are very simplistic, though I suppose they are the "practical" tips the title claims. I'm not the sort of widow this book is geared toward. I was already the major decision maker and money earner. This seems slightly condescending, though other than being a widow I'm not in the target audience. I think (I hope) this particular book will be of less and less use as the years pass and women become more and more independent."
"A basic, pretty simplistic look at widowhood, and one whose intended audience is definitely more the empty-nester widow with grown children, not a young widow (although she does include a chapter on young widows). It doesn't really discuss or explore deeper grief issues, however. By and large, its focus is strictly on the more practical aspects of widowhood, not the psychological or emotional sides.
It's straightforward and easy to read, though, and its simplicity could also be one of its greatest assets for someone reading this immediately after the death of their spouse. I read it in the first few months after my husband died, and I generally thought it was a decent, useful book even though, at age 27, I clearly wasn't the intended audience. It's as time has passed, though, and as I've read many other grief books--many that do a much more effective job than Ginsburg does at describing widowhood--that my impression of this book has diminished.
A good book for an older widow, especially for one in the earlier days of grief. For a young widow--possibly check out a copy from the library, but save your money for another book more closely aligned to the young widowhood experience."
We guarantee every item's condition, as described on Alibris. If you are not satisfied that an item is as described, return your purchase for a refund.
rating
