A review by courtneyinthemoon
How to Survive the Loss of a Parent by Lois F. Akner

challenging emotional hopeful sad fast-paced

3.75

 This book follows a group of adults in a support group of people who have lost a parent or both parents. I found myself relating to a few of them. Some of the sections in this book were not applicable to me such as the part about siblings going at each other after the death of your parent. Any chapter that I found not relevant I skipped. There were only two I believe. Being as this was published in the 90's a lot of the methods are outdated such as Moving On, I cannot stand that phrase after you've lost someone. You do not move on from losing a parent or loved one, you move forward, big difference.

Other than that there are some really great pieces to this book that I do believe that I will come back to. Some of the exercises that the group went through were really good, so much so that I think that once I'm a little further into this journey of life without my Dad and I feel a bit stronger I will do some of them.