Product Description

The journey through grief is the loneliest of all and an understanding companion is a lifeline when all else is in turmoil. Joan Wilson has suffered three devastating bereavements. Her daughter Marie died in the notorious IRA Remembrance Day bombing in Enniskillen in 1987. The tragedy brought the family unwanted fame, yet their courage and forbearance modelled how good can overcome evil. Not long afterwards, their only son Peter was killed in a car crash, and this was to prove a final straw for Joan's husband who, already unwell, died suddenly at home. Joan relates the story of each of these losses and weaves into her moving narrative excerpts from the thousands of letters she received, poems, prayers and Bible readings that helped her go on. Arranged in short sections, each dealing with a different phase of grief, this sympathetic book offers friendship and support to all walking this lonely road.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #442771 in Books
• Published on: 2001-09
• Original language: English
• Binding: Hardcover
• 128 pages

Belfast Telegraph
..will be a source of comfort to people following a bereavement.

Methodist Newsletter
Nobody can fail to be moved by the way in which she has turned these sorrows not into self-pity, but into a concern to help other bereaved people.

Irish News, Sept 19 2001
..precious companion to many..

Customer Reviews

a very moving book. Its nice to dip into when feeling low.
I heard this book reviewed on Don Maclean's radio show. Having a bereavement of a very close family member, I was hoping it would help others in my family to cope. I couldn't put the book down, so much of her feelings were mine. The prayers, poems were lovely to read, and Joan has had a lot of grief in such a short time. It is great for dipping into when feeling low and picking bits out. It will be my constant companion for the time being.

Thoughtful and insightful book on bereavement
Joan Wilson suffered the loss of her daughter in an infamous bomb explosion on Remberence Day in Enniskillen Northern Ireland in 1987, her only son in a road accident a few years later and finally the death of her husband (the peace campaigner Senator Gordon Wilson) by a heart attack a few years after that. She explores the spiritual dimension of her life, and offers useful insights into managing grief and coping with it. Many of her favourite poems, hymns and Bible verses are included. A profound faith in Christianity has helped to sustain her, but the attraction of this book is that it can be read by people of all faiths who are seeking a path through the darkness that grief causes. A very moving account of a outstanding woman whose search for an answer to why this should occur to her gives strength and encouragement to all who are in the same situation.