Grief Works: Stories of Life, Death and Surviving

The Sunday Times Bestseller: A Wise and Compassionate Guide to Loss

Grief is a profound, often obscure, and universal process. Psychotherapist and bereavement expert Julia Samuel offers a compassionate guide that will inform and engage anyone who is grieving, or who simply wants to comfort a bereaved friend.

Through moving and inspirational stories drawn from her clinical practice, Samuel provides vital psychological insight into how human beings love and mourn. She explores the complex, elemental process of bereavement and demonstrates the extraordinary resilience of humankind.

Grief Works is self-help at its most philosophical, practical, and profound. It is an invaluable guide to understanding the complex emotions around death, designed to dissipate fear and offer courage, hope, and understanding.

"A profoundly moving book by an extraordinary storyteller – Samuel describes her patients' stories of loss with great sensitivity and fascinating psychological insight." - Helen Fielding, bestselling author of Bridget Jones's Diary