The Modern Loss Handbook: An Interactive Guide to Moving Through Grief and Building Your Resilience

Review Poignant, funny, and able to provide exercises that help you maneuver the rough . . . if I were going through something, this is the book I want to read.--Gayle King "Grief is hard to talk about, but this book does it beautifully."--Stephen Colbert "Please, dear God, let this be handed out with the crappy (or fancy!) white wines at wakes, life celebrations, shivas, and/or funerals. It could and will change lives."--Erin Lee Carr, author of All That You Leave Behind: A Memoir and filmmaker, Britney vs. Spears "The Modern Loss Handbook is a rare achievement: candid, funny, wise, useful. And best of all, it's filled with tools to help us face grief without the puffy, well-meaning blah blah blah that we grievers are always hearing. Rebecca is one of us, and she writes like it."--Michael Cruz Kayne, writer for The Late Show with Stephen Colbert and host of the A Good Cry podcast "Absolutely no one wants to be a grief expert because no one wants to have to live inside it enough to become adept at its navigation. Rebecca Soffer not only has come through this terrible thing, as much as anyone can, but also has created a soulful, honest, benevolent road map for this trip we all must take, even though we really, really don't want to. She's someone you'd want in the passenger seat giving you directions."--Leslie Gray Streeter, author of Black Widow "As close to a how-to manual as you can get for loss. Rebecca understands that every loss is as personal as it is universal, that while some things cannot be fixed, they can (and must) be managed, and that even in the depths of the darkness, you can still find the light. A must-have for every person standing in the rubble of what was, wondering What the heck do I do now?"--Nora McInerny, host of the podcast Terrible, Thanks for Asking "Finally, a book that makes it okay to grieve messy and makes going through hell just a little bit easier--and a lot more fun."--Katie Rich, writer for Saturday Night Live and executive producer of Chicago Party Aunt "Grief is the uninvited party guest who barges in and then never leaves. In this handbook, Rebecca doesn't just give you the tools to deal with it after everyone else has gone home; she makes you comfortable, makes you laugh, hands you the martini when you need it, and the shoulder when you need that. It's all right to cry. It's also all right to be angry, tired, sad, and even joyful, all at the same time. That's what it is to be alive."--Glynnis MacNicol, author of No One Tells You This "I can't count how many times I've turned to Modern Loss in the past few years. It's more than a book; it's a community of people learning to live with grief. The Modern Loss Handbook puts everything Rebecca Soffer has created and incubated into one loving place."--Laurie Kilmartin, writer for Conan and author of Dead People Suck "In the hardest of times, Rebecca Soffer's warm, reassuring voice is the one I'd want in my ear. Lucky us, we have it, page after page, in The Modern Loss Handbook. I especially appreciate the way Rebecca empowers readers to use their own creativity to navigate grief and loss. I plan to keep a stack of these books handy, so I can pass them along to friends. The Modern Loss Handbook is going to touch so many people."--Maggie Smith, author of Keep Moving: Notes on Loss, Creativity, and Change "Like a pal who listens to you vent and makes you laugh in equal measure, The Modern Loss Handbook is comforting, thoughtful, and the perfect amount of irreverent. Each gently posed question and biting anecdote is a reminder that however shriveled by grief readers may feel, they're not alone, and they're going to be okay (mostly). This handbook is just what I needed when my mom died, and I'm so glad it exists now. A hundred times better than a condolence card."--Tyler Feder, author of Dancing at the Pity Party "Rebecca not only has a gift for writing about loss in such a relatable and humorous way, but she has also provided an incredibl