Description

If you are going to buy only one book on grief, this is the one to get! It will validate your grief experience, and you can share it with your children. You can leave it on the coffee table so others will pick it up, read it, and then better appreciate your grieving time. Grand’s Cooking Tips section at the back of the book is rich with wisdom and concrete recommendations. Better than a casserole!

Hardbound; 56 full-color pages. Affirms the bereaved. Educates the un-bereaved. A building-block for children….. WINNER! of the 2001 Theologos Book Award, presented by the Association of Theological Booksellers.

Reviews

Barnes & Noble

This is a very sensitive and helpful book for those who are grieving. It touches many different feelings and experiences of those who are going through loss. The loss may include death, divorce, etc. It is geared toward children, but the reader will also learn about the grieving process. It is very appropriate to give to families going through loss and will be read over and over with new insights.

Amazon

Written in a children’s book format – with simply worded concepts, wonderfully colored pictures, and a creative idea – this is one of those great books that actually feels written for adults as much as for school-age children.
I’ve used lots of books on grief in 30 years of practicing psychotherapy. And this is the best! It’s written in a way that gives the grieving mind and exhausted spirit a quick, hands-on idea of what’s happening, and it gives fabulous permission to every reader to absolutely do your grief “your way.”
I’ve given out perhaps 25 copies. Some come back. Others set out on a journey of their own. And I love that they do. I feel like “the Lupine Lady” (reference to another children’s book.)
I’d like to thank the authors, if they ever read their reviewers, for a heart-felt gift to us.

GoodReads

This book follows Grandy, an older woman, as she works through a great loss by making “tear soup”. The authors use the idea of tear soup as a metaphor for coping with grief of any kind. Cooks looking to make tear soup pick a pot that is large enough to contain their creation, which starts with a base of tears, and is augmented with ingredients like fond memories, the support of friends, and yet more tears. The difficulty of sharing grief with others is discussed. Beautiful full-page illustrations capture the pain that Grandy feels as she works through her grief, and the book ends on a positive note as she discusses different types of grief with her grandson. The book itself is not aimed at children in particular, but is written in a language that anyone can understand…