Teenagers Face to Face With Bereavement - Hardcover

Gravelle, Karen; Haskins, Charles

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0671658565 ISBN 13: 9780671658564

Publisher: Julian Messner, 1989

Synopsis

Young people express feelings of pain, anger, and guilt as they come to terms with the death of a parent, sibling, or close friend.

About this title

About the Author:

Karen Gravelle, M.S.W., Ph.D., has written several other books based on interviews with teenagers facing difficult life challenges, including cancer and being a teenage father. In addition to books on these topics, she is the author of Soaring Spirits, The Period Book and Whats Going On Down There?

From School Library Journal:

Grade 6 Up --Psychotherapist Gravelle and social worker/Episcopal priest Haskins asked 17 teens, all of whom have lost a relative or a close friend, to tell their stories. These responses are discussed at length from the points of view of teens and counselors, as are difficult situations which may follow a death: overprotective parents who fear another loss; observance of significant anniversaries; whether and how to tell new friends about what happened; fear of risking new relationships; reluctance to leave home to attend college. The young people speak honestly and earnestly, offering coping strategies that worked for them. Both interviewees and compilers offer hope and comfort. The compilers endorse survivor counseling and point to successful outcomes of peer group therapy. Despite its potential use as a tool for information and guidance and its compassionate intentions, this is difficult reading. In fact, the style is disastrous: repetitive statements, chapters that amount to nothing more than elongated paragraphs, and confusing organization. There is great need for a work of this type to supplement LeShan's Learning to Say Good-bye (Macmillan, 1976), which is directed to a younger audience, and Richter's powerful Losing Someone You Love (Putnam, 1986), both of which are more narrowly focused, but this one is not totally successful. --Libby K. White, Schenectady County Pub . Lib . , N.Y.
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About this edition

• Publisher: Julian Messner
• Publication date: 1989
• ISBN 10: 0671658565
• ISBN 13: 9780671658564
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 134