Singing Mother Home: A Psychologist's Journey through Anticipatory Grief

Published: April, 2003  Pages: 208  Features: 10 illustrations. App. Bib.

What happens when an expert on grief is faced with the slow decline of her beloved mother? Like A Grief Observed by C. S. Lewis, Singing Mother Home offers an inside look at the struggles of an “expert” in coping with loss. Donna S. Davenport was forced to rethink the traditional academic approach to the process, which implied that the goal of grief resolution was to end the attachment to the loved one. Instead, she embarked on a personal exploration of her own anticipatory grief. more... about Singing Mother Home: A Psychologist's Journey through Anticipatory Grief