When Your Family's Lost a Loved One: Finding Hope Together (Focus on the Family Books)

An incredible book! I first had given a 1-star because I was informed that the product was delivered on April 9th and it wasn't; I just got this today. My apologies.

I have several of Nancy's books and really like all of them, but this one is a special favorite. A wonderful gift to give someone who has lost a close family member or friend. It is also very helpful if you have someone in your life that has suffered a loss in order to help you personally better understand what they may be experiencing. I found it extremely helpful in dealing with the loss of my own mom and with losing two very close friends all within the same year. It can hard to know what is actually normal if you have never gone through this before. This book does a wonderful job of sharing several experiences of others along with talking about the various feelings you may be dealing with.

I bought this book shortly after my sister died, a year-and-a-half ago. It was excellent! You can tell that Nancy (and her husband, Bill) were truly inspired by God to write this book. This is not the first time I have traveled down the path of grief, but as I turned each page in this book, I was able to take steps toward healing. I highly recommend this book to anyone and everyone. It is an excellent first book to read after losing a loved one. I have bought or loaned this book to everyone I know that has lost someone, since then.

When I lost my 12 year old daughter to an illness last year I read every book that I could find to give me some comfort, this book was the best and most helpful. She is very real and talked about all the emotions I was having. Would definitely recommend to anybody who has lost a loved one and is looking for comfort.

Trying to cope with the sudden loss of my brother,I have purchased many books on grief but this was the first one that really resonated with me. I could really relate to Nancy's feelings especially because of the perspective she gave based on her faith. I couldn't find many books that really discussed grief from a religious point of view. I highly recommend this to anyone seeking a book that helps you cope by using your faith. I personally couldn't get through this without my faith so this book has been invaluable.

This book is very well written. We recently lost my grandmother and I was present with my mom and other family members during her time on hospice. It has helped me process the grief and get a glimpse into what other family members may be going through. The authors are very honest and have also included multiple interviews with others that have experienced different types of loss. I highly recommend it to anyone who has experienced loss.

This book helped me understand what my sister is going thru. She lost her 21 year old son in a motorcycle accident and I have been able to talk to her now about what she is going thru. I passed the book on to her and pray it will help her.

Our family is still grieving the loss of my dad, the patriarch of the family. My mom purchased this book for each member of the family and we have found it very helpful. So thankful for resources like this one.

An excellent book. I would recommend it to anyone. Good value too.

Extremely helpful book, sensitive but positive.