Featured Title: Stricken, the 5,000 Stages of Grief

Grief takes hold of us. It too often afflicts those caught in its relentless grip with a paralysis nearly as harsh as death itself. The grieving suffer their new and unwanted place in life crippled and immobilized until finally a day comes when somehow they are restored to a sense of purpose. For grief passes through at its own pace and for many that pace lasts a lifetime.

Stricken: The 5,000 Stages of Grief is a collection of essays edited by award winning authors Spike Gillespie and Katherine Tanney. The essays in Stricken are written as much for the contributors as they are for the readers, as each essay is born of a personally painful and dark experience. The personal vignettes in Stricken reflect the truth that grief stems from many sources, in many forms, and effects each of us in very different ways. These essays are intended to console, comfort, inspire, and empower readers, and serve as a valuable resource for the grieving. The writers in Stricken bravely demonstrate that grief cannot be gotten over—it must be gotten through.