Book Review
Writing to Recover
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Jan 12, 2009 - 11:27:51 AM

New Book Fosters Writing About Loss and Grief


(HealthNewsDigest.com) - “Four deaths in nine months brought me to my knees,” Hodgson says. “Since I’m a writer I decided to write my way through grief. I spent a year on the book and realized I wasn’t only writing to recover, I was writing to survive.” Her reflections grew into resource for all who grieve. Writing to Recover has one purpose -- to get people to write about their grief,” says Harriet Hodgson. Readers will benefit from its:

Writing to Recover is an easy-to-read resource for hospice families, according to Naomi Naierman, President and CEO of the American Hospice Foundation, and she recommends it to bereavement and pastoral counselors.

The self-help book came from the depths of Hodgson’s despair. In Feb. 2007 her older daughter, and mother of her twin grandchildren, died from injuries she received in a car crash. Her father-in-law died the same weekend. Five months later her brother died. Then, in Nov. 2008, her former son-in-law and father of the twins, died from injuries he received in a car crash. Hodgson and her husband are now GRGs -- grandparents raising grandchildren.

Writing to Recover, ISBN 1-56123-206-8, sells for $9.95. Centering Corporation has also published the Writing to Recover Journal, ISBN 1-56123-207-6, $6.95 and the Writing to Recover Affirmations Calendar, ISBN 1-56123-208-4, $7.95. To order these grief resources call 1-866-218-0101. Ask for Centering Corporation’s free catalog. For more information about Harriet Hodgson log onto www.harriethodgson.com

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