Sue Mayfield, Living With Bereavement (Lion Hudson, 2008)

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All of us, at some time in our lives, experience the death of someone we love. The way we respond will be different for each of us. Bereavement is a universal, inescapable reality but it is also a uniquely personal voyage.

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