Books
Forever
Ours -
Dr. Janis Amatuzio
Dr. Janis Amatuzio is a forensic pathologist,
a regional death investigation system and president of Midwest
Forensic Pathology, P.A. She is a frequently sought-out speaker/lecturer
throughout the state. Her special interests are death investigation
systems and insights into meaningful living. She is board certified
in anatomic, clinical and forensic pathology. After each
autopsy she oversees, Dr. Amatuzio calls the family to share
her findings. It is during these calls that the stories in
Forever Ours unfolded, as family and friends shared their personal
experiences of life after death. Some were painful, others
extraordinary. A young boy is visited by his grandfather who
is dying many miles away. A cancer patient is visited by his
older brother who died 40 years earlier. Each story provides
a glimpse of hope. www.foreverours.com
Living
Still, Loving Always - Nita Assen - Essays of a Bereaved
Parent
This collection of essays illuminates the heart
and soul of a mother living with loss after the simultaneous
deaths of her two young adult sons, Erik and David, in a
car accident on Thanksgiving Day, 1994. In order to
make sense of her reality, she writes to confront her grief
head-on, to question societal expectations surrounding
loss by death, and to explore what would bring comfort and
meaning into her radically changed life. By giving
voice to the grief experience, she also encourages others
to give the bereaved permission to mourn. www.wilsonpublishinghouse.com
Swallowed
by a Snake - Tom Golden
Tom Golden, author, speaker, and psychotherapist in private
practice, has written the book Swallowed
by a Snake . Swallowed by a Snake: The Gift
of the Masculine Side of Healing. This book is packed with
information that will help you negotiate the tough terrain
of grief and move to a place of healing and transformation.
It is a book for men or women about the masculine side
of healing from loss. www.webhealing.com
No Words - Renee' Kimberling
Imagine facing the death of your only two children, five
years apart, when they were both twenty-one-years old? No
Words, a non-fiction work written by Renee' Kimberling,
details the tragic story of Janet and Tom Rosko. In
February of 1994, their daughter Jill, a college junior,
was returning from a nursing clinical and died in a car crash
with two other nursing students. Five years later their
son Jeff, also a college junior, was killed as he was standing
in a video store and a van driven by a nine-year-old girl
crashed through the window, running him down. The Roskos
tell their remarkable story of loss and ultimate survival
in the hopes of helping others deal with grief and loss. The
book has been well received and reviews have been outstanding. Their
story is also unique in that it explores grief from two different
perspectives - that of Tom and also of Janet. Do mothers
and fathers handle loss differently? Results were surprising. The
book is published by Milo House Press and distributed by
Ingram Book Group, retailing for $15.00. It is also
available on Amazon.com. For more information, contact
the author at rramerican@netnitco.
