Comfort: A Journey Through Grief (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780393064568)

In 2002, Ann Hood's five-year-old daughter Grace died suddenly from a virulent form of strep throat. Stunned and devastated, the family searched for comfort in a time when none seemed possible. Hood--an accomplished novelist--was unable to read or write. She could only reflect on her lost daughter--"the way she looked splashing in the bathtub ... the way we sang 'Eight Days a Week.'" One day, a friend suggested she learn to knit. Knitting soothed her and gave her something to do. Eventually, she began to read and write again. A semblance of normalcy returned, but grief, in ever new and different forms, still held the family. What they could not know was that comfort would come, and in surprising ways. Hood traces her descent into grief and reveals how she found comfort and hope again--a journey to recovery that culminates with a newly adopted daughter.

Author: Ann Hood
ISBN-10: 0393064565
ISBN-13: 9780393064568
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Language: English
Published: 05/01/2008
Pages: 192
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.53lbs
Size: 7.33h x 4.98w x 0.77d

Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 02/15/2008 pg. 182
Publishers Weekly 02/25/2008 pg. 60
Booklist 04/01/2008 pg. 17
Entertainment Weekly 05/16/2008 pg. 69
People Weekly 06/02/2008 pg. 51
New York Times Book Review 07/20/2007 pg. 16
New York Times Book Review 07/20/2008 pg. 16
New York Times Book Review 07/27/2008 pg. 22
Entertainment Weekly 12/26/2008 pg. 108
Reference and Research Bk News 02/01/2009 pg. 11