Grief Through Different Eyes: A Memoir - Paperback

by Wendyanne Pakulsky (Author)

Not Everyone Grieves the Same

We all know how you're "supposed" to feel when you lose a parent you love dearly. But how do you grieve for a parent who neglected or abused you?

This was the question Wendyanne faced following the death of her father-a violent narcissist who made her childhood a living hell and rebuffed her repeated attempts to build a healthy bond in adulthood. When she didn't grieve him in the "proper" way-intense pain, sadness, and longing to have him back-she was called heartless, horrible...and far worse. She wasn't heartless, though. She was simply seeing grief through different eyes.

Grief Through Different Eyes is the raw, vulnerable, and courageous testament of one woman's struggle to heal from her past, find her voice, and navigate an atypical grieving process. This moving memoir will speak to you if:

• You've lost a parent or someone else you had a challenging relationship with.
• Your grieving experience doesn't line up with other people's expectations.
• You've ever felt guilty for what you've felt-or didn't feel-after losing someone.
• You're willing to see grief through different eyes.
• You're ready to heal.