REVIEWS OF SURVIVING YOUR PARTNER

"This book gives the bereaved hope and empowerment" George Penaluna

Funeral Services Journal (May 2000)
Reviewed by The Editor

This 112-page booklet is classified as General Reference and joins over 200 books in the 'How to' series. The author, an administrator for a bereavement counselling charity who lost her partner through tragic circumstances, has also written Dealing with a Death in the Family in the same series. The book is forwarded by Katie Boyle and covers the whole process of rehabilitation after the death of a partner. From the immediate practicalities of dealing with a funeral and organising household budgets, the book goes on to offer guidance on the longer, emotional challenges facing the bereaved.

The references to the actual funeral only form a very small part of the book but the rest of its contents make this a useful addition for funeral directors who offer books to their clients.

"Sylvia Murphy writes with such sensitivity that, rather to my surprise, I did find much of her book very helpful."