I was really looking forward to new ideas for helping someone through grief. There are great tips in this book, but I would recommend it more towards individuals grieving the loss of someone as a result of suicide or overdose. Having worked with families of homicide victims (including overdose victims), I believe most of those families would be offended that the chosen story for homicide victims was someone shot by the police. It's not about the merits of whether the police should have shot or not and whether or not his family is grieving, but a matter of a significant difference of someone being brutally murdered by a loved one or a stranger in cold blood. When someone loses a loved one it is sad and at times unbearable. This particular chapter turned me off, but I continued reading and did appreciate many other points the author makes and tips. I would also recommend the stories about her son and son's friend to be at the beginning of the book to give insight as to what she is referring to throughout the book. Very tragic losses as well and I appreciate her sharing her grief with others to help others know they are not alone.

Thank you to Netgalley for an advanced copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.

I have recently lost my granddaughter who suffered a terribly painful death. She didn't deserve it she was 18 and everything to live for. Grief is crippling. I found this book quite healing, insightful and I intend to keep it close. Recommended.

This was excellent, and great for folks who love folks who are grieving, now or for years. The chapters for different types of loss are also quite helpful

'Talk to Me I'm Grieving' by Barbara Legere is a short book that carries out it's promise to help you through grief.

I enjoyed reading this as it's not a top-down-deep-dive into the psychology of grief, it's one woman's pain and experiences written in a way that she hopes will help others. As someone who doesn't know what to say when death is brought up, I now have a whole script of things I can do to support others, which is what I was hoping for when I picked this up. Legere addresses all types of loss: loss of a future; loss of a pet; loss of a sibling; loss of a parent.... She tries to address many different situations and say a little about each of them.

It's clear that Legere doesn't have much professional skill in writing, which is both the main weakness and main strength of the book. At times Legere's own narrative became too much of the focus of certain chapters. But this is also a book written by someone dealing with her own loss, and if writing those chapters helped her then I can support that by reading them. At the same time, because of the friendly and slightly informal tone of writing, Legere doesn't feel a need to cover the 'details' of grief which has stopped me reading other books on this topic. Everything contained within these pages is either her own narrative, or practical advice written in an accessible style.

Talk to Me I'm Grieving by Barbara Legere has good, rich information about grief for both grievers and those supporting the griever.

The information is easy to understand and implement.
By reading this book, I learned how to give grievers helpful and comforting support. I have a better understanding of what grief feels like.

Most important is the information on why grievers want to talk about their lost loved ones but hesitate to do so and what socially constructed cliches are often more harmful than helpful.

Talk to Me I'm Grieving empowers supporters to be a genuine comfort to those experiencing grief and a space of grace for grievers where they are seen, heard, and encouraged to find hope.

I would recommend this book to anyone who has lost a loved one or friend or who wants to know how best to support someone dealing with loss.

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feels a bit disconnected, but overall good suggestions.

thanks to the publisher and netgalley for the copy for review

I understand that it was broken into individual chapters to help guide people in specific circumstances but it all just felt removed from humanity. Cold and like a how-to. I think I personally prefer those who write through their personal experience with emotion. Or who can speak of psych research and professional recommendations. This book didn’t really do either. However, it may have just not been the style for me.

This was the first book I read as a reviewer and I’m happy to be the first one to leave one. This book was incredible from start to finish. Not only did the author share her raw pain and experience but in areas she hadn’t experienced she shared stories of those who had. Each chapter covered another area of grief from a child, sibling, a pet, a friend, and even a job or the future. She goes over what not to say and how to reframe what you are saying and focusing the attention on the grieving person.

One of my favorite parts is the detail to sibling loss and grief. I lost my own brother a little under a year ago and this book was not only incredibly timely but I felt understood and seen. I feel connected to a person I’ve never met. I cried through so many chapters because there are such few stories or books for sibling grief. We are the forgotten group of mourners and to have that acknowledged was moving.

I would recommend this book to anyone who knows someone who has lost someone, if you’ve lost someone, or if you just want to know what’s expect. This was an easy read but empowering and informative all at the same time.

My only potentially negative feedback was the kindle version had some formatting challenges and there were a few spots that I think a word was missing but nothing that took away from the book AT ALL. But since this is my first ARC review I wanted to share every one of my thoughts. Thank you to this author for such a wonderful book that I will carry with me.