New Book Release - Widow: A Survival Guide for the First Year

Sept. 11, 2013 - PRLog -- In her no-nonsense, very practical book, Romer teaches us how to handle emotional challenges, such as suddenly being alone; how to tackle painful tasks, including cleaning out hubby’s closet; and how to re-enter the world again in terms of work, personal development, and socializing.

The book is divided into four parts, or phases. Part One deals with learning to be alone. Part Two is concerned with learning to take care of yourself. Part Three teaches learning to enjoy life again. Part Four focuses on learning to be you.

The author deals with the big issues, such as being alone on holidays and in general, social life, and memories. She also deals with the nitty-gritty, little issues, such as cooking for one, physical appearance, the question of a job, and cleaning out the closet. The appendices are rich with samples of how to make the best use of the tips suggested in the book.

Guidelines are provided for each new phase, making Widow: A Survival Guide for the First Year a practical self-help book that any widow can use for re-creating her life. Examples include nurturing yourself, creating a plan, making lists, crying and valuing grief, prayer and meditation, taking care of one’s health and exercising, getting past the first holiday and the first birthday, journal writing, dating, handling money, and many, many more survival tips. It seems like she has thought of any difficulty that a new widow may ever encounter.

The author is not only knowledgeable about the subject of her book, but also she has thoroughly researched, and more important, lived it.

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Author:Joanna Romer is a professor at Bethune-Cookman University in Daytona Beach, Florida, where she has lived and worked for nine years. Her writing has appeared in The New York Times, Cosmopolitan, Mademoiselle, and other publications. With her late husband, Jack Milton, she wrote and produced the 1972 feature film, Please Stand By. For the past 14 years, she has taught communications at colleges and universities in Florida and New York.

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