After Great Pain
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After Great Pain: A New Life Emerges New in Paperback A New York Times Notable Book |
A New York Times Notable Book and one of USA Today's top books of the year when first published in 1992, After Great Pain remains both timely and of great use to others traumatized by disaster or grief. Diane Cole's method is to couple the findings of professional researchers and clinicians with the story of her own heartbreaking personal experiences--coping with a multitude of family illnesses and the aftereffects of being held hostage by Muslim extremists. The result is a deeply affecting memoir of loss and renewal that provides guidance, consolation and hope.
"Place this book within reach of people in pain...Cole will clearly tell them what it is crucial to know but so impossible to believe about the path toward healing."
—Newsday
"Essential reading for anyone planning to continue living in the real world."
—Chicago Tribune
"A genuinely inspirational book."
—Toronto Globe and Mail
"It is impossible to read this without responding personally--examining one's own losses--and feeling respect for such a compelling and even timeles work."
—Kirkus Reviews
"...The courageous and finally triumphant reconstruction of one woman's life after an almost unimaginable run of grief and misfortune."
—New York Times Book Review
"Cole's book is by turns harrowing...consoling and finally inspiriting."
—Washington Post Book World