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Sorrow's long road : the science of grief

Blatchley, Barbara, author

2025

Overview

After the research psychologist Barbara Blatchley lost her husband and partner of thirty-six years, her life changed utterly. Seeking to understand the pain and confusion she felt, Blatchley began exploring the psychology and neuroscience of bereavement. Why does grief last so long and hurt so much? How do we come to terms with loss? In this book, Blatchley interweaves an engaging and reader-friendly look at the research on grief with her powerful personal narrative. Beginning with the day of her husband's death, she traces the questions that loss raised and the answers that science provides. Blatchley examines the psychology of love and attachment, detailing how we bond with others and what happens when those bonds are broken. She considers the storm of emotions that the bereaved experience, as well as both the physical and psychological effects of grieving.

• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Subject: Blatchley, Barbara Family. / Blatchley, Barbara Psychology. / Grief. / Bereavement Psychological aspects. / Family and Relationships.
• ISBN: 9780231214926, 9780231222501

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Call Number	Copies	Material	Location
BF575.G7 B53 2025	1	BOOK	WAITINSERT