Grief Memoirs

<p><em>Grief Memoirs: Cultural Supportive and Therapeutic Significance</em> bridges literary studies and psychology to evaluate contemporary grief memoirs for use by bereaved and non-bereaved individuals. This volume positions the grief memoir within life writing and bereavement studies through examination of the genre’s characteristics definitions and functions. The book presents the views of memoirists helping professionals community members and university students on writing and reading as self-expressive self-searching and grief-witnessing acts after the loss of a loved one. Utilizing new data from surveys assessing grief support and bibliotherapy this text discusses the compatibility of grief memoirs with contemporary grief theories and the role of interdisciplinary methods in assisting the bereaved. <em>Grief Memoirs: Cultural Supportive and Therapeutic Significance</em> will help educators advance the understanding and interpretation of loss within psychology literature and medical humanities classrooms.</p>