TWO MINUS ONE EQUALS ONE
Living through the death of a loved one
By Geoff Treasure. Onwards and Upwards. 79 pages. £6.99
ISBN 978 1 907 509 469
This is a very helpful book written for those who have experienced bereavement, especially when it is the death of a husband or wife, as the title indicates.
Its value is not, however, limited to those circumstances. While the author, Geoff Treasure, draws on his own experience of losing his wife through cancer, he helpfully makes the point that each individual’s experience of grief is personal and unique to themselves and no one else can or should attempt to prescribe the pattern or the length of the grieving process. Having said that, the author, basing his writing on the story of the death of Lazarus and drawing widely on other Scriptures, addresses in a thoughtful and sensitive way a number of questions that inevitably arise at such a time of loss.
