by Donna Schuurman

In this exceptional book, the director of the Dougy Center, an award winning center for grieving young people, offers help for anyone who, as a child or adolescent, has experienced the life-changing impact of a parent's early death.

Shuurman understands the obstacles that adults and children whose parent have died face. She speaks from research as well as first hand knowledge. Since 1982 the center she directs has helped over twelve thousand school-age young people. In Never The Same she systematically identifies and explains what can happen across the life span when these losses are pushed aside rather than recognized and faced. Her discussions on resilience and on validating and achieving healthful outcomes are well informed and immensely useful. Highly recommended.

Paperback, 224 pages.