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Jan Sheble says: "This is a book I wish I did not have to write. It's a book I wish you did not have to read. But our lives have been altered by the deaths of our husbands. This is nothing that any of us signed up for.? But here we are as widows. Our spirits understand each other, as those around us cannot. Others offer sincere sympathy, but only one who has walked through that valley herself can truly say, I understand."
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According to U.S. government statistics there are currently 11.6 million widows in our country. They are in varying stages of grief. Little has been written on specifics of how to adjust to the stage of widowhood.In August, 1992, Dr. Jan Sheble became a widow overnight. Her husband contracted an anaerobic bacterium and died within twenty-four hours. Having experienced almost instantaneous grief and years of widowhood, she now provides helpful insight for widows everywhere'as she shares her own story and the story of other widows.Topics covered are:' Immediate plans' The First Year' Regrets' Single parenting' Loneliness' Memories' Finances' Sex, dating, and remarriage' Plus an appendix of numerous questions and answers
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