Good Grief: God's Sustaining Presence During My Heartbreak

by David A. Dean

Dave and Dottie Dean exchange a good laugh, unaware that in only six weeks a sudden illness will claim her life. Stunned by this unexpected loss, her husband will try to make sense of his confusion and sadness. Yet his years as a pastor, college professor and author have not prepared him for the heartbreak. This account rests on Dave's painful experience-not on his professional credentials. He searches his heart, explores his inner turmoil, and muses over what grief is doing to him. So he lets us share his sorrow and mourn with him. Through it all we find a "good grief," one where we meet God in its shadows and find a future lighted by hope.

151 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2012

Reviews

[David · Rating 5 out of 5]

Dr. David Deans book, Good Grief, is the very best memoir available on how one man experienced the life and death of his spouse following 61 years of marriage. Dr. Dean shares transparently and humbly the raw, sheer grief of his loss, but always with an eye to the blessed hope that believers in Christ hold dear--that he will again see his wife at the second coming of Christ and the resurrection of those who are asleep in Jesus.

What he experienced and learned through the first year of her death will help anyone on the same path through the valley of the shadow of death. There we fear no evil, for God is with us and He comforts us.

A week ago today, my wife of 41 years died. I held her hand as she took her last breath. This book was a life ring that has kept me afloat and shown me the way to land.