Self-help ✦ Penny’s Take
After Loss
Linda Donovan · 2019
80/100
👍 Worth It
Linda Donovan brings ten years of hospice grief-group leadership and her own personal loss to this guide for widows and widowers, and the combination shows. The San Francisco Book Review gave it five stars, and multiple reviewers praised its warm, non-preachy tone. It is narrower in scope than some grief books — focused specifically on spousal loss — but that focus is also its strength for readers in that situation.
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Verdict receipt0–100
safety88
substance80
craft82
originality74
accuracy82
hype80
age-fit85
human-eye80
Penny’s verdict80
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