Surviving Sadness by Sheryl Garden

‘Surviving Sadness – a journal of grief’ - a captivatingly beautiful book describing personal sadness that resonates with the soul.

Drawing from her own lived experience and journal writing over many years, Sheryl Garden has created an elegant book filled with evocative photography, quotes, and poetic musing.

Designed to be picked up and set down at the pace of someone who is trying to fathom their own losses, you can open this book at any page and sense a connection, an understanding of grief. The book is only 42 pages long, but each page will have a gem of kinship or wisdom to savour.

Sheryl’s life journey and her training as a counsellor are seamlessly interwoven to express a message of hope and encouragement.

Sheryl has worked in Pastoral Care at LIFE for over 9 years and has perceived a need for people to be understood at a level that goes much deeper than popular grief theory.

This non-technical approach, combined with a high degree of creativity has resulted in a lovely book that can be given as a gift to a grieving person without fear of offense.

Sheryl’s greatest hope is that this book will get into the hands of people who are grieving, to strengthen, console and inspire.