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Past: Perfect! Present: Tense! Insights from One Woman's Journey as the Wife of a Widower
Past Perfect Present Tense Insights from One Woman's Journey as the Wife of a Widower Author:Julie Donner Andersen Past: Perfect! Present: Tense! Insights From One Woman's Journey as the Wife of a Widower is wise, insightful and candid, a clear and captivating look at the unique and challenging life of a WOW. Mrs. Andersen writes with obvious knowledge and revealing personal experience that makes the book an easy and informative read. The book addresses how ... more »the WOW relates to the family and friends of the late wife -- and even the late wife herself -- while granting much needed support, understanding and empowerment to help the WOW protect herself at the same time. Like those who have never been divorced cannot understand its effects, only a WOW can truly understand a WOW's life. But Mrs. Andersen deftly paints such a clear picture that the reader who isn't a WOW will understand much more and the reader who is a WOW will breathe a sign of relief to have her feelings validated and find a common spirit. Mrs. Andersen covers the topics of grief, anger, guilt, insecurity and more without a maudlin attempt for justification. Instead she plows straight ahead into affirmations and resolutions that are sure to help a hurting WOW heal. Her "please do" and "please do not" list is right on target, enlightening and heartwarming -- a succinct source of strength and inspiration for those all too frequent encounters a WOW experiences.« less