SUMMARY

William & Wendell: A Family Remembered by Donnali Fifield

Written by a twin whose twin sons died of prematurity, the book describes the impact of their deaths following a series of other family tragedies.

This personal account of multiple losses is also a critique of contemporary grief theory. It looks at how grief therapy has unwittingly put even more pressure on the bereaved. Arguing that a death can have permanent, complex, and melancholy consequences, the book questions the therapeutic concept of resolution and the expectation it has imposed of a healthy recovery.

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