I love all talk about grief. As a future therapist with a specialization in grief, I found this to be well researched and such a great read. I loved it.

In "Tending Grief," Camille Sapara Barton guides readers through the difficult time of sorrow, offering ‎profound insights into rituals for healing. This process advocates for a community approach to Grief, with ‎the importance of shared traditions and cultivating cultures of care. Barton's writing style and functional ‎guidance create a compassionate guidebook for navigating loss. "Tending Grief" comforts those in ‎mourning and builds supportive communities that understand the collective healing process. ‎

The book contained a lot of history and storytelling, which made it hard to stay engaged, but I understand that it is necessary to understand the practice's process.

As I am dealing with grief from the loss of my son, this book serves as a reminder that we are allowed to feel ‎our feelings the way that we do; we are all human and handle situations differently. I appreciated that this ‎book gave a different aspect from “pray and it will all be alight”. I also appreciated that we say actual views ‎of how different cultures grieve not just people.


Thank you to @NetGalley and North Atlantic Books for the opportunity to read and review "Tending Grief"

I was provided an advanced copy of this book by NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

In "Tending Grief," Camille Sapara Barton masterfully guides readers through the delicate terrain of sorrow, offering profound insights into rituals for healing. This thoughtful exploration advocates for a communal approach to grief, emphasizing the importance of shared rituals and cultivating cultures of care. Barton's empathetic prose and practical guidance create a compassionate guidebook for navigating loss. "Tending Grief" not only provides solace for those in mourning but also serves as a catalyst for building supportive communities that understand the transformative power of collective healing.

I felt that the description for this book is a bit misleading to the actual content of the book. The book contains a lot of history and storytelling, which I understand is considered necessary for the practice, but was hard to be engaged. The form of writing was dull and hard to make it through.

I received an ARC in exchange for an honest review. Thank you NetGalley!

Tending Grief is a beautiful book that celebrates the absolute torture that is grief. It is a heartbreaking, heart-wrenching, atrocious part of what makes us human and this book serves as a reminder that we are allowed to feel the feelings we have. I appreciated that this book wasn't just "pray and they're in heaven" it was an actual view of the way people in different cultures grieve.