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"On a mid-October evening, a group of fathers gathered around a conference table and met each other for the first time. None of the men had ever thought of himself a ""support group kind of guy"" and each felt entirely out of place. In fact, nothing about their lives felt normal anymore. The Group: Seven Widowed Fathers Reimagine Life chronicles the challenges and triumphs of seven men whose wives died from cancer and were left to raise their young children entirely on their own. Brought together by tragedy, the fathers - Neill, Dan, Bruce, Karl, Joe, Steve, and Russ - forged an uncommon bond. Over time, group meetings evolved into a forum for reinvention and transformed the men in unexpected ways. Through the fathers' poignant interactions, The Group illustrates that while some wounds never fully heal, each of us has the potential to construct a new and meaningful future. Rosenstein and Yopp, co-leaders of the support group, weave together the fathers' stories with contemporary research on grief and adaptation. The Group traces a compelling journey of healing and personal discovery that no book has ever captured before. The men's touching efforts to care for their families, grieve for their wives, and reimagine their futures will inspire anyone who has suffered a major loss."

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Rosenstein and Yopp understand the steep cost of grief: we lose people before we can imagine life without them. Brilliantly narrated with expertise and compassion, this book shines a light on the magic of togetherness. When we cannot go on, we need the communities like these to recreate a hope-filled future. - Kate Bowler, New York Times Bestselling author of No Cure for Being Human Yopp and his co-author have written an engaging and informative account of their support group with seven widowed fathers raising young children after their wives died of cancer. ... This book will be valued by any griever, but especially a grieving parent who is raising children. Clinicians will also gain insight into the ebb and flow of the clinical process while providing a supportive milieu for grieving persons. -- ADEC Connects Widowed husbands with children - a double whammy - long neglected and dealt here with extraordinary sensitivity and much-needed guidance, helpful for both the men who live on and those who know and love them. -- Jane E Brody, Personal Health columnist, New York Times Filled with emotionally poignant, tear-inducing vignettes of real men confronting the loss of their spouses, this book enlightens us about how to approach grief and the grieving. This is a book of immense wisdom and tenderness that will touch everyone and make us more caring friends and family when we confront death and the survivors of death. -Ezekiel Emanuel, MD, PhD, oncologist, bioethicist, senior fellow at the Center for American Progress This story of seven men who have suffered profound loss yet help each other to deal with unavoidable issues fills an important need for those who may find it difficult to cope yet difficult to seek help. -Tom Insel, MD, former director, National Institute of Mental Health This powerful book opens up the raw but honest thoughts and feelings-and difficult conflicts-of a group of fathers willing to bare their souls to each other and now to us as readers. I hope that anyone who is struggling with such a loss will become a virtual group member and gain insights from their experiences. -Jimmie Holland, MD, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center I absolutely loved this book. Rosenstein and Yopp's ability to expertly weave personal narratives with their professional expertise makes this required reading for anyone who has or will experience a loss. That is to say, every single person on the planet. -Matt Logelin, author of the New York Times Bestseller, Two Kisses for Maddy the book is an interwoven tapestry of theories, clinical debates, client experiences and group development, and offers an integrative presentation of effective ways for supporting grieving men. It will be of great value to mental health professionals and all those who want to learn more about supporting grieving men. -- Anao Zhang, Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare Yopp and his co-author have written an engaging and informative account of their support group with seven widowed fathers raising young children after their wives died of cancer. ... This book will be valued by any griever, but especially a grieving parent who is raising children. Clinicians will also gain insight into the ebb and flow of the clinical process while providing a supportive milieu for grieving persons. -- ADEC Connects Widowed husbands with children - a double whammy - long neglected and dealt here with extraordinary sensitivity and much-needed guidance, helpful for both the men who live on and those who know and love them. - Jane E Brody, Personal Health columnist, New York Times Filled with emotionally poignant, tear-inducing vignettes of real men confronting the loss of their spouses, this book enlightens us about how to approach grief and the grieving. This is a book of immense wisdom and tenderness that will touch everyone and make us more caring friends and family when we confront death and the survivors of death. -Ezekiel Emanuel, MD, PhD, oncologist, bioethicist, senior fellow at the Center for American Progress This story of seven men who have suffered profound loss yet help each other to deal with unavoidable issues fills an important need for those who may find it difficult to cope yet difficult to seek help. -Tom Insel, MD, former director, National Institute of Mental Health This powerful book opens up the raw but honest thoughts and feelings-and difficult conflicts-of a group of fathers willing to bare their souls to each other and now to us as readers. I hope that anyone who is struggling with such a loss will become a virtual group member and gain insights from their experiences. -Jimmie Holland, MD, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center The book is an interwoven tapestry of theories, clinical debates, client experiences and group development, and offers an integrative presentation of effective ways for supporting grieving men. It will be of great value to mental health professionals and all those who want to learn more about supporting grieving men. -- Anao Zhang, Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

"Rosenstein and Yopp understand the steep cost of grief: we lose people before we can imagine life without them. Brilliantly narrated with expertise and compassion, this book shines a light on the magic of togetherness. When we cannot go on, we need the communities like these to recreate a hope-filled future."" - Kate Bowler, New York Times Bestselling author of No Cure for Being Human Yopp and his co-author have written an engaging and informative account of their support group with seven widowed fathers raising young children after their wives died of cancer. ... This book will be valued by any griever, but especially a grieving parent who is raising children. Clinicians will also gain insight into the ebb and flow of the clinical process while providing a supportive milieu for grieving persons. * ADEC Connects * Widowed husbands with children - a double whammy - long neglected and dealt here with extraordinary sensitivity and much-needed guidance, helpful for both the men who live on and those who know and love them."" * Jane E Brody, Personal Health columnist, New York Times * Filled with emotionally poignant, tear-inducing vignettes of real men confronting the loss of their spouses, this book enlightens us about how to approach grief and the grieving. This is a book of immense wisdom and tenderness that will touch everyone and make us more caring friends and family when we confront death and the survivors of death."" -Ezekiel Emanuel, MD, PhD, oncologist, bioethicist, senior fellow at the Center for American Progress This story of seven men who have suffered profound loss yet help each other to deal with unavoidable issues fills an important need for those who may find it difficult to cope yet difficult to seek help."" -Tom Insel, MD, former director, National Institute of Mental Health This powerful book opens up the raw but honest thoughts and feelings-and difficult conflicts-of a group of fathers willing to bare their souls to each other and now to us as readers. I hope that anyone who is struggling with such a loss will become a ""virtual group"" member and gain insights from their experiences. -Jimmie Holland, MD, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center I absolutely loved this book. Rosenstein and Yopp's ability to expertly weave personal narratives with their professional expertise makes this required reading for anyone who has or will experience a loss. That is to say, every single person on the planet."" -Matt Logelin, author of the New York Times Bestseller, Two Kisses for Maddy the book is an interwoven tapestry of theories, clinical debates, client experiences and group development, and offers an integrative presentation of effective ways for supporting grieving men. It will be of great value to mental health professionals and all those who want to learn more about supporting grieving men. * Anao Zhang, Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare * Yopp and his co-author have written an engaging and informative account of their support group with seven widowed fathers raising young children after their wives died of cancer. ... This book will be valued by any griever, but especially a grieving parent who is raising children. Clinicians will also gain insight into the ebb and flow of the clinical process while providing a supportive milieu for grieving persons. * ADEC Connects * Widowed husbands with children - a double whammy - long neglected and dealt here with extraordinary sensitivity and much-needed guidance, helpful for both the men who live on and those who know and love them."" - Jane E Brody, Personal Health columnist, New York Times Filled with emotionally poignant, tear-inducing vignettes of real men confronting the loss of their spouses, this book enlightens us about how to approach grief and the grieving. This is a book of immense wisdom and tenderness that will touch everyone and make us more caring friends and family when we confront death and the survivors of death."" -Ezekiel Emanuel, MD, PhD, oncologist, bioethicist, senior fellow at the Center for American Progress This story of seven men who have suffered profound loss yet help each other to deal with unavoidable issues fills an important need for those who may find it difficult to cope yet difficult to seek help."" -Tom Insel, MD, former director, National Institute of Mental Health This powerful book opens up the raw but honest thoughts and feelings-and difficult conflicts-of a group of fathers willing to bare their souls to each other and now to us as readers. I hope that anyone who is struggling with such a loss will become a ""virtual group"" member and gain insights from their experiences. -Jimmie Holland, MD, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center The book is an interwoven tapestry of theories, clinical debates, client experiences and group development, and offers an integrative presentation of effective ways for supporting grieving men. It will be of great value to mental health professionals and all those who want to learn more about supporting grieving men. * Anao Zhang, Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare *"

Rosenstein and Yopp understand the steep cost of grief: we lose people before we can imagine life without them. Brilliantly narrated with expertise and compassion, this book shines a light on the magic of togetherness. When we cannot go on, we need the communities like these to recreate a hope-filled future. - Kate Bowler, New York Times Bestselling author of No Cure for Being Human Yopp and his co-author have written an engaging and informative account of their support group with seven widowed fathers raising young children after their wives died of cancer. ... This book will be valued by any griever, but especially a grieving parent who is raising children. Clinicians will also gain insight into the ebb and flow of the clinical process while providing a supportive milieu for grieving persons. * ADEC Connects * Widowed husbands with children - a double whammy - long neglected and dealt here with extraordinary sensitivity and much-needed guidance, helpful for both the men who live on and those who know and love them. * Jane E Brody, Personal Health columnist, New York Times * Filled with emotionally poignant, tear-inducing vignettes of real men confronting the loss of their spouses, this book enlightens us about how to approach grief and the grieving. This is a book of immense wisdom and tenderness that will touch everyone and make us more caring friends and family when we confront death and the survivors of death. -Ezekiel Emanuel, MD, PhD, oncologist, bioethicist, senior fellow at the Center for American Progress This story of seven men who have suffered profound loss yet help each other to deal with unavoidable issues fills an important need for those who may find it difficult to cope yet difficult to seek help. -Tom Insel, MD, former director, National Institute of Mental Health This powerful book opens up the raw but honest thoughts and feelings-and difficult conflicts-of a group of fathers willing to bare their souls to each other and now to us as readers. I hope that anyone who is struggling with such a loss will become a virtual group member and gain insights from their experiences. -Jimmie Holland, MD, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center I absolutely loved this book. Rosenstein and Yopp's ability to expertly weave personal narratives with their professional expertise makes this required reading for anyone who has or will experience a loss. That is to say, every single person on the planet. -Matt Logelin, author of the New York Times Bestseller, Two Kisses for Maddy the book is an interwoven tapestry of theories, clinical debates, client experiences and group development, and offers an integrative presentation of effective ways for supporting grieving men. It will be of great value to mental health professionals and all those who want to learn more about supporting grieving men. * Anao Zhang, Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare * Yopp and his co-author have written an engaging and informative account of their support group with seven widowed fathers raising young children after their wives died of cancer. ... This book will be valued by any griever, but especially a grieving parent who is raising children. Clinicians will also gain insight into the ebb and flow of the clinical process while providing a supportive milieu for grieving persons. * ADEC Connects * Widowed husbands with children - a double whammy - long neglected and dealt here with extraordinary sensitivity and much-needed guidance, helpful for both the men who live on and those who know and love them. - Jane E Brody, Personal Health columnist, New York Times Filled with emotionally poignant, tear-inducing vignettes of real men confronting the loss of their spouses, this book enlightens us about how to approach grief and the grieving. This is a book of immense wisdom and tenderness that will touch everyone and make us more caring friends and family when we confront death and the survivors of death. -Ezekiel Emanuel, MD, PhD, oncologist, bioethicist, senior fellow at the Center for American Progress This story of seven men who have suffered profound loss yet help each other to deal with unavoidable issues fills an important need for those who may find it difficult to cope yet difficult to seek help. -Tom Insel, MD, former director, National Institute of Mental Health This powerful book opens up the raw but honest thoughts and feelings-and difficult conflicts-of a group of fathers willing to bare their souls to each other and now to us as readers. I hope that anyone who is struggling with such a loss will become a virtual group member and gain insights from their experiences. -Jimmie Holland, MD, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center The book is an interwoven tapestry of theories, clinical debates, client experiences and group development, and offers an integrative presentation of effective ways for supporting grieving men. It will be of great value to mental health professionals and all those who want to learn more about supporting grieving men. * Anao Zhang, Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare *

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Donald L. Rosenstein, MD, is Professor of Psychiatry and Medicine at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill where he is Director of the UNC Comprehensive Cancer Support Program and Division Head of General Adult Psychiatry. He is the former Clinical Director of the National Institute of Mental Health and Past-President of both the Academy of Consultation Liaison Psychiatry and the American Psychosocial Oncology Society. Justin M. Yopp, PhD, is Associate Professor of Psychiatry at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill where he serves as Program Director of Psycho-Oncology for the UNC Comprehensive Cancer Support Program. Together, the authors are the creators of the Single Fathers Due to Cancer Program.

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