When Words Are Not Enough : Creative Responses to Grief

Jane Harris

ISBN 10: 1912480573 / ISBN 13: 9781912480579

Editore: Global Book Sales Mai 2026, 2026

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Neuware - Everyone grieves for someone at some point in their lives. But how do we deal with the silence that often surrounds grief How do we find ways to express painful feelings when words are not enough This book explores creative responses to grief through 13 extraordinary individuals and a deeply personal and beautiful reflection on grief from authors Jane Harris and Jimmy Edmonds who draw on their own experience of loss, and how the death of their son has led to a creative response that is more than word bound. Jane and Jimmy's son Joshua was 22 when he died in the road accident in Vietnam in 2011. In the years that followed they founded The Good Grief Project, a UK based charity to support other bereaved families and to promote their understanding of grief as creative and active process. This book follows their journey. It also tells the story of 13 other bereaved people who have also found a creative response to their grief. The emphasis on 'continuing bonds' and their own way of maintaining a relationship with Josh, is both emotional and practical. Echoed in the other case studies they illustrate how creativity can shape a future where the deceased still play a part even while physically absent and how this is a normal and restorative aspect of the grieving process. Grief can also be a wonderful educator with new discoveries to be had.

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• Titolo: When Words Are Not Enough : Creative Responses to Grief
• Editore: Global Book Sales Mai 2026
• Data di pubblicazione: 2026
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 1912480573
• ISBN 13: 9781912480579
• Rilegatura: Taschenbuch
• Condizione: Neu
• Dimensioni: 254 L x 185 A x 18 P (millimetri) 254 millimetri di larghezza per 185 millimetri di altezza per 18 millimetri di profondità
• Peso: 340 grammi

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Riassunto

When Words are Not Enough explores the many ways that bereaved families find to express their loss.

The authors’ son was killed in a traffic accident in 2011. Ten years on they reflect on their journey and how they have used their creativity to survive their grief and create a new relationship with their son Josh. The charity they created, The Good Grief Project, is based on ideas that flow from the concept of ‘continuing bonds’, of not wanting to cut off from the deceased, but of building a new kind of relationship with the deceased.

Their mission is to support families grieving after the untimely death of a loved one, particularly the death of a child. And to promote an understanding of what it means to grieve in a society that often has difficulty talking openly about death, dying and bereavement.

Grieving is hard work – it is tough, emotional and very challenging work. It is full of contradictions – we are trying to forget the pain and remember our loved one at the same time. But while it can be a very lonely experience, grief can also be a wonderful educator with new discoveries to be had.

‘When Words Are Not Enough is our attempt to bridge the divide between the silence that surrounds grief and the lived experience of the bereaved.’ Jane Harris 

'Over time we have come to realise that our grief has been a series of creative acts.' Jimmy Edmonds

Beautifully illustrated, the book explores their own responses to Josh’s death along with contributions from 14 others who have also found solace from doing and creating new things following the death of a loved one. 

Informazioni sull'autore

Jane Harris is a psychotherapist, bereavement specialist and supervisor with special interest in family relations. She is responsible for film production. Together with Jimmy Edmonds she runs Active Grief Retreats and workshops as The Good Grief Project.

Jimmy Edmonds is a photographer and documentary film editor with over 100 credits on TV productions including the BAFTA winning ‘Chosen’ for Channel 4 and his own personal film Breaking the Silence for BBC 1. Together with Jane Harris he runs Active Grief Retreats and workshops as The Good Grief Project.