About this item
A Book-of-the-Year Award BOTYA finalistfor 2014, The Widowers Guide to a New Life shares the experiences of ten bereaved men as they cope with the trauma of losing a spouse. The book will help new widowers meet such challenges as how to find consolation through friends, work and prayer how to start over in terms of new activities, dating and a social life and how to know when and if a new love relationship is right for you. Guidelines are provided from each widowers personal experiences, making this book a compendium of useful suggestions for getting through this difficult period with knowledge and grace.,
About the Author
Joanna Romer's writing has appeared in The New York Times, Cosmopolitan, Mademoiselle and other publications. She is the author of Widow: A Survival Guide for the First Year; The Widower's Guide to a New Life; Creative Aging: A Baby Boomer's Guide to Successful Living (with Cheryl Vassiliadis) ; Divorced! Survival Techniques for Singles over Forty; and A Woman's Guide to Self-Nurturing. With her late husband, Jack Milton, Romer wrote and produced the 1972 feature film, Please Stand By. For the past 16 years she taught communications at colleges and universities in Florida and New York. Currently, Joanna Romer lives in Daytona Beach, Florida.
