In Grief's Compass, she creates a space in which readers can visit their own grieving and explore the way stations she has found. Most powerful of all, she shares her own diamond-like work-finely wrought prose interwoven with her own spare, honest, kind, and deeply wise poetry. While recounting in searing detail her response to the loss of her brother, she shines the light of her attention on the poems of Emily Dickinson, whom she chooses as her own fierce companion, and they bloom for us as never before. Patricia McKernon Runkle is that worthy companion. At times of great loss, it is hard to find a true companion, one who will understand your deep sorrow and not try to get you to move on.
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