TITLE: A JOURNEY THROUGH GRIEF: Notes From A Foreign Country
AUTHOR: James McGee
PUBLISHER: Self published by 1st Books, Copyright 2003, Revised 2003
ISBN: (10) 1414002831 (13) 978-1414002835
DESCRIPTION: Soft cover, 236 pages, Size approx. 5 x 8 inches
BOOK CONDITION: New
ABOUT THIS BOOK: On the premise that grief is a foreign country for most of us, the author takes the reader on a journey through the grief process as he attempts to move beyond the unexpected death of his wife just as they entered retirement. His personal thoughts on grief are poignant and powerful and the book is like a portable support group that helps readers realize they are not alone in their grieving.
Readers will feel the author's pain and will identify with his humanity. The Epilogue to the book offers fifteen lessons that will help readers on their journey through grief. The book is also a story of a remarkable love relationship. It has laugh-out-loud humor in the midst of pain. Readers will feel they are in the presence of a friend who "really knows" what grief is like.
"I simply cannot imagine a better portrayal of love between two people, written through pain, in homage to a loved one. If anyone wants to know about love and the feelings associated with its loss, these pages serve as an example. The book is a road map of how to honor the love, revisit it in grief and begin sorting out the feelings of loss . . . This is very heartfelt, powerful material."
~ Mike Foley, Writer's Review.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR: James McGee is a Viet Nam-era veteran of U.S. Army Intelligence. He was an enlisted man who received a direct Field Commission and served as First Lieutenant. Subsequently he became a U.S. Foreign Service Officer becoming Assistant in the Office of the Secretary of State.
McGee left Government service and entered the corporate world serving as the youngest divisional General Manager of a Fortune 60 and then as President of an industrial products company. He patented a product and started his own company in 1987 which he sold to his largest competitor.
He graduated from UCLA and the Harvard University Graduate School of Business. He is multilingual, has traveled in 66 countries and resides in Southern California. This is his second book.
