When You Lose Someone You Love by Joanne Fink
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
Author and artist Joanne Fink’s husband Andy died suddenly at only 53 years of age. After 29 years of marriage, Joanne was devastated by his death. A few weeks after he died she began journaling and drawing her thoughts. When You Lose Someone You Love is the result of those cathartic writings and sketches.
This pocket-sized book (it’s 4×6, the dimensions of a photo, and ¼ inch thick) would fit in a small handbag. The pages alternate between artistically whimsical black and white line drawings and easily readable text utilizing a variety of casual craft-type fonts.
Here are some of my favorite pages (I can’t quote page numbers because there aren’t any):
“When you lose someone you love everything seems disjointed.
TIME seems to move at a different pace for you than for everyone else.”“When you lose someone you love, you can be OK for hours or even days at a time and then totally lose it for No reason at all.”
“When you lose someone you love, you begin your life journey anew.”
Did I say the drawings were black and white. Well, that’s not entirely true for toward the book’s end color begins to make an appearance on the pages (a wonderful metaphor for what’s happening in the bereaved one’s heart and life) … just a bit at first with a little more color added on each succeeding page until the last full-color pages.
This book would make a perfect gift for a new widow, widower, or person who has just said goodbye to a parent, child, sibling or close friend. I don’t believe I’ve ever seen another publication quite like it. It’s a beautiful and thoughtful way to share sympathy and caring.
I received this book as a gift from the publisher for the purpose of writing a review.
Violet Nesdoly 