At a time when I thought I was losing my mind as well as the person I loved, I came across this wonderful gem of a book in it's original 209 page format. Concisely written with the grieving reader in mind, it goes straight to the heart of the matter, giving compact strategies and brief insights into why, how and when people descend into the darker side of life known as rejection, loss and grieving. A great strength of this book is that it forgoes the psychological mumbo-jumbo of other lost-love self-help books and instead gives immediate advice and strategies so that the grieving reader can, from the very first page, begin to feel better and begin to see the light at the end of the tunnel. Beginning with a description of what loss actually is, what other situations in life are considered loss, and what loss always feels like, the book describes the various stages and strategies of healing and ultimately, recovery. One extremely important page at the beginning of the book directs the reader to contact the suicide prevention hotline in case he or she feels that they are in danger of losing control. Interspersed throughout the book are various reflections on loss in the form of insightful poems which show the reader that he or she is definitely not alone in experiencing grief. This form of poetic expression strangely seems to be exactly what the reader is feeling. That feature alone is worth the price of the book. When I first bought it, I planned to spend about a week reading it, only to find that I just couldn't put it down. Instead, I read it all in a single day and night. Thereafter, I referred to it endlessly until finally, my crisis was over. This priceless book will now never leave my possession. Needless to say, I highly recommend this book to anyone who has suffered rejection and the loss of a loved one, a situation which I learned is an extremely painful but frequent one in today's world. This book is more than a band-aid for a psychic wound. It is a veritable transfusion of hope, insight, wisdom and self-respect.