This book had amazing insight into the world of grieving. I lost my mother a year ago and I found myself both overwhelmed and obsessed with trying to grieve. I thought that there was a formula to the grieving process and that it would come automatically. And when it didn't I felt my faith diminish and slowly I withdrew. I brought this book looking for insight and found it. Like a slap in the face C.S. Lewis exhibited many of the same feelings that I did. He showed true anger in his disdain for everything and everyone including God himself. That type of raw anger shook me to the core because I myself was angry at God for taking my mother. But in the midst of rage, Lewis gains a quiet understanding for matters of life and death and slowly starts to heal. After reading this book I felt relieved to know that someone else felt my pain. Someone else understood where I was coming from and someone else allowed themselves to heal without going through the cookie-cutter phases of grief. This book is a great read and will impact you almost immediately.