This Grief is Mine: A Personal Journey and Guide Through the Aspects of Grief, Comfort, and Healing

Whether you are grieving yourself or helping someone you love through his or her grief, this book offers insight and inspiration for everyone. Both its prose and poetry will touch your inner spirit as it provides information, comfort, and healing.

A 1966 graduate of Sheldon Beauty Academy, Norma Atherton later attended the University of Vermont, eventually receiving a degree in religion from Norwich University in 1998. Some of her poems are included in Best Poems of 1995, Fire From Within, and Dark Side Of The Moon (National Library of Poetry).

A widow with three grown children, a stepdaughter, and eight grandchildren, Atherton owns and operates a small business. Supportive of her church, community, and world, she serves on church committees and the Habitat for Humanity selection committee, and is a Save the Children sponsor.