Selected as a "Best Book of 2011"
by Jewish Ideas Daily
"Gorgeous and poignant..."
--Hope Edelman, author of Motherless Daughters: The Legacy of Loss
"Those who mourn will find kinship in this book; those who seek to comfort them will find wisdom." -- The Star-Ledger
"Stunning . . . Anyone who has lost, anyone who has loved, will identify with the piercing humanity . . . This is a book that changes you forever. It must." --Rabbi Sharon Brous, founding rabbi of IKAR
"A painful, but poetic, humane, and deeply spiritual account of dealing with tragedy that will speak to all who suffer bereavement and those who minister to them."
- Bernard McGinn, Professor Emeritus, The University of Chicago
"Among the many recent personal narratives of loss and grief, Shadows in Winter stands out... The reader will long remember this beautifully written memoir." - Linda S. Raphael, The George Washington University School of Medicine
"Powerful, moving and evocative!"
-- Jonathan Sarna, Braun Professor of American Jewish History, Brandeis University
"This beautiful book . . . evokes the sweetness of life and unbearable loss with riveting nuance. His impulse to tell the story is the impulse towards healing, and he offers help in the midst of even the darkest tragedy." - Rabbi Mychal Springer, Director of the Center for Pastoral Education, The Jewish Theological Seminary
--Hope Edelman, author of Motherless Daughters: The Legacy of Loss
"Those who mourn will find kinship in this book; those who seek to comfort them will find wisdom." -- The Star-Ledger
"Stunning . . . Anyone who has lost, anyone who has loved, will identify with the piercing humanity . . . This is a book that changes you forever. It must." --Rabbi Sharon Brous, founding rabbi of IKAR
"A painful, but poetic, humane, and deeply spiritual account of dealing with tragedy that will speak to all who suffer bereavement and those who minister to them."
- Bernard McGinn, Professor Emeritus, The University of Chicago
"Among the many recent personal narratives of loss and grief, Shadows in Winter stands out... The reader will long remember this beautifully written memoir." - Linda S. Raphael, The George Washington University School of Medicine
"Powerful, moving and evocative!"
-- Jonathan Sarna, Braun Professor of American Jewish History, Brandeis University
"This beautiful book . . . evokes the sweetness of life and unbearable loss with riveting nuance. His impulse to tell the story is the impulse towards healing, and he offers help in the midst of even the darkest tragedy." - Rabbi Mychal Springer, Director of the Center for Pastoral Education, The Jewish Theological Seminary