Review of "Good Grief" by Granger E. Westberg

"Good Grief" is definitely a Christian book and approach to grief.  This book, or more likely booklet or pamphlet, is quite short, and comes in a variety of physical formats, all of which contain the same material.  This book was written in 1962, and so doesn't benefit from more recent research in the subject.

The chapters of the book list various stages, although states might be a more accurate description, because the stages described may not come in sequence.  These stages are: one, a state of shock; two, emotions; three, depression and loneliness; four, physical symptoms of distress; five, panic; six, guilt; seven, anger and resentment; eight, resistance to returning to a more normal way of life; nine, hope; and ten, affirm reality.

The benefit of the book is, primarily, that it is short.  It does cover a range of important aspects to the processing of grief, but in a very terse manner.  The discussion of some areas, such as depression, do suffer as a result of the brevity.