Widower: When Men Are Left Alone (Death, Value and Meaning Series)

Widower: When Men Are Left Alone (Death, Value and Meaning Series) by Scott Campbell. hardcover edition. ISBN: 9780895031402.

In "Widower: When Men are Left Alone", a journalist and a social worker explore the grief process as men experience it. The book contains the oral histories of twenty men, ranging in age from 30 to 94, who have lost their wives to a range of causes including cancer, alcohol, murder, and suicide. Taken together, the stories guide the reader through the journey of widowhood, from the raw despair of the early weeks to the resolved perspective thirteen years later, offered by the only true authority on the subject - the men who have survived it.