Women's grief is often a complex phenomenon--a natural, normal experience, but one that can seriously impact everyone--female or male--at every stage of life. Understanding Loss and Grief for Women: A New Perspective on Their Pain and Healing provides a way to look at how women experience loss through the lens of their socially constructed roles, and in light of the theories and practice of grief therapy and support.

The book begins by explaining the social construction of women's traditional, transitional, and modern/postmodern roles, and then addresses the social...