Holly Chorba
'Its Okay...Scream in the Shower' is a unique book that offers guidance from someone who has been in the depths of grief and has returned to a celebratory life. The guidance offered throughout the book does not assume that one size fits all. Some is derived from the author’s experiences but she also includes suggestions and ways of dealing that she learned helped other people though not herself. You are presented with a menu of practices to choose from.Chorba’s writing reaches out to speak and to listen, to hold your hand, to give you a hug as you work through your own difficulties. Your uniqueness is recognized; yet you are not alone. You have a kindred spirit in the author, yet you are uniquely you. You are presented with choices to contemplate and actions to practice. There are suggestions to write your own practical lists of your actions to take and resources to remember. There are accounts of the author’s experiences with severe loss to help you get to know her and learn how her thoughts were developed and may aid your journey. There are 21 beautiful full color photographs by the author with coordinated poetic text for you to muse and interpret.Screaming in the shower is only one possible way to deal release the tension and frustration that loss may generate. Read this book and learn to carry grief, put the loss in the past, and live in the present.
