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dependence
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failure
grief
loss
mortality
nostalgia
parting
regret
shame
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- ISBN 9781786226136
- Dimensions: 135 x 216mm
- Publication Date: 24 Sep 2025
- Publisher: Canterbury Press Norwich
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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Grief is not a rare visitor - it is a quiet companion, woven into the fabric of everyday life. From birth to death, loss shadows us, often just beneath the surface.
In this deeply compassionate book, Duncan MacLaren explores the many faces of grief - not only bereavement, but also the quieter sorrows of parting, regret, failure, nostalgia, and shame. With insight and sensitivity, he invites us to reconsider grief not as a sign of a broken world, but as a doorway to deeper connection, understanding, and spiritual growth. Ten chapters examine aspects of loss that are widely recognised: parting, regret, nostalgia, failure, bereavement, shame, ageing, dependence, mortality, and disenchantment.
Far from offering easy answers, All is Not Loss draws on the lived experiences of those who have been profoundly marked by loss - and yet have found their lives unexpectedly expanded. MacLaren offers a hopeful vision: that even in our pain, we may discover that all is not loss.
Dr Duncan MacLaren has worked with loss and grief in healthcare settings for over a decade. He is a hospice counsellor in Edinburgh, and was previously Head of Spiritual Care and Bereavement in NHS Lothian.
