From the Preface:
Anguish, joy, anger, relief, regret, sadness, numbness, fear, guilt, greed, indifference -- so many ways to feel about a death. Maybe you reach for a touch of humor to lighten your heart. Whatever your response to the end of a life, know that you are not alone.
Four Star Funerals is a collection drawn from the personal experiences of the Four Star writers, a critique group that met at the Four Star Coffee Bar in Fort Worth, Texas. Death has not merely touched our group, it has hammered many of us. We've lost children, husbands, mothers and fathers, brothers and sisters, close friends. We've lost one of our own, a beloved member of our close-knit group.
"Write what you know" is standard advice to writers. We've taken it to heart. Death is what we've come to know too well in recent times. Our individual responses to our bereavements show a universe of emotions. You never know how you will react until you've been there.
If you've been there, if you've lost someone important to you, maybe you've been surprised -- even shocked -- by your reaction. Perhaps you have felt that your emotions are inappropriate. Maybe it will help you to know that one of us, in our small but diverse writers' group, has felt much as you have. In our essays, anecdotes, poems, and stories, we hope you find a measure of comfort. You are not alone, nor are we.
By Ann Barrington, David R. Davis, Melissa Russell Deur, Patricia Holland, Kathryn Lay, Deborah J. Lightfoot, Martha Moore, Cecile Odell, Diane Roberts, and BJ Stone. Cover art copyright (c) 2011 by David R. Davis. All rights reserved.
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