A LIBRARIAN’S ORIENTATION
What this book explores
A theologian’s account of devastating family loss and the surprising practices of communal joy that accompanied grief without erasing it.
EDITORIAL NOTE
Why it’s in the Library
It protects joy from becoming spiritual pressure by showing it as connection that can coexist with anguish. The book offers grieving travelers companionship without resolving loss into a lesson.
Good starting place if…
You are grieving and need a story in which joy can return through relationship and shared life without canceling sorrow or demanding optimism.
Know before you begin…
Gorrell joins theological reflection to her own devastating family losses and to experiences in a community addressing addiction and despair. Her account is testimony, not a formula for grief or a claim that everyone will encounter joy in the same way.