Letters to Kate: Life After Life (Sightline Books: The Iowa Series in Literary Nonfiction) - Hardcover

"Letters to Kate is truly a gift. The author, Carl Klaus, invites us to share in his intimate correspondence with his late wife, Kate, as he journeys in grief. The book offers a powerful portrait of the process of grief---the ups and downs, the contradictory and confused melange of thoughts and emotions. It offers validation and hope to all those who grieve and a sense of understanding to others who wish to befriend and support the journeyer."---Kenneth J. Doka, professor, the College of New Rochelle, and senior consultant, the Hospice Foundation of America

"Frequently heartbreaking, always insightful, ultimately transcendent---Carl Klaus's chronicle of his first year of grief reminds us that even after the longest winter, spring does eventually arrive. This book is destined to become a classic in the bereavement field."---Hope Edelman, author, Motherless Daughters

"Letters to Kate is a moving, beautifully written, carefully crafted memoir of a widower dealing with his wife's sudden death on a quiet November afternoon. It is a comforting experience for writer and reader alike, and an important contribution to the genre of loss narratives."---Bertram J. Cohler, University of Chicago

Letters to Kate is truly a gift. The author, Carl Klaus, invites us to share in his intimate correspondence with his late wife, Kate, as he journeys in grief. The book offers a powerful portrait of the process of grief---the ups and downs, the contradictory and confused melange of thoughts and emotions. It offers validation and hope to all those who grieve and a sense of understanding to others who wish to befriend and support the journeyer. ---Kenneth J. Doka, professor, the College of New Rochelle, and senior consultant, the Hospice Foundation of America"

Frequently heartbreaking, always insightful, ultimately transcendent---Carl Klaus's chronicle of his first year of grief reminds us that even after the longest winter, spring does eventually arrive. This book is destined to become a classic in the bereavement field. ---Hope Edelman, author, Motherless Daughters"

Letters to Kate is a moving, beautifully written, carefully crafted memoir of a widower dealing with his wife's sudden death on a quiet November afternoon. It is a comforting experience for writer and reader alike, and an important contribution to the genre of loss narratives. ---Bertram J. Cohler, University of Chicago"

Carl Klaus, founding director of the University of Iowa's Nonfiction Writing Program and professor emeritus of English at the University of Iowa, is a diarist, essayist, and author of My Vegetable Love, its companion Weathering Winter, and Taking Retirement.