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Reflections on Love and Loss
Exceptionally well written, thoroughly 'reader friendly' in organization and presentation, providing authentic insights into the process of grief and bereavement that will, sooner or later, touch us all, "Adventure on Joyland Road and Other Stories of Love and Grief: Memoir" by Dr. Lisa Rosenberg is an extraordinary and compassionate account of love, loss, and recovery that will linger in the mind and memory of the reader long after the book has been finished and set back upon the shelf. While this paperback edition of "Adventure on Joyland Road and Other Stories of Love and Grief: Memoir" from Potter's Wheel Publishing House is especially and unreservedly recommended for personal, professional, community, Senior Center, and college/university library Contemporary American Biography/Memoir collections, it should be noted for readers with an interest in the subject of death and dying, grief and bereavement, loss and emotional recovery, that it is also readily available in a digital book format.
Midwest Book Review
Dr. Rosenberg is a gifted writer and storyteller. Adventure on Joyland Road is marvelous, straightforward, funny, and honest, written with great joy and great sadness but so much wisdom. Even as a seasoned mental health professional, I came to understand more fully that grief is a process, not a pathology. The many important lessons in Dr. Rosenberg's work need to be shared, along with the many truths that are rarely put into words. This is truly a beautiful book.
Karen Pierce, M.D.
Distinguished Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association and the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
The sudden, unexpected death of a loved one confronts a survivor with unanswerable questions about life's goodness and fairness, and there are very few resources available to help a survivor regain trust in our world. This is why Dr. Lisa Rosenberg's book, Adventure on Joyland Road, is essential reading for anyone who suddenly lost a loved one or for their family and friends. Dr. Rosenberg's passionate writing draws us into the moment she lost her beloved husband and invites us to accompany her on her journey to healing and wholeness. Her story inspires others to find their way to begin living again.
Rabbi Robert S. Feinberg
Chaplain, U.S. Navy (retired)
Grieving the loss of a loved one is a deeply personal journey, one for which few of us are prepared. In this beautifully written memoir, Dr. Lisa Rosenberg shares her insights on learning to live with profound loss and the path she has forged to find peace with a new normal through reflection, humor, and self-compassion. Those who have experienced personal loss will find enormous comfort in this book, knowing that our lives are richer because of the people we've loved.
Deborah Gross, DNSc, RN, FAAN
Leonard and Helen Stulman Endowed Professor in Mental Health & Psychiatric Nursing, Johns Hopkins School of Nursing
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