For anyone who has ever lost a loved one—or is facing the prospect of losing a loved one—this book is the key to understanding God’s grace in the midst of it.
    Deep loss initiates you into a society you’d never wish to be a part of, but once there, you long for someone to encourage you, to understand the depth of your pain, to apply the balm that will heal you.




Not all gifts are tangible.

After suffering the loss of her father while writing her bestselling debut book, Amy Hollingsworth began to search for the meaning behind his dying moments. What she found was a simple truth at the heart of overcoming the deepest grief: the dying leave gifts. With deeply moving stories of how others discovered the gifts their loved ones left behind, this book will gently encourage you to anticipate and uncover your own.

Weaving together the warm intimacy of Mitch Albom’s Tuesdays with Morrie and the straightforward honesty of Joan Didion’s The Year of Magical Thinking, Amy Hollingsworth adds her hopeful voice to the literature of life and the life beyond. The result is a collection of stories that gives the reader myriad ways to identify their own pain and healing and is an intriguing journey for any and all readers fascinated by this brief overlap of heaven and earth.

From the bestselling author of The Simple Faith of Mister Rogers.

‘Blessed are those who mourn,’ Jesus said, but he didn’t stop there. He gave the reason why the mournful are blessed: ‘for they shall be comforted.’

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