Summary

The book uses the idea of making soup to symbolize the grief process. Grandy is the main character who is experiencing the loss. She decides she's going to make a big pot of "Tear Soup", and she chooses a big pot so she will have plenty of room for all her feelings and memories. The book emphasizes letting your feelings out, crying if you feel like it and that grief can affect you emotionally and physically. It also describes how outsiders may not know how to approach you and that it's important and helpful to have one or two close friends to share with. Doing things at your own pace and in your own way may also be hard for outsiders to understand but it is very important to do.

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General Themes

The Grief Process, Feelings and Memories

What the Reviewer Liked

I really enjoyed the analogy of soup making to grieving. The book does a good job in explaining different types of loss as well as stages of loss. It also addresses different perspectives, whether the loss is experienced by a child, a friend, a man or a couple.

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Author Qualifications

Pat Schwiebert is a nurse and has been working in the area of bereavement for 25 years. She and her husband also share a hospice ministry in Portland, Oregon.

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Kara is the Gothic root of the word "care."
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