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George A. Bonanno challenges the prevailing notion in modern Western civilizations that grief must be an overwhelming, prolonged process requiring intense mourning work. Otherwise, depression, psychosomatic disorders, and similar issues are said to threaten. However, this is incorrect. Long-term studies in international grief research, which this book compellingly reports on, show the opposite. They revolutionize the understanding of grief processes. George A. Bonanno and his research colleagues demonstrate through their studies and numerous concrete examples that traumas can be overcome and that grief allows for productive processing. Most people possess resilience, a natural ability to overcome, which enables them to continue living constructively even after the loss of loved ones.