Incomplete recovery from grief can have a lifelong negative effect on your capacity for happiness. Drawing from their own histories, as well as from others, the authors illustrate what grief is and how it is possible to recover and regain energy and spontaneity.

As Freddie experiences the changing seasons along with his companion leaves, he learns about the delicate balance between life and death.

Suggests ways to deal with the grief and other emotions felt after the death of a loved one and to discover how to go on living.