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Happiness interview: Ruth Davis Konigsberg.

I've known writer Ruth Davis Konigsberg for several years, and I couldn't wait to read her new book, The Truth About Grief: The Myth of Its Five Stages and the New Science of Loss.

One of my happiness-project resolutions is to Read memoirs of catastrophe, so I've thought a lot about how different people experience grief.

The book includes many interesting arguments.

For instance, the notion that people generally go through the Kubler-Ross five stages of grief (denial, anger, bargaining, depression, acceptance) isn't supported by research.

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This is one of the chief points of the book, so Ruth discusses at great length. but I was particularly struck by the observation that this model doesn't include "pining" (yearning for loved ones), which is such a strong element of grief.

The Truth About Grief also makes the comforting observation that most people cope with grief more readily than is often portrayed in literature and movies.

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