Grief's Compass: Walking the Wilderness with Emily Dickinson, Paperback/Patricia McKernon Runkle

``The Wilderness is new--to you. Master, let me lead you.`` Emily Dickinson wrote these words to her mentor shortly after his wife died, inviting him to trust her intimate knowledge of grief's landscape. In Grief's Compass , Patricia McKernon Runkle takes Dickinson for her guide after the devastating loss of her brother. As she charts a path through the holy madness of grief and the grace of healing, she finds no stages. Instead, she finds points on a compass and lines from Dickinson that illuminate them. Gently suggesting that you can take your time healing, she becomes your patient companion. ``The 'hand you stretch me in the Dark, ' I put mine in,`` Dickinson wrote. Here is Patricia's hand, reaching for yours.