When she was 22 years old and pregnant, Pauline Laurent was informed that her husband had been killed in the Vietnam War. In this direct and powerful memoir, she relates how the grief she suppressed for more than 20 years surfaced in the months leading up to her daughter's wedding, finally pushing her to explore her Grief
Denied: A Vietnam Widow's Story, and to rekindle her faith in the simple power of joy and the possibility of happiness.
Scott Schafer of The California Report interviewed Pauline on KQED Radio on March 19th. The subject was "Mourning a Loved One Lost to War." A recording of the interview is available by clicking here.
Vietnam Video
Students in a history class at North Shore Country Day School in Chicago, recently composed a video honoring U.S. soldiers in the Vietnam War. This vivid and touching remembrance features Pauline's husband and family. It may be viewed here.
"I just wanted to say 'thank you' for having the courage to write your book and even though our experiences could not be any more dissimilar, your writing has made a difference in my life.
"Your writing has made me sit up, take notice and take action. From the bottom of my heart, 'Thank You' for what you have done for me and what you have done for others. All the best.”
"It is not often I find a writer who can relay her feelings so vividly. I was captured from the first page and found it difficult to put down. Therefore I finished it in two days. You are truly a gifted writer."
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Pauline's inspirational hospice talk, The Joy on the Other Side of Grief, is available on DVD for $19.95, plus $3.00 shipping/handling ($1.00 S/H for each additional DVD). (California residents add $1.60 sales tax per DVD.) |
Grief Denied: A
Vietnam Widow's Story, the first war widow's book to come out of the Vietnam war, tells the riveting story of how the author came out from under the suffocating weight of her own silence to find personal expression, a sense of liberation, and a renewal of faith. This book is a deeply moving, inspirational memoir which will provide and promote healing for the unresolved grief still haunting many Americans.
Grief Denied: A Vietnam Widow's Story
by Pauline Laurent
Paperback, 5.5 x 8.5
232 pages, $14.95
ISBN: 0-9671424-0-7
Pub. Date: November 11, 1999
Pauline is a graduate of the Hospice Training and The Coaches Training Institute, an internationally renowned coaching school accredited by the International Coaching Federation.
She is a Certified Co-Active Life Coach and works individually with people to resolve their grief, write their stories, and create the life of their dreams, which is exactly what she has done.
Pauline lives in Northern California near her daughter and two granddaughters.
Grief Denied: A Vietnam Widow's Story, is available in soft cover for $14.95, plus $3.00 shipping/handling (+$1.00 S/H for each additional book). Shipping is by Media Mail. (California residents add $0.88 sales tax per book.)
Please contact Pauline Laurent by e-mail at
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This site is a
member of the following Web Rings:
Vietnam War Writers
The Military Network
The Forgotten
This site is a
recipient of the
"Armyvet's
Gold Diamond Award."
This site is a
recipient of the
"Gold
Moon Award."
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