Sweet Sorrow:

Welcome to Sweet Sorrow

Sweet Sorrow grew out of Sherry Cormier’s personal experiences with loss over the last decade. Her beloved husband Jay, was diagnosed with stage 4 esophageal cancer and died six months later, shortly after the passing of Sherry’s father. Over the next few years, her mother, the dog she adopted as a rescue after Jay passed, and her sister and only sibling also died. Sherry says “Processing grief was central to my psychology practice; I never imagined it would become so salient to my life.”

Unlike books written in the immediate aftermath of after losing a loved one, Sweet Sorrow was written in the decade following the loss of Sherry’s husband and family of origin. The passage of time allowed her to chronicle the oscillations of grief and bereavement over a longitudinal period, and to gain perspective on the meaning of loss for growth and transformation. Readers comment on the positive, hopeful tone of the book.

Sweet Sorrow is part memoir, part guidebook. Sherry shares the story of living with Jay’s diagnosis, what it was like when he died, and how she came to be present to life more fully in the years following loss. She also describes some surprising discoveries she’s made in the last decade including spiritual and metaphysical connections  and post traumatic growth. Sherry offers a number of tips from her psychological expertise about ways to grow and even thrive after traumatic loss as well as recommendations for caregiving and for helping others with loss related issues.

 Sweet Sorrow will be published in 2018 by Rowman-Littlefield Publishing House

Release Date: September 8, 2018

Available for pre-order from Barnes & Noble, Books-A-Million, and Amazon.