Grieve With Understanding We Will Meet Again by Farzana Sarup is a wonderful book it is a book of the journey a journey that crosses the boundaries of life and moves towards eternity. It's a journey that begins with despair and frustration of life but it ends with a different kind of tranquility and peace. A journey that makes death a wonderful transformation from one life to another life.
The book is so well written that it makes death a painless transition. Death, in fact, is not the end. Rather it is a new beginning. A new destination away from all where it was an existing so far for last so many years. Death is a transition where it is an amalgamation of two strange worlds. On one hand, a world that is tearful and sad that you are departing from. On the other hand, a world that is welcoming you smilingly which has departed from you many years ago.
The first three chapters of Grieve With Understanding We Will Meet Again are completely philosophical. During these three chapters Mona the protagonist has nothing but complaints from anybody and everybody in her life. Actually, Mona feels she is a victim of the circumstances and that is why she is bitter. The book is, in fact, spiritual fiction.
As the author tells, during one of our conversation about Mona, saying, "Part of it is what what I went through emotionally when my mom was passing away." She further adds, "There are some people who get bitter and then realize that it is not worth it." I feel this book will be liked by anybody who reads it. Anybody who cares about emotions, anybody who has seen moving life to death in a spur of a moment or in slow motion. Anybody who has felt a big void when somebody leaves you alone whom you loved a lot. I liked the book. In fact, during the first few chapters, I never realized that the latter half will become so emotional and touching.
As Farzana tells her purpose of writing this wonderful book saying, "Wrote to allow people who have been through emotional turmoils that they are not alone and if you forgive yourself and accept the will of God and have faith in the others and God, things fall into place and one realizes that everyone is connected as you share the same energy and nothing is more beautiful than selfless exchange of positive energy." Grieve with understanding is a light read. It's a book that gives an altogether different perspective of death in a very emotional and touching manner and two parallel journeys in contrast to each other - Mona's and her mother's.
