{"product_id":"lament-for-a-son-9780802802941","title":"Lament for a Son","description":"Well-known Christian philosopher Nicholas Wolterstorff has authored many books that have contributed significantly to scholarship in several subjects. In \u003ci\u003eLament for a Son\u003c\/i\u003e he writes not as a scholar but as a loving father grieving the loss of his son. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In brief vignettes Wolterstorff explores with a moving honesty and intensity, all the facets of his experience of this irreversible loss. Though he grieves \"not as one who has no hope,\" he finds no comfort in the pious-sounding phrases that would diminish the malevolence of death. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The book is in one sense a narrative account of events--from the numbing telephone call on a sunny Sunday afternoon that tells of 25-year-old Eric's death in a mountain-climbing accident, to a graveside visit a year later. But the book is far more than narrative. Every event is an occasion for remembering, for meditating, for Job-like anguish in the struggle to accept and understand. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e A profoundly faith-affirming book, \u003ci\u003eLament for a Son\u003c\/i\u003e gives eloquent expression to a grief that is at once unique and universal--a grief for an individual, irreplaceable person. Though it is an intensely personal book, Wolterstorff decided to publish it, he says, \"in the hope that it will be of help to some of those who find themselves with us in the company of mourners.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/18\/1987\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780802802941\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 111\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.28lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.99h x 5.01w x 0.36d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/01\/1987\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Nicholas Wolterstorff","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36643540205724,"sku":"9780802802941","price":14.44,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_5e710cee-f549-496a-a2e5-69078c49486b.jpg?v=1603856804","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/lament-for-a-son-9780802802941","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}