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Lament for a Son
by Nicholas Wolterstorff
A philosopher's fragments after his twenty-five-year-old son died climbing. A hundred pages of grief without consolation's shortcuts.
Read it if…
you have lost a child.
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Skip it if…
you want steps.
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Three things you will actually use
- Sit on the mourning bench.
- Do not explain; be present.
- Lament is faith too.
Do this first
Read it slowly, in pieces.
Our verdict
Wolterstorff's lament.
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