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O Susan!: Looking Forward with Hope after the Death of a Child
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About O Susan!: Looking Forward With Hope After The Death
Product Description A true classic on the meaning of hope when confronted by the death of the young. For a decade people have been asking, "Where can I borrow, buy or get my hands on a copy of one of the best books ever written about sudden sorrow?" Now available in an updated edition, this book is a wonderful guide for those who face the reorganization of their lives following the death of a loved one. Susan Elizabeth Angell, 21, a Pomona College senior, was killed a few short weeks before she was to graduate as a violin major. Word reached the Angell family just as dawn broke over the San Bernardino mountains on Easter morning. Susan, driving back from a camping trip at the Grand Canyon in order to arrive in time to join the Easter festivities and enjoy the family dinner, had fallen asleep at the wheel. Jim Angell's sermon was ready, but was his faith prepared for such tragic news? His story, a survival manual too long out of print, is finally available again. Review Church & Synagogue Libraries: "An hour before dawn on Easter morning, Susan Angell was driving home from a Grand Canyon trip when she fell asleep at the wheel. She was a Pomona College senior, soon to graduate, a gifted violinist, a greatly loved daughter. After the telephoned news of her death, the family's immediate response was shared prayer. "O Susan!" is the book James Angell wrote about dealing with his grief. It is not only a survival manual but is also an eloquent memorial. Her father, pastor of a large Presbyterian congregation on the West Coast, preached the Easter sermon he had prepared, a sermon Susan had been hurrying home to hear. He received hundreds of messages of sympathy from his flock and from a host of friends. The book is a rich collection of his own meditations and quotations from the correspondence and counseling of those aware of the closeness of his family and their pride in Susan. It is an honest book, direct, intense, frequently poetic both in form and sentiment. It is positive, not an accusation of God, but a strong affirmation of faith; James Angell views the void left by Susan's death as an emptiness inevitably to be filled by renewed awareness of God. Long out of print, "O Susan!" is now available again, a suitable acquisition for religious libraries reaching out to anyone who suffers the loss of a child. -- Esther MacDonald, Roxbury, CT Review Dale Robb, president of the Presbyterian Writers Guild: "Between the covers of a slender book, Jim Angell has gathered treasures of the heart which engender courage and renewed hope. From his own pain and the healing he experienced after the accidental death of his daughter, he has disclosed his confidence that 'God made us stronger than we think.'" Dr. David Poling: "Angell helps put 'death in its place' ... helping to make life possible again." About the Author Long-time Presbyterian minister James W. Angell served congregations fro New York to California. He has authored several books including "When God Made You He Knew What He Was Doing"; "Dare to Hope"; and "Put Your Arms Around the City."
