9/30/09

The Grieving Garden: Living with the Death of a Child

Susan Gilbert and Suzanne Redfern

Show Description:
Susan Gilbert and Suzanne Redfern offer a way for grieving parents to connect with others like themselves in their book, The Grieving Garden. Bereaved parents Gilbert and Redfern include their own experiences dealing with grief alongside twenty other parents' stories, creating an affecting collection of memories and comfort.
The Grieving Garden brings parents isolated by the death of their children into the company of others walking the same path.

http://www.thegrievinggarden.com

Guest Bio:
Susan Gilbert was born and raised in a New York City suburb. She attended the University of Chicago and received a B.S. from New York University. Follwing her undergraduate education, She settled in the San Francisco Bay Area and received her M.S. in counseling psychology from Santa Clara, met her husband, Keith Gilbert, and they had a daughter Amanda. Sue is very active in the community, serving on a board for the San Francisco homeless.

Suzanne Redfern grew up in Dos Palos, a small farming town in the San Joaquin Valley. She received a B.A. in Political Science from Stanford University. Upon graduation she married classmate John LeCompte, with who she had three children. Suzanne is president of her father's company, Redfern Ranches. In 2004 Suzanne re-married, to publisher Robert West. They live in Palo Alto and on the ranch.