At once a lament-psalm and a love song, Grief's Liturgy records Gerald Postema's work and worship of grief upon the loss of his wife, a year's work aided by the companions–poetry and prayers, icons and images, music and silence–that sat patiently with him. Structured around the liturgy of the Divine Office, reflections in each «hour» take on a distinctive expressive and emotional tone and fall into a jagged, broken rhythm over the course of each «day» yielding ultimately an...
