Survivors: Those Who Remain

What does it mean to be a survivor? To be the one who lives when someone else has died? Going on after the death of a friend or family member is something everyone will likely have to face at some point in life. Sometimes the survivor feels guilty: Why did I live when they did not? When a person is one of the few survivors of a large disaster, this feeling can be amplified. Sometimes there is anger, anger at any person or group who can be blamed for the death, including anger at oneself or even at the person who has died.
This book includes the stories of a few of these survivors. Whether they lost friends and family when a mountain of coal waste collapsed and buried an elementary school, or whether they had a sibling die in an accident or of natural causes, these survivors experienced similar emotions and learned to look at life in new ways. Their experiences can speak to you in your own life, whether or not you are dealing with losses like theirs.