A Grief Observed

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name = A Grief Observed
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author = C. S. Lewis
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country = United Kingdom
language = English
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publisher = Faber and Faber
release_date = 1961
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media_type = Paperback
pages = 160
isbn = 0553274864
preceded_by = An Experiment in Criticism
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"A Grief Observed", first published in 1961, is a collection of C. S. Lewis's reflections on the experience of bereavement, after his wife, Joy Gresham, had died from bone cancer.

In order to avoid identification as the author, Lewis published the book under the pseudonym "N.W. Clerk", referring to his wife throughout as "H" (her first name being Helen). The book consists of the contents of four manuscript books (or notebooks) in which Lewis expounds on his grief, from the everyday difficulties of his life without Joy to deep-set questions of faith.

The indefinite article in the title serves to make it clear that Lewis' is not the quintessential grief experience at the loss of a loved one, but one individual perspective among countless others.