An expanded edition of this classic book on grief & loss-with a new preface & epilogue Loss came suddenly for Jerry Sittser In an instant a tragic car accident claimed three generations of his family his mother his wife & his young daughter While most of us will not experience such a catastrophic loss in our lifetime all of us will taste it & we can if we choose know as well the grace that transforms it A Grace Disguised plumbs the depths of sorrow whether due to illness divorce or the loss of someone we love The circumstances are not important; what we do with those circumstances is In coming to the end of ourselves we can come to the beginning of a new life-one marked by spiritual depth joy compassion & a deeper appreciation of simple blessings