The bittersweet human condition of love and loss is examined though the lens of history. By hearing how these famous (and infamous) people managed their lives after the loss of a spouse, we come to realize the potential that exists in all of us. Listening to stories is a way of trying on someone else's life on for size. What does it feel like to carry on the dangerous work that killed your husband? How does "carrying on" work when the body has not been recovered? Anyone who loves historical romance, will be intrigued by the stories between the covers of this book. Widow/ers featured include: Henry VIII, Martha Washington, Mary Todd Lincoln, Mark Twain, Hetty Green, Frances Sawyer Wolf, William Gillette, George Palmer Putnam (Amelia Earhart), Milton Hershey, Grandma Moses, C.S. Lewis, Norman Rockwell, Captain von Trapp, George Burns, Katharine Graham, Julia Child, Coretta Scott King, Abby Day Slocomb This is the second book in a series, "After the Loss of a Spouse"