Gratitude overshadows great loss, says author of book about losing wife to cancer [Video]

“The unfortunate truth,” the author of a new book told Fox News Digital this week, “is that there are a lot of people out there who are devastated by the loss of a spouse — especially so in the first year” after the spouse’s passing, he said.

New York City-based Warren Kozak is the author of “Waving Goodbye: Life After Loss” (Post Hill Press, April 2024). He shared thoughts about the reaction he’s received to the story of losing his wife — and trying to move forward as a different person.

In short chapters containing personal stories and observations, the book captures the devastation he felt (and is still feeling) after he lost his beloved wife, Lisa Krenzel, to cancer in Jan. 2018.

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With her passing, the couple’s daughter also lost her mother.

The experience “completely unhinges everything in our world, and we feel completely …