"The Lonely Shade" is a wonderful and diverse collection of readings and verses that will not only  help relatives and friends  to mark the passing of  their loved ones at funerals and memorials,  but will also give comfort  and help to heal those left behind. Martin Green Chief Executive English Community Care  Association

"I'll play you in my music and        I'll hear you in the choir. I'll know you are beside me when        I sit down by the fire. I'll feel you in the morning chill      Before my eyes awake, And kiss you in my deepest dreams      Before the grey daybreak" From "Everywhere" Extract from "The Lonely Shade" by Mary B. Lyons BSc(Hons) Copyright 2008

Bereavement is rarely easy and Mary's booklet  encourages a feeling of peace through her sensitively worded poetry.  It was a comfort to read it following my mother's death early in January 2008. Patricia Carlton, author of "Pollywogs and Shellbacks Afloat"  and "Pollywogs and Shellbacks Go  Tropical" Plankton Books.

 

"The Lonely Shade" is a  delightful collection of  verses that should provide solace to everyone  grieving for a loved one. John Wilcox,  author of the  Simon Fonthill novels.

As a practising funeral director I have already used this wonderful publication and it is quickly establishing itself as a useful resource.  I recommend it without equivocation. Colin Liddell, Independent Funeral Director,Wallsend.