Never Really Left

Never Really Lefticon

by Wendy Jordan Saffel

Publisher
GFB
Publication
Oct 28, 2025
Format
Paperback/Softback
Illustrated
No
Price
$18.95
Dimensions
5.5 x 8.5 in
ISBN
978-1967510153
ASIN
B0FSNRD7QL
Pages
241
Age
Adult 18+
Category
Biographies & Memoirs

Rights Sold

🌍 World Wide Rights Available

Description

Faced with an incomprehensible loss, one mother's experiences forced her to reconsider everything she thought she knew about life and death—and open her heart to a new reality.

When Wendy Jordan Saffel lost her twenty-year-old son, Hugh, she discovered that grief is a well without a bottom. But even as she felt herself sinking into despair, she was offered an unexpected lifeline—one that changed her perception of the world forever.

A rational thinker, Wendy focused on the facts—the tangible and the measurable. That is, until she began experiencing profound spiritual connections with her son shortly after his passing. These initial moments of contact propelled her on a yearslong journey to understand what happens when we die, what comprises the afterlife, and how a relationship with our lost loved ones can persist in ways that are real, true, beautiful, and sacred.

Drawing on traditional and nontraditional spiritual beliefs, the growing body of work on the survival of consciousness, and what quantum physics tells us about the nature of reality,
Never Really Left shares a wealth of research, experience, and hope for all those who have lost the ones they love. For Wendy, walking the path through grief and toward understanding led her to tremendous healing and a new paradigm of living—where joy can coexist with grief.

Awards & Endorsements

Reviews

“Wendy offers tools to recognize the signs our loved ones send us, navigate the grieving process, and embrace a life of healing, gratitude, and renewed purpose. I wholeheartedly recommend her work to anyone seeking comfort, connection, and hope.” —Elizabeth Boisson, president and cofounder, Helping Parents Heal, Inc.

"For anyone who has lost someone dear, this is the book you need to pick up. It beautifully explores the bond between souls, those in physical form and those in the nonphysical, reaching toward one another in a continuation and deepening of our most sacred relationships." —Marie Manuchehri, RN, author of Intuitive Self-Healing and How to Communicate with Your Spirit Guides

"I cannot recommend it enough!” —Michael Mayo, medium, teacher, author, and founder of The Oakbridge Institute, Center for Mediumistic & Psychical Studies

“Packed with insights, the journey of a mother who is afforded unusual opportunities to experience her son in a different way . . . is a powerful saga. It deserves widespread attention and delivers thought-provoking moments of realization and recovery for readers, libraries, and book clubs alike.” —Midwest Book Review

Author(s)

Wendy Jordan Saffel

Wendy Jordan Saffel

Wendy Jordan Saffel is an affiliate group co-leader for Helping Parents Heal, an organization dedicated to assisting parents whose children have passed. She has worked in marketing for arts and tech for decades, and her writing has appeared in multiple publications. She lives with her family in Seattle.

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