Research background
'Kessler notes that ‘we think sometimes we’re only drawn to the good, but we’re actually drawn to the authentic … people who are real more than those who hide their true selves under layers of artificial niceties’ (2000). This story is an outcome of research project that extends this discourse by exploring the underrepresentation of anger and guilt – emotional components identified by Kübler-Ross’s ‘Seven Stages of Grief’ model (1969) – in relation to successful publications of short stories that identify grief as a theme.'