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Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
Description
In Falling Out of Time, David Grossman has created a genre-defying drama{8211}{8211}part play, part prose, pure poetry{8211}{8211}to tell the story of bereaved parents setting out to reach their lost children. It begins in a small village, in a kitchen, where a man announces to his wife that he is leaving, embarking on a journey in search of their dead son. The man{8211}{8211}called simply Walking Man{8211}{8211}paces in ever-widening circles around...
2) Say her name
Author
Language
English
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Description
In a novel based on the author's real-life tragedy, Goldman, consumed with grief and guilt over the accidental death of his wife just before their second anniversary, obsessively collects every memory of her, especially her writings, with the hope of keeping her alive in his mind.
Author
Publisher
Sourcebooks
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
Through Your Loss Comes The Strength to Grow Whether the death of a loved one is sudden or follows a long battle with illness, there is no way to prepare for the loss of someone close. Grieving is painful, but you have a choice in how you cope with grief and most importantly how you adapt to the intense loss you've experienced. Grief counseling expert Dr. Louis LaGrand describes 101 tips and prescriptions to help mourners through their tragic loss....
Author
Publisher
Scout Press
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
"On the eve of her daughter's wedding, June Reid's life is completely devastated when a shocking disaster takes the lives of her daughter, her daughter's fiancé, her ex-husband, and her boyfriend, Luke--her entire family, all gone in a moment. And June is the only survivor. Alone and directionless, June drives across the country, away from her small Connecticut town. In her wake, a community emerges, weaving a beautiful and surprising web of connections...
5) I Wasn't Ready to Say Goodbye: Surviving, Coping and Healing After the Sudden Death of a Loved One
Author
Publisher
Sourcebooks
Pub. Date
2008.
Language
English
Description
Now there is a hand to hold... Each year about eight million Americans suffer the death of someone close to them. Now for thse who face the challenges of sudden death, there is a hand to hold, written by two women who have experienced sudden loss. This updated edition of the best-selling bereavement classic will touch, comfort, uplift and console. Authors Brook Noel and Pamela D. Blair, Ph.D. explore sudden death and offers a comforting hand to hold...
7) Premonition
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2007
Language
English
Description
A housewife's life is shattered when she finds out her husband has been killed in a car accident, but when she awakes the next morning, she finds him alive and well.
Author
Series
Publisher
Abbey Press
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Although each person's needs and style of grieving is unique, there are universal themes that can help all of us. The invitation offered in this new Elf-help book reaches across individual ways of grieving to help you move toward healing. The wisdom of author Lisa Irish will help you cultivate a spirit of gratitude for your lost loved one, as you renew the bonds of love and discover that the love you shared will always endure.
Author
Publisher
Dover Publications
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
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Description
Losing and finding are equally fundamental to life ― and loss is not the end of the story. Psychotherapist and bereavement counselor Ann Hisle offers sound advice and uplifting spiritual practices that help people cope with loss. Hisle's inspiring stories of hope, along with her selections of thought-provoking quotations, form the foundations for deeper living, greater loving, and a more powerful sense of humanity. Starting with an acknowledgement...
Author
Publisher
Elm Hill
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
When Mommies Cry details the journey of the author as she experiences the loss of her baby.
Beth Withers Banning delves deep into her soul to express lessons she learned from her first-hand knowledge of grief and offers life lessons to assist in the grieving process for mothers everywhere. Ms. Withers Banning takes the reader through a personal narrative of her experience and shares on every level the emotions, reactions, associations, and results...
Author
Publisher
Open Road Distribution
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
An extremely well-written, compassionate guide for the millions of people who come face to face with a death in their own families When a brother or sister dies, surviving siblings often receive little support or recognition of their pain. But their grief is real, and there is a way to recover from it. Through intimate, true stories and interviews with brothers and sisters who have lost a sibling, expert-on-grief Katherine Fair Donnelly provides valuable...
Author
Publisher
Companion Press
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
Intended for nurses, doctors, midwives, social workers, chaplains, and hospital support staff, this guide gives caring and practical advice for helping families grieve properly after losing a child at birth. As the special needs of families experiencing perinatal loss are intense and require more than just the bereavement standards in most hospitals, this handbook offers tips and suggestions for opening up communication between caregivers and families,...
Author
Language
English
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Description
An essential grief guide and recovery workbook for those who have said, "I thought I'd feel better by now." Grief does not follow a timeline or a set path. It is nonlinear and messy, doubling back on itself just when you thought you were out of the woods. Those who have experienced the loss of a loved one know this unequivocally, but Western society still seems to think that grief should only last six months to a yeartopswhen in fact, grief can last...
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Language
English
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"On a cold December evening, Autumn Spencer's twin sister Summer walks to the roof of their shared Harlem brownstone and is never seen again, the door to the roof is locked, and no footsteps are found. Faced with authorities indifferent to another missing woman, Autumn must pursue answers on her own, all while grieving her mother's recent death. With her friends and neighbors, Autumn pretends to hold up through the crisis. She falls into an affair...
Author
Publisher
TAN Books
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
If God loves us and is so powerful, why does God allow disease and natural disasters, as well as terrorism and other human atrocities?
What are some true stories of Catholics today who faced significant suffering and now see the good that God brought from it?
Catholic Stories of Faith and Hope provides a Catholic response to the big question, "Why would a loving God allow evil, pain, and suffering?" This includes exploring why God would allow...
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Series
Language
English
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Text uses child-friendly language and illustrations to explain what cancer is, the terminology surrounding its treatment, and the potential consequences of the disease, as well as the healthy emotional reactions children may have when someone in their life has cancer.
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