Bereavement category: 2356 books

From the bestselling author of "Practical Intuition" comes a groundbreaking book about using the power of crisis to transform one's life.

Book Summary Grief, loss and ritual are central themes as Jacqueline recounts the pain and suffering of losing a parent, child and spouse. As she decorates the Christmas tree Jacqueline remembers the stories associated with each ornament in her collection endearing you to her family and drawing you...

On the first day of school, ten-year-old Jeffrey and his six-year-old brother, Tyler, climbed out of the school bus at the foot of their driveway, walking into their home, excited about the first day of school. Instantly, their anticipation for the family back-to-school celebration turned to horror...

In a way, we are all going through our end-of-life living. So, this book is relevant to all of us. It is, however, more pertinent to those or their loved ones who are suffering from terminal illness or at an advanced age whereby death is within a foreseeable future. This book contains a conversation...

"How to Divide Your Family's Estate and Heirlooms Peacefully and Sensibly" is a must-have resource packed with practical expertise and a fair equitable process for dividing personal property within a family estate. From how to minimize fighting and manage the emotional roller coaster that...

Widowhood is a frightening prospect for any woman, but becoming a widow in one's forties, thirties, or twenties can be terrifying. Widows Wear Stilettos deals sensitively with the many problems and questions facing the young widow: depression and grief, helping children cope, facing in-laws, and returning...

A UNIVERSAL PROBLEM Every hour of every day, there are people around the world who struggle to find things. This all comes into sharp focus when somebody dies. When that happens, it’s often down to a family member or close friend to try to sort out the deceased person’s affairs. ...

We live in an increasingly "virtual" world in which it can be tempting to skip making that true, human connection with someone in pain. Even though our thoughts might be with them, we lack the confidence to reach out, worrying that we will say or do the "wrong" thing. In this practical, step-by-step...

When a woman’s life begins to revolve around the gravesite of her sister, with the help of a stranger, she fights to gain back the things that suicide threatened to take away. 

At Death’s Door: End of Life Stories from the Bedside tells the powerful story of Sebastian Sepulveda’s experiences in working with patients at the end of their lives. In some cases, death came quickly, after the patient was first diagnosed with a terminal condition and entered the hospital. In...

Have you found yourself wilting in midlife, and wondering what you might do to flourish in your remaining years? Have you lost your way in the midlife maze due to a significant loss? Did you lose your job or desired career advancement? Did you separate or divorce? Did your last child leave home? Did...

A powerful and searingly honest memoir about a young woman who loses her family but finds herself in the process. In this astonishing debut, Claire Bidwell Smith, an only child, is just fourteen years old when both of her charismatic parents are diagnosed with cancer. What follows is a coming-of-age...

Judy lived an idyllic life in Canada’s picturesque Muskoka cottage country. She had a loving relationship, a good job and was the proud mother of two boys. Mark was the joyful troublemaker, a rough-and-tumble free spirit who would give anyone the shirt off his back. Jason was the quiet, sensitive one,...

Ghostbelly is Elizabeth Heineman’s personal account of a home birth that goes tragically wrong-ending in a stillbirth-and the harrowing process of grief and questioning that follows. It’s also Heineman’s unexpected tale of the loss of a newborn: before burial, she brings the baby home for overnight...