Bereavement category: 2356 books

A Short Course in Happiness After Loss brings to us a powerful intersection of the science of positive psychology and the wisdom necessary to thrive when facing life’s harshest moments. In poetic, compassionate and yet fearless language, Sirois traverses the territories we most fear—death, exile,...

A kettle of unboiled water. An empty playground. A box of cold cooked vegetables and rice. A walking frame. A closed bedroom door. 5 things, 5 stories of different elderly persons that are left behind in fast-paced and economically-driven Singapore. Read about the lives of Yoke Leng, Chok...

A secret and desperate choice, made by young Imogene Sayle during the rigors of post-World War II England, triggers shockwaves through three generations of a family. Almost fifty years later Imogene’s daughter Penelope, married and living in California, learns of her mother’s illness and...

The thoughts, scenes, and observations gathered in this collection written by an aging Elroy Bode concern themselves on the surface with the daily happenings during a typical year, reflecting the author’s sense of kinship with the people, creatures, and beauty of the Texas desert. Upon closer inspection,...

The Sun Will Shine Again is Sissy Taran's tears-and-laughter chronicle of her journey through grief and her unexpected growth and self-discovery following the sudden death of her husband. Told with conversational candor and numerous personal stories—from surviving the holidays to managing home repairs...

Divine Renovations is a personal story of love, loss and faith. During a kitchen renovation, author Janice Beetle unexpectedly met her soul mate, only to lose him eight years later to cancer. Janice writes about the profound devastation that grief causes and how that manifests itself in everyday life. She also offers a story of hope.

The former generations of self-sacrificing and benevolent Americans are dying and dying with them is American greatness and generosity. That greatness is being replaced by the entitlement mentality of much of our younger generation of today. The mentality is now approaching an epidemic and threatens...

Indie Reader Discovery Awards Winner for Parenting National Indie Excellence Award Finalist Hollywood Book Festival 2016 Honorable mention in general non-fiction Bookvana 2016 Finalist in Parenting/Family Bronze Medal Winner Inspirational Memoir-Female Living Now Book Awards-Books for Better Living When...

On December 17, 2005, the city of Barre lost four kids and their mom in the worst fire the city has ever had. Just before Christmas in an apartment protected by three working smoke detectors, this family never got out. In fact, this family never even knew there was a fire until it was too late. The...

An updated edition of the most respected book on hospice care—for both patients and caregivers. This warm and informative resource on hospice and other end-of-life care options now gets an update. It receives a new preface and revised guidance on elders who need more long-term care and support,...

No matter who you are, you have been or will be affected by drinking and driving. It takes a split second to change the lives of many people and it takes the rest of a person's life to adjust to the change. Agnes Morgan was an angel on earth who innocently stepped into an intersection on a sunny February...

Is an artist born, or rather, created by experience? From the moment in childhood when he is forced to take drastic action to defend his adoptive mother from a violent assault – the only maternal figure that he has ever known – it is evident that the life of Joseph Sully-Jacques is to be no ordinary...

When you’re living with a loved one who is suffering from Alzheimer’s disease you must be able to survive one emotional upheaval after another. What is most important during this difficult time is that you not only survive the physical demands placed on you as the primary caregiver, but that you...

MORE SERIOUS THAN TEARS  is her first drama text which takes a cultured look at love, lust, envy, marriage and disobedience and how it plays a part in every part of our daily lives.