Grief category: 2356 books
From We to Me
Embracing Life Again After the Death or Divorce of a Spouse
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2010
While we don't like to think about it, marriages eventually do come to an end, either with the death of a spouse or tragically through divorce. This "end" of a relationship leaves the other partner alone and facing an uncertain future. Whether widowed or divorced, the feeling and experience...
Healing Your Grieving Heart
100 Practical Ideas
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2001
With sensitivity and insight, this series offers suggestions for healing activities that can help survivors learn to express their grief and mourn naturally. Acknowledging that death is a painful, ongoing part of life, it explains how people need to slow down, turn inward, embrace their feelings...
Beyond Tears
Living After Losing a Child
Language: English
Release Date: March 3, 2009
Meant to comfort and give direction to bereaved parents, Beyond Tears is written by nine mothers who have each lost a child. This revised edition includes a new chapter written from the perspective of surviving siblings.
The death of a child is that unimaginable loss no parent ever expects to face....
Bridge Over The River Why
A Guide for Those Who Have Suffered the Loss of a Child to Suicide
Language: English
Release Date: April 9, 2018
“In Bridge Over the River Why, the Coopers have succeeded in a dual task documenting their own journey through the grief of losing their son Eli by suicide, while at the same time providing a valuable resource for anyone who has had to face the same terrible tragedy. They start with the premise...
A Far Cry...From Home
A Mother's Journey of Love, Loss and Healing...Through the Eyes of an Angel
Language: English
Release Date: September 18, 2013
Reeling from initiation into a club for which no one seeks to belong…forced into a membership that lasts a hundred lifetimes…a club that is reserved for parents thrust into surviving the death of a child…paying dues with the extreme price tag of a shattered heart; A Far Cry...From Home enlists...
Bittersweet
Lessons from My Mother's Kitchen
Language: English
Release Date: April 14, 2009
Matt McAllester lost his mother, Ann, long before she died, as mental illness snatched the once-elegant woman away and destroyed his childhood. In this beautifully written memoir, the Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist chronicles the journey he took to forgiveness, which brought him straight to the...
When Your Child Dies
Tools for Mending Parents' Broken Hearts
Language: English
Release Date: August 20, 2012
The death of your child is devastating. No parent feels that he or she should outlive his or her child. However, the sad fact is that every minute around the world, some 15 children die according to the WHO. The psychological and emotional impact following sudden and traumatic death can inhibit parents'...
Advance Care Planning
Communicating About Matters of Life and Death
Language: English
Release Date: July 29, 2013
"This is a very substantive book that encompasses the various aspects of advance care planning, both prior to and after a diagnosis of a life-limiting disease. The realistic case studies help readers understand the complexities of decision-making by the individual and the family."--Doody's...
Healing Your Grieving Heart for Teens
100 Practical Ideas
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2001
With sensitivity and insight, this series offers suggestions for healing activities that can help survivors learn to express their grief and mourn naturally. Acknowledging that death is a painful, ongoing part of life, they explain how people need to slow down, turn inward, embrace their feelings...
Death for Beginners
Your No-Nonsense, Money-Saving Guide to Planning for the Inevitable
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2010
With efficiency and a touch of humor, this valuable guidebook offers information on the difficult subject of planning for one's own death or organizing funerals for loved ones. Topics ranging from cremation, burial, caskets, services, and organ donation are explored, and each section offers data,...
Healing Your Grieving Heart After Miscarriage
100 Practical Ideas for Parents and Families
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2015
The miscarriage of a hoped-for child is a shattering loss and those who had already begun to feel attached to the baby will naturally grieve—particularly the mother and father but also siblings this baby would have had, extended family, and friends. This compassionate guide contains 100 practical...
A Beautiful Death
Facing the Future with Peace
Language: English
Release Date: January 5, 2010
What does it take to face death, loss, and grief with confidence and peace? Cheryl Eckl is reluctantly forced to play hostess to life’s most unwelcome guest when her husband, Stephen, is diagnosed with terminal cancer and given a few short years to live. In A Beautiful Death, her powerful insights,...
by David B Biebel, Judy Johnson
Language: English
Release Date: November 12, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: November 12, 2014
In this powerful book, Biebel leaves behind the all-too-familiar platitudes and instead offers the unvarnished truth about the pain of illness, death, divorce, financial ruin, and more. With keen insight and a Christian outlook, Biebel puts God right by your side to help you sort through your hurt...
What Children Need When They Grieve
The Four Essentials: Routine, Love, Honesty, and Security
Language: English
Release Date: March 24, 2010
GIVE YOUR CHILDREN WHAT THEY NEED MOST
When Julia Wilcox Rathkey lost her husband, her three children lost their father. Within hours, it became sharply clear that each child--a twelve-year-old daughter and twin ten-year-old sons--would grieve the loss in a radically different way. While one...