Grief category: 2356 books
With the End in Mind
Dying, Death, and Wisdom in an Age of Denial
Language: English
Release Date: January 16, 2018
For readers of Atul Gawande and Paul Kalanithi, a palliative care doctor's breathtaking stories from 30 years spent caring for the dying.
Modern medical technology is allowing us to live longer and fuller lives than ever before. And for the most part, that is good news. But with changes in...
by Harriet Sarnoff Schiff
Language: English
Release Date: April 18, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: April 18, 2012
Practical supportive advice for bereaved parents and the professionals who work with them, based on the experiences of psychiatric and religious counselors.
FROM THE INTRODUCTION:
“Certainly, in the early days after our son died, no one could have patted us on the our heads and convinced...
Understanding Death
The Most Important Event of Your Life
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2012
Understanding Death: The Most Important Event of Your Life illustrates the need to prepare for this important moment, even though many ignore its inevitability. There is no escape from death and the grief that can consume one when faced by the loss of family and friends. The author’s personal insight...
Remembrances and Celebrations
A Book of Eulogies, Elegies, Letters, and Epitaphs
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2007
This rich anthology of memorial tributes serves as a welcome reminder that, although words cannot necessarily assuage grief, they can provide tremendous comfort and perspective during our times of loss. The likes of Dr. Martin Luther King, Benjamin Franklin, W.H. Auden and Diana, Princess of Wales,...
Not a Blueprint; It's the Shoeprints That Matter
A Journey Through Toxic Relationships
Language: English
Release Date: April 7, 2016
Allowing us to learn lessons, let go of toxicity, and gain insight, relationship can play a powerful role in our lives. They are formed with people, alcohol, animals, battlefields, diseases, drugs, environments, and even our emotions. Whether toxic or nontoxic, relationships are an integral component...
by Kay Redfield Jamison
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2009
Kay Redfield Jamison, award-winning professor and writer, changed the way we think about moods and madness. Now Jamison uses her characteristic honesty, wit and eloquence to look back at her relationship with her husband, Richard Wyatt, a renowned scientist who died of cancer. Nothing was the Same is a penetrating psychological study of grief viewed from deep inside the experience itself.
Getting Up When Life Knocks You Down
Five Steps to Overcoming a Life Crisis
Language: English
Release Date: May 12, 2009
The loss of a loved one, a bitter divorce, a serious injury or financial crisis—we must all, at some point, face those unavoidable moments that divide our lives into "before" and "after." How do we muscle through tough times and emerge stronger, wiser—even grateful for our...
The Widow
A Memoir
Language: English
Release Date: September 6, 2013
Her husband took a terrible secret to his grave. How did Nola Duncan not know?
The day Nola Duncan married her husband in 1981 was the happiest day of her life. Michael was Nola's 'perfect man' - a good father; a wonderful host, cook and raconteur; a devoted husband and caring lover; a good...
Suicide
Prevention, Intervention, Postvention
Language: English
Release Date: May 2, 1988
Provides information on suicide statistics and gives advice on how to recognize the warning signs of a potential suicide attempt, how to intervene when a suicide has been attempted, and how to comfort families and friends who have lost a loved one to suicide. This updated and expanded edition contains...
Three Minus One
Stories of Parents' Love and Loss
Language: English
Release Date: April 19, 2014
Three Minus One: Parents’ Stories of Love and Loss is a collection of intimate, soul-baring stories and artwork by parents who have lost a child to stillbirth, miscarriage, or neonatal death, inspired by the film Return to Zero. The loss of a child is unlike any other, and the impact that it has...
Free to Grieve
Healing and Encouragement for Those Who Have Suffered Miscarriage and Stillbirth
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2004
"One-third of all women who conceive will have at least one miscarriage. This important book offers guidance for the sorrowing and helps them move on. It tackles the tough questions, including "Why did this happen?" and "Should we try again?" as well as exploring options for...
Surviving the Loss of a Child
Support for Grieving Parents
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2010
Nothing can steal peace and joy and undermine the very foundation of someone's life like losing a child. It is devastating on a level that most of us can't imagine. Written after the loss of the author's own child, Surviving the Loss of a Child offers encouragement and hope to those who may think...
Six Months to Live
Learning from a Young Man with Cancer
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2015
“I wouldn’t trade my life for anyone else’s. If I could choose not to have cancer, and continue my life as it was, I wouldn’t do it.” – Matt Gauger.
You’re twenty-two, in love, and just starting a career. The last thing you’re worried about is the purpose of life (whatever that...
No One Said It Would Be Easy
A Husband's Journey Through His Wife's Battle With Breast Cancer
Language: English
Release Date: November 19, 2013
NO ONE SAID IT WOULD BE EASY: A Husband's Journey Through His Wife's Battle With Breast Cancer is the gripping story of a man who lost his wife to breast cancer. Told through his eyes, the reader sees everything both medical and personal, the way he experienced it and how he reacted to the various...