Grief category: 2356 books
Passed and Present
Keeping Memories of Loved Ones Alive
Language: English
Release Date: April 12, 2016
Passed and Present is a one-of-a-kind guide for discovering creative and meaningful ways to keep the memory of loved ones alive. Inspiring and imaginative, this bona fide "how-to” manual teaches us how to remember those we miss most, no matter how long they’ve been gone.
Passed and...
Between the Bylines
The Life, Love and Loss of Los Angeles's Most Colorful Sports Journalist
Language: English
Release Date: March 5, 2013
A sportswriter’s deeply personal memoir of the love that turned his life around, and the struggle to overcome his wife’s tragic death.
Doug Krikorian beat deadlines and made headlines for more than four decades as the Los Angeles region’s most compelling sportswriter. His brash and combative...
by Donald C. Cushenbery, Rita Cushenbery
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 1997
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 1997
Nothing devastates someone quite like the lose of a spouse. This life-giving book helps the bereaved be proactive in dealing with grief and rediscovering a life worth living.
The Wise Inheritor
A Guide to Managing, Investing and Enjoying Your Inheritance
Language: English
Release Date: June 10, 2003
The complete guide for managing the financial, legal, and emotional issues of inheritances large and small.
A death in the family is never easy, but receiving an inheritance, whether expected or not, can leave heirs feeling overwhelmed and even guilty at this change in their fortunes. Ann Perry’s...
You Don't Have to Suffer
A Handbook for Moving Beyond Life's Crises
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2012
Challenging the firmly held belief that we must brave our circumstances and endure life’s crises, You Don’t Have to Suffer emphasizes that while hurt is inevitable in life, suffering is not. The author explains that we can consciously choose how and how much we suffer over our own experiences...
Widows Wear Stilettos
A Practical and Emotional Guide for the Young Widow
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2010
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...
Who is My Echo?
A Mother's Journey Following the Tragic Death of her Son
Language: English
Release Date: January 16, 2015
Read the story of a mother’s journey following the tragic death of her son. On October 22, 2006, Nancy Collins’ son Derek died. Her “normal” existence vanished. Her life’s direction abruptly changed. Ms. Collins gives a poignant memoir of her son’s tragic death and her own personal struggle...
Acceptance
A Personal Journey of Self-Discovery
Language: English
Release Date: March 18, 2015
As her father's casket was being lowered into the grave, deep in mourning and unable to cope with her gut-wrenching loss Mali Munroe welded the door shut on her emotions. Years passed and feeling disconnected became the status quo. Until one night during yoga class when she came face to face with...
The Art of Comforting
What to Say and Do for People in Distress
Language: English
Release Date: October 28, 2010
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...
by Jill Krementz
Language: English
Release Date: May 23, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: May 23, 2012
18 children from age 7 - 17, speak openly of their experiences and feelings. As they speak we see them in photos with their surviving parent and with other family members, in the midst of their everyday lives.
The Worst Loss
How Families Heal from the Death of a Child
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2014
The death of a child is like no other loss. Barbara D. Rosof's The Worst Loss will help families who have experienced this to know what they are facing, understand what they are feeling, and appreciate their own needs and timetables.
Moments Near Life's End
It's hard to say goodbye
Language: English
Release Date: December 13, 2017
We are all going to die some day. In this book I share experiences of others as they face the dying process. It is never easy, always sad. By hearing what others have gone through, hearing their stories, it helps us come to terms with what will happen to us and our loved ones. Reading some of the...
The Rules of Inheritance
A Memoir
Language: English
Release Date: February 2, 2012
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...
The Sun Will Shine Again
Life Lessons from a Year of Grieving
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2008
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...