Grief category: 2356 books
Saying Goodbye
My Spiritual Journey Through Death and Dying
Language: English
Release Date: October 30, 2015
Saying Goodbye: My Spiritual Journey through Death and Dying dares to face the basic reality that so much of modern culture strains itself to deny: everyone who lives will die. The hope and the encouragement come, not in pretending that death will not happen, but in shaping the way in which one says...
The Grieving Parent's Book of Hope
How to Survive the Loss of Your Child
Language: English
Release Date: July 21, 2014
The Grieving Parent's Book of Hope is a comprehensive and compassionate journey down the road of grief toward healing for parents who have lost a child. The book helps take the reader away from the lonely path of lost hope to a life once again filled with meaning and purpose. It is written from the intimate...
by Phyllis McElwain
Language: English
Release Date: July 29, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: July 29, 2010
"In the beginning of the grieving process survival seems an impossible feat. The mourners challenge lies in Facing Tomorrow. After the death of her first husband, author Phyllis McElwain found herself unequipped to deal with grieving. Yet eventually, she managed to cope with it, learning there...
After Miscarriage
A Journey to Healing
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2016
On August 13, 2000, just months after her honeymoon, Lori suffered her first miscarriage. After four miscarriages in less than two years, she struggled to find peace each day. As she suffered in silence with her grief, she was determined to find comfort and hope. Lori’s passion for horses and her...
Lessons for the Living
Stories of Forgiveness, Gratitude, and Courage at the End of Life
Language: English
Release Date: June 9, 2009
When Stan Goldberg was diagnosed with cancer, he chose to face his fear by helping others who were already in the process of dying: Stan signed up as a hospice volunteer and spent several years at the bedsides of the terminally ill. In this book, Stan shares the remarkable stories of people he met...
Banged-Up Heart
Dancing with Love and Loss
Language: English
Release Date: March 8, 2017
Banged-Up Heart by Shirley Melis is an intimate and clear-eyed account of finding love late and losing it early—and of the strength it takes to fall madly in love a second time, be forced to relinquish that love too soon, and yet choose to love again. When her husband of thirty years dies suddenly,...
The American Book of Living and Dying
Lessons in Healing Spiritual Pain
Language: English
Release Date: December 16, 2015
For most people, the thought of dying or caring for a terminally ill friend or family member raises fears and questions as old as humanity: What is a “good death”? What appropriate preparations should be made? How do we best support our loved ones as life draws to its close? In this nondenominational...
The Journey Into Spirit
A Pagan's Perspective on Death, Dying & Bereavement
Language: English
Release Date: September 8, 2014
The Journey Into Spirit is a guide to death and the mysterious world beyond. Join renowned Druid priest Kristoffer Hughes as he explores the three realms of existence—the realm of necessity, the realm of spirit, and the realm of infinity—and illuminates the essence of grief, mourning, and spiritual...
by Sharon J. Hoffman
Language: English
Release Date: April 20, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: April 20, 2011
Sharon Hoffmans life changed drastically when her husband of thirty-six years was diagnosed with lung cancer and died just five months later. In her poignant account of her journey through terminal illness and grief, Hoffman offers a compelling personal narrative on how she learned to not only survive...
by Elizabeth Petrucelli
Language: English
Release Date: March 3, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: March 3, 2012
All That is Seen and Unseen takes you on a journey through the heartwrenching experience of losing a child in the first trimester. This loss is typically brushed aside due to society's opinion that a loss this early doesn't matter. Women are often left to grieve in silence.
The story is full of Elizabeth's...
Lean On Me Gently
Helping the Grieving Child
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2010
When a death happens in the family, our first thoughts are often of the children. However, we feel at a loss for ways to help children deal with death and with their own feelings. Doug Manning provides answers and assurances for anyone who is concerned about a child in grief. Doug looks at the grieving...
by David Horowitz
Language: English
Release Date: October 26, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: October 26, 2009
After losing a loved one, "pay attention to the ways in which your relationship continues."
So advised Sarah Horowitz in an interview she gave the day before her unexpected death. In A Cracking of the Heart, David Horowitz explores the legacy of his extraordinary daughter's short life, and narrates...
Continuing Bonds
New Understandings of Grief
Language: English
Release Date: May 12, 2014
First published in 1996. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
by Dennis Klass
Language: English
Release Date: November 12, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: November 12, 2013
This book describes how parents lose, find, or relocate spiritual anchors after the death of their child. It describes how ordinary people reconstruct their lives after their foundations have shifted, and how they make sense of their world after one of their centers of meaning has been removed.
Klass...