Grief category: 2356 books
Rescuing Sprite
A Dog Lover's Story of Joy and Anguish
Language: English
Release Date: November 6, 2007
From the New York Times bestselling radio personality Mark Levin and his family comes the true story of the two years of joy and anguish they had with a rescue dog named Sprite.
Mark Levin, while known as a lawyer and nationally syndicated broadcaster, considers himself first and foremost a...
by Erin Moure
Language: English
Release Date: October 26, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: October 26, 2017
"A beautiful testimony to a life bravely lived on the edges of contemporary values." —Aaron Peck
Sitting Shiva on Minto Avenue, by Toots is the story of a man who had no obituary and no funeral and who would have left no trace if it weren't for the woman he'd called Toots, who took...
by Jane Nicholson
Language: English
Release Date: October 13, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: October 13, 2011
The collection of personal essays, Someone Traveling, chronicles one life unfolding in the aftermath of murder. Each of the essays tells a story that crosses internal and external boundaries like acts of grieving do. Grieving consciously and unconsciously, the widow travels. Someone Traveling is a...
I Told You I Was Ill
Laughing In the Face of Death
Language: English
Release Date: August 24, 2012
Death may be bleak but - rest in peace - there is nothing gloomy about this curious compendium of tales of the departed. Here is a book that looks at the funny side of one of life's certainties (the other being taxes ... about which nothing is amusing). With advice on planning your big finish and...
Last Watch of the Night
Essays Too Personal and Otherwise
Language: English
Release Date: March 25, 2014
Tender and passionate autobiographical essays by the National Book Award–winning author of Becoming a Man.
“Does it go too fast?” Monette asks about life at the beginning of one piece. The answer is a resounding “yes” for the individuals who populate this stunning work of nonfiction....
Farewell, Godspeed
The Greatest Eulogies of Our Time
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2007
Farewell, Godspeed is a remarkable collection of eulogies for some of the most notable figures of our time, delivered by the people who knew them best. In the words used to eulogize the great and celebrated men and women of the world—sometimes reverential, sometimes funny, always poignant—we come...
by Ana Claudia Quintana Arantes
Language: Portuguese
Release Date: February 6, 2019
Language: Portuguese
Release Date: February 6, 2019
Sobre a arte de ganhar existem muitas lições, mas e sobre a arte de perder? Ninguém quer falar a respeito disso, mas a verdade é que passamos muito tempo da vida em grande sofrimento quando perdemos bens, pessoas, realidades, sonhos. Saber perder é a arte de quem conseguiu viver plenamente o...
by Simone van der Vlugt
Language: Dutch
Release Date: March 19, 2015
Language: Dutch
Release Date: March 19, 2015
De historische roman 'De lege stad'van schrijfster Simone van der Vlugt is een indrukwekkend boek dat zich afspeelt in Rotterdam tijdens de Tweede Wereldoorlog. Op 14 mei 1940 wordt Rotterdam getroffen door het zwaarste bombardement dat Nederland heeft gekend. Voor de pasgetrouwde Katja betekent dit...
Toen ik je zag
mijn leven met Antonie
Language: Dutch
Release Date: November 12, 2013
NIEUW: Speciale editie met extra foto’s, nooit eerder gedeelde brieven en notities. Isa Hoes en Antonie Kamerling ontmoeten elkaar tijdens de audities van Goede Tijden, Slechte Tijden en worden verliefd. De buitenwereld ziet een stralend stel, maar in werkelijkheid kampt Antonie steeds vaker met...
Designated Daughter
The Bonus Years with Mom
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2008
Funny, poignant, and wise, Designated Daughter: The Bonus Years with Mom is D .G. Fulford's uplifting story of how, after her father's death, she returned home to become her mother's closest companion--a move that brought her more in return than she could ever have expected.
D.G. recalls how she and...
The Last Pilgrimage
My Mother's Life and Our Journey to Saying Goodbye
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2013
A daughter recalls her last years with her mother in a “gorgeous love story and spiritual travelogue . . . a wonderfully written, funny, and fantastic memoir” (Jamie Lee Curtis).
Linda Daly’s mother Nancy was a highly regarded figure in Los Angeles’ cultural and philanthropic arenas—until...
Why Should I Grieve Now?
facing a loss and letting it go
Language: English
Release Date: April 10, 2012
This small eBook deals with 'grieve' in connection with the death of a son. Osho uses a Zen story and unfolds a unique and different way of dealing with grieve, death and dying. He acknowledges that it is very difficult not to grieve when somebody you loved has died. Not to grieve is possible only if you have an understanding and an experience of the essential, something of the deathless.
My Deepest Sympathies...
Meaningful Sentiments for Condolence Notes and Conversations, Plus a Guide to Eulogies
Language: English
Release Date: February 10, 2010
Never are we more concerned with getting it right than when writing to one who has suffered a loss. In My Deepest Sympathies--, letter-writing guru Florence Isaacs guides us through the ins and outs of offering comfort and support with short yet meaningful notes that will long be remembered by their...
This is Me
gripping and heartwrenching novel perfect for summer reading
Language: English
Release Date: May 2, 2019
This is... Denise.
Married to Ray, her first and only love, Denise has never for one moment regretted putting the husband she idolised on a pedestal above everyone and everything else. But, after forty years of marriage, he is gone, leaving Denise to discover that their perfect marriage was fatally...