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The loss of a loved one is one of the most traumatic experiences we will ever face. This wise and profound book of reflections for the grieving offers a compassionate companion for those who have lost a loved one. Each page offers new words for contemplation, and can be read cover to cover or chosen at random to find inspiration to make it through another day.
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Despite advancements in the care of those who are suffering from the loss of a child to miscarriage, stillbirth, or infant death, many parents, especially mothers, cannot or will not give themselves permission to mourn. Their feelings are real and complex, yet they are often denied a safe place to live through and ultimately befriend the grieving. A Piece of My Heart is such a friend. The moving story of a mother's loss of her week-old son, it chronicles...
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We are a people who deeply fear death. While humans are biologically wired to evade death for as long as possible, we have become too adept at hiding from it, vilifying it, and-when it can be avoided no longer-letting the professionals take over. Sixth-generation funeral director Caleb Wilde understands this reticence and fear. He had planned to get as far away from the family business as possible. He wanted to make a difference in the world, and...
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"What does the bible say about eternal life? This book will whimsically whisper the truth of God's Word to share hope for life beyond life, in heaven. The Way to the Heavenly Ball is a story created to help those who have lost a loved one, based on the truth of John 3:16. It is a celebration of heaven all because of God's one and only Son!"--
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In this remarkable and much needed book, agony aunt Virginia Ironside recounts some of the experiences of those of us—from ordinary people today to Freud and Sir Walter Scott—who have loved, and lost, a pet, and lifts the taboo that can cause enormous distress to grieving pet owners.
It's not odd, crazy or maladjusted to cry and feel utterly lost when a pet dies. Often that pet has been a close friend—uncritical, loyal and devoted. It never...
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"When Annie Brown, a fun-loving woman, suddenly dies, her husband, best friend, and her children all struggle to find ways to go on after the loss of the woman who was the center of their lives, and who made life happy, fun, and secure. Her husband is overwhelmed with four children to raise, and turns to his teenage daughter for help, and to an old girlfriend for solace. Annie's best friend struggles again with opioid addiction, having depended on...
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Fifteen years ago my son Luther died and it changed me forever. This is the story of how I learned to live with the loss and how I learned to thrive despite the impact Luther's death had on me. I came to realize that the only choice I had left was to choose how I was going to live with the loss. So I chose to learn to live again. Once I figured out how to survive the loss I felt like I could do anything. So, I decided to turn my life in to something...
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2022.
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"Tempe, de diecisiete años, nació en un mundo de agua. Como solo quedan unas pocas islas tras el paso de las Grandes Olas sucedido hace siglos, Tempe pasa sus días buceando, rebuscando en las ruinas de una época pasada en busca de cualquier cosa de valor. Pero no es comida o refugio por lo que quiere intercambiar; es una vida. En las instalaciones de la isla de Palindrómena, los difuntos pueden resucitar brevemente a cambio de un alto precio....
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IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 11
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Tara Doucet is grieving for her grandmother, and her family is falling apart around her, but it seems like her grandmother has preplanned an elaborate itinerary for her to follow which will lead her and her sister Riley from Louisiana to a South Pacific island and into danger--and everywhere she turns butterflies follow.
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2023.
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Raymond Moody and Paul Perry reveal that consciousness survives after the death of the body. Featuring in-depth case studies, the latest research, and eye-opening interviews with experts, Proof explores everything from common paranormal signs to shared-death experiences, and much more.
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The Heavy Bag by Sarah Surgey is a children' s book that looks at the five stages of grief: Denial, Anger, Bargaining, Sadness and Acceptance. Children can experience grief for a loved one; a pet; or even moving on from a school or area. When all of the emotions build up inside a child' s mind, they can feel like they are carrying around a huge weight with them.‘ The Heavy Bag' follows a little girl called Enid who has...
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2024.
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"An emotionally raw memoir about the crumbling of the American Dream and a daughter of refugees who searches for answers after her mother dies during plastic surgery. Susan Lieu has long been searching for answers. About her family's past and about her own future. Refugees from the Vietnam War, Susan's family escaped to California in the 1980s after five failed attempts. Upon arrival, Susan's mother was their savvy, charismatic North Star, setting...
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A Life Complete explains how the choices we make in midlife can become distilled and irreversible by the time we reach our last years. Having worked intimately and rewardingly with countless people in the last years of their lives, psychological counselor and ordained minister Sallirae Henderson offers a practical plan for healing in middle age so we can avoid elderly regret, unexpressed grief, and unresolved spiritual issues before it's too late....
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Grief Healing Techniques Helps You Recover in Your Own Way, at Your Own PaceAfter losing a loved one, grief can be overwhelming and seem impossible to conquer. Grief Healing Techniques gives you manageable, effective steps you can take to work through your grief on a daily basis, so you can start to find your new "normal." Grief Healing Techniques speaks to anyone who has ever suffered a major loss. With Grief Healing Techniques, you will be able...
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Beyond the Skies of Blue and Pink is a follow-up to K. L. Nelson's first book A Life Spiritually Guided by Faith, Daisies, and Sky Blue Pink. After the heart-wrenching loss of her husband, K. L. Nelson has spent the last three years soul-searching for who she is without him and what her destination will be now that she is on her own. K. L. Nelson shares a compelling story of how her view of the world around her has changed so dramatically after such...
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