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"I Had a Miscarriage is Dr. Jessica Zucker's account of her miscarriage that occurred sixteen weeks into her pregnancy, and her journey of recovery following it. Drawing from her psychological expertise and her work as the creator of the viral #IHadaMiscarriage campaign, this book uses Zucker's and other women's experiences to explore grief, healing, and the power of speaking one's truth" --
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This book tells the story of my journey back to living fully after my husband died of pancreatic cancer in 2016. Feeling broken, overwhelmed by grief, with memory gaps, flagging energy, and a deep distrust of my own instincts and abilities, I struggled to manage all aspects of my life, from work to money, from health to relationships.
I searched for resources which fit the experience I was going through and found nothing. Most books were about...
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How Much Big Is the Sky is Sherry Chapman's searingly melodic and eloquent love song to her teenage son, Ryan, following his sudden death resulting from a car crash. Sherry captures the intimacy and immediacy of her experience with a rare combination of profound tenderness, literary skill, and raw candor in a powerful narrative that deeply resonates with readers. Structured in five parts resembling the various stages of grief, this unforgettable account...
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A three-week adventure becomes a tragic dilemma for a loving sister, a motherless child, and a terrified father facing unimaginable loss together and using their relationships with one another to survive. I Know It In My Heart: Walking through Grief with a Child explores the impact of early parental loss, the evolution of grief from toddler to teenager, and the devastation of adult sibling loss. Told by Mary E. Plouffe-a grieving sister who is also...
105) Preserving Light
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Preserving Light is more than a memoir. It is a multigenre journey of the human experience. Sometimes funny, unfailingly honest, it offers a unique examination of coping with loss, disappointment, and ambiguity.
In Preserving Light, author Gail Hartman uses the intimate and moving experience of her husband's illnesses and death as cause to reflect upon her life: from growing up in Manhattan - including her adolescence sleeping above Lillian Hellman...
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Braving the Fire is the first book to provide a road map for the journey of writing honestly about mourning, grief and loss. Created specifically by and for the writer who has experienced illness, loss, or the death of a loved one, Braving the Fire takes the writers' perspective in exploring the challenges and rewards for the writer who has chosen, with courage and candor, to be the memory keeper. It will be useful to the memoirist just starting out,...
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Pandemics, conflicts, and crises have increased suffering, death, and loss worldwide. The growing phenomenon of online interactions by the bereaved with the online presence of their deceased loved ones has recently come to the attention of caring professionals. Many questions emerge. How do we understand and respond to digital memorialization? What do we make of digital identities and continuing bonds? How can we engage with digital bereavement communities?...
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A journey that will compel readers to view life after death in a completely different way. Where - do our loved ones go - After they die? This is the question that has traversed the universe for centuries and is considered one of life's greatest mysteries. While many of the world's renowned philosophers, scientists, theorists, doctors, and great mystics endorsed the existence of the afterlife, no one book has been available to explore it all, until...
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Renowned grief counselor Stephen Levine tells us that long after an initial loss has passed and the period of grieving has ended an unattended sorrow lingers, accounting for a host of physical, emotional and spiritual maladies. It is not uncommon then for those with unresolved grief to lean toward addictions or dangerous behaviors or other forms of self-destruction. In Unattended Sorrow, Levine addresses the grief from fresh loss but also attends...
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None of us want to experience the loss of a loved one, but the sad reality is we've all experienced it, and it is certain that grief will come knocking many times throughout our lives. A psychotherapist for more than twenty years, Lise Leblanc has learned that we are rarely fully prepared for a loved one's death or our reaction to it. Like so many others, you may not know how to deal with the emotions, communication problems, and other complexities...
111) Letting Go
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A coming-of-age story that begins with tragedy but ends in understanding, forgiveness and peace.
The stunning and heartbreaking story of the young son of Rachel Nickell - who witnessed the brutal attack on his mother and whose childhood was shaped by the media storm that followed. A coming-of-age story that begins with a tragedy but ends in optimism, forgiveness and peace.
On a beautiful July morning in 1992, just three weeks before his third birthday,...
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Récit bouleversant d'une mère face au suicide de son enfant
Denis venait d'avoir treize ans. Jeune adolescent, il débordait de vitalité, de joie de vivre.
Rien dans son comportement ne laissait présager qu'un jour il mettrait fin à sa vie. Suicide ou accident? Nous ne connaissons pas la réponse.
Il ne semble pas exister de mots pour décrire l'atrocité de la situation du parent qui perd son enfant. Au bout de dix années, Pascale Bauwens...
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Your End of Life Matters is offered at a time when people are starting to talk more about end-of-life matters. Based on the author's own experiences and those of others she's worked with, the book conveys the value of talking about last wishes long before the end is imminent.
With the primary emphasis on how to create a successful end-of-life communication of your own, this book weaves stories, text, writing prompts, humor, and exercises into...
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"In March 2015, Naja Marie Aidt's son Carl died at twenty-five years old in a tragic accident. When Death Takes Something from You, Give It Back describes the first year after that devastating phone call, until the shock slowly wears off. It is at once a sober account of life after losing a child--showing how grief transforms your relationship to reality, your loved ones, and time--and a book about the language of poetry, loss, and love. How do you...
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On a glorious, if blisteringly hot, Saturday in August 2010, Margaret Thomson's world is suddenly shattered by the incomprehensible news that her twenty-two-year-old son, a medic in the army, has taken his life.
In a deep state of shock, Thomson and her husband immediately travel to Fort Bragg, North Carolina, where their son Kieran was stationed, in an effort to assist their daughter-in-law. Upon their arrival, though, the couple find themselves...
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Psychologist and Shanti Project founder Charles Garfield offers compassionate and expert guidance for friends and families who want to ease their loved ones' final days. By focusing on the reciprocal and healing relationship between the living and the dying, Life's Last Gift provides practical tools about connecting, finding peace, and being of service to those at the end of life.
118) Good Grief
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'Grief is more than the price of love. It is love. We must learn not just to live with it, but to make it welcome.' Mother and daughter Anne Mayer Bird and Catherine Mayer were widowed within 41 days of each other on the eve of the pandemic, then locked down alone. Their profound isolation was broken just once a week, when Catherine visited Anne to care for her, at distance and in a mask. Together they found ways to navigate their loss and the startling...
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Pistes et conseils pour atteindre la sérénité
Depuis l'aube des temps, les humains ont du faire face à de multiples défis. Ils ont connu, la maladie, la faim, les guerres, des deuils multiples. Ils ont toujours su se relever et continuer, trouver des raisons de vivre et d'espérer. Ainsi, au cours des siècles, ils ont accumulé une immense sagesse dont nous pouvons être les héritiers et que l'on découvre dans toutes les grandes traditions...
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