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1) Dog crazy
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
"As a pet bereavement counselor, Maggie Brennan spends her days helping patients come to terms with losing their four-legged friends, but she's struggling with major problems of her own and can't seem to take her own advice. When she meets a woman who claims her dog is not dead, but missing, Maggie finds herself entangled in a mystery that will force her to face her biggest fear and maybe just find new love along the way. A bighearted story and compelling...
Author
Publisher
Metropolitan Books
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"When we lose someone we love, when we suffer loss or defeat, when catastrophe strikes-war, famine, pandemic-we go in search of consolation. Once the province of priests and philosophers, the language of consolation has largely vanished from our modern vocabulary, and the places where it was offered, houses of religion, are often empty. Rejecting the solace of ancient religious texts, humanity since the sixteenth century has increasingly placed its...
9) The hole
Author
Publisher
Nancy Paulsen Books
Pub. Date
2025.
Language
English
Description
"Talking to a friend helps a little boy who is grieving the loss of his brother"--
12) Mouseboat
Author
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
A young girl feels lost after the death of her mother, but when she and her father visit their lake house, she takes out the small boat she and her mom built together and somehow, in the wind and rain, reconnects with her mother's love.
Author
Publisher
FaithWords
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
All of us will go through dark times that we don't understand: a difficulty with a friend, an unfair situation at work, a financial setback, an unexpected illness, a divorce, or the loss of a loved one. Those types of experiences are part of the human journey. But when we find ourselves in such a place, it's important that we keep a positive perspective. Joel Osteen writes that if we stay in faith and keep a good attitude when we go through challenges,...
18) Joy
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"A lively kitten is full of joy until she takes a tumble. Can a little comfort from someone special help her feel happy again?"--
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
Description
This collection of quotations--heartfelt thoughts and memories discovered in letters, journals, diaries, memoirs and other original sources--by writers, leaders and legends captures the profound connection we share with our animal companions and also provides comfort for those who have lost a pet.
Author
Publisher
Harlequin
Pub. Date
c2012
Language
English
Description
When journalist Beth Howard's young husband dies suddenly, she packs up the RV he left behind and embarks on a cross-country journey, during which she used America's quintessential comfort food and the simple act of giving to overcome tragedy.
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