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Author
Publisher
Balance
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Licensed grief and trauma therapist Gina Moffa illuminates a non-linear path through grief, with tools and practices to grieve at your own pace and use loss as a catalyst for a more connected, meaningful life moving forward-perfect for readers of Grief Day by Day and It's OK That You're Not OK. Grief hurts. Whether it's the death of someone you love, the end of a friendship, a breakup, or an ambiguous loss, grief visits each of us in time. But even...
Author
Language
English
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Description
In this inspirational and deeply personal book, an award-winning, platinum-selling, American country music singer-songwriter shares the dark days following the death of his youngest son and how he found the strength and the faith to keep living after loss, showing that life is like a river, full of twists and turns.
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"A husband and wife hear a mysterious bump in the night. A father mourns the closeness he has lost with his son. A friendship with a married couple turns into a dangerous co-dependency. With gorgeous sensitivity, assurance, and a propulsive sense of menace, these stories center on disappearances both literal and figurative-lives and loves that are cut short, the vanishing of one's youthful self. From San Antonio to Austin, from the clamor of a crowded...
Author
Pub. Date
2024
Language
English
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One of the Most Anticipated Books of the Year: TIME, The Washington Post, Vogue, Vanity Fair, Publishers Weekly, Paste, The Millions, Kirkus Reviews, Lit Hub, Real Simple, Nylon, BookPage, The Story Exchange, Sunset, and Zibby Mag
Disarmingly witty and poignant, Sloane Crosley's memoir explores multiple kinds of loss following the death of her closest
Author
Publisher
G. P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
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"In the winter of 2020, Annabel Abbs-Streets experienced a series of losses: her stepfather, then father, and finally her family's puppy. Unmoored by grief, she couldn't sleep. But she discovered something surprising: during her wakeful nights, the darkness became a place of sanctuary, filled with creativity, reflection, and wonder. And once she stopped fighting her insomnia, Annabel tapped into something mysterious and beguiling: her Night Self....
Author
Publisher
Hay House, Inc
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"A few years ago, Kris Carr's world was falling apart. Her father was dying, she had to pivot her business because of the pandemic, and she was on the verge of reaching her twenty-year milestone of living with an incurable Stage IV cancer diagnosis. While sitting in a CVS parking lot, she broke down, finally allowing herself to feel the massive stress and sadness she had been suppressing in order to seem strong for those around her, and for herself....
Publisher
Belt Publishing
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"In 2020, Martha Greenwald invited mourners to write memories of loved ones lost to COVID on the Who We Lost website. The site has been growing ever since, as the bereaved continue to write and publish stories, and the writers' toolbox section of the website offers guidance and prompts for anyone wishing to contribute their story about who they lost to this grassroots public memorial. The resultant book, Who We Lost: A Portable COVID Memorial, contains...
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
Series
Cowboy brothers in arms volume 1
Publisher
Canary Street Press
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"On the surface, Egan Donnelly is hometown hero material--top gun, commanding an elite fighter training squadron and ranching royalty. Inside, he feels like a fraud, convinced he's responsible for his best friend's death. At least he won't let himself succumb to the heat between him and Jack's widow, Alana. But now that she's making regular trips to his ranch to care for his dad, that vow is getting harder to keep. Alana Davidson isn't just grieving...
Author
Publisher
Editorial Vida
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
Español
Description
El 3 de noviembre de 2020, Tim y Aileen Challies recibieron la impactante noticia de que su hijo Nick había muerto. Seasons of Sorrow incluye una selección de reflexiones de Tim que comparten la intensidad del duelo temprano, las dudas y los miedos que nos acosan durante la pérdida, y la fe y la alegría que nos sostienen durante el dolor.
"On November 3, 2020, Tim and Aileen Challies received the shocking news that their son Nick had died. Seasons...
Author
Publisher
Titan Books
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
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Description
"Fox is a memory editor, gifted in the art of creating real life in the digital world. When he wakes up in the Field of Reeds Center for Memory Recovery, the therapists tell him he was victim of a terrorist bombing by Khadija Banks, the pioneer of memory editing turned revolutionary. A bombing which shredded the memory archives of all its victims, including his husband Gabe. Thrust into fragments of memories that survived the blast, Fox struggles...
Author
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Equal parts investigative and deeply introspective, The Wreck is a profound memoir about recognizing the echoes of history within ourselves, and the alchemy of turning inherited grief into political activism. There is a secret that young Cassandra Jackson doesn't know, and it's evident in the way her father cries her name out in his sleep. It's not until she meets her extended family for the first time that she realizes she is named after-and looks...
Author
Publisher
Sounds True
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
"Having experienced grief from both sides-- as a therapist and as a woman who witnessed the accidental drowning of her beloved partner-- Devine writes with deep insight about the unspoken truths of loss, love, and healing. She debunks the culturally prescribed goal of returning to a normal, 'happy' life, replacing it with a far healthier middle path, one that invites us to build a life alongside grief rather than seeking to overcome it."--Page 4 of...
Author
Series
Elements (Brittainy C. Cherry) volume 1
Publisher
Sourcebooks Casablanca
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
A broken shell of a man who angrily lashes out at anyone who comes to close, Tristan, when he meets a woman whose heart is just as shattered as his own, he is no longer lost alone in the dark.
Author
Publisher
Urano
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
Español
Description
El duelo nos acompaña durante toda la vida. En el proceso de madurar, dejamos atrás creencias y comportamientos. Perdemos posesiones y nos vemos obligados a abandonar ideas acerca de nosotros mismos. Y sí, también tenemos que despedirnos de amigos, compañeros de vida y amados miembros de la familia. ¿Cómo afrontar el dolor de la pérdida sin perdernos a nosotros mismos? Planteado al modo de un taller en cinco sesiones, El camino del duelo aborda...
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