Death category: 2756 books
Riana's Gift
The Manual for Healing from the Death of a Child or Any Other Traumatic Loss … as Though It Never Happened
Language: English
Release Date: May 22, 2017
In November 2005, author Dirk van der Merwe received the call every parent dreads above all others. His daughter, Riana, was dead at thirty-seven. In the shocked silence that followed, both Dirk and his late wife, Elsie, underwent an unusual experience. Some would call it paranormala phenomena that...
Breaking the Thread of Life
On Rational Suicide
Language: English
Release Date: July 28, 2017
Suicide, and how civilized people should respond to it, is an increasingly controversial topic in modern society. In Holland, suicide is the third leading cause of death of people between the ages of fifteen and forty. In the United States, it is the second leading cause of death among older teenagers....
Inspired from Beyond
The Essence of a Past Love
Language: English
Release Date: June 25, 2018
After an experience of a former boyfriends death, Monica writes of her remorse and pain and how she journeyed through the deep grief that overwhelmed her in the following years. This is her memoir of a relationship that she thought had been given up years ago. Through her writing, she processes her...
by Molly Fumia
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2000
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2000
Molly Fumia holds a master's degree in theology from the Graduate Theological Union in Berkeley California. The author of Honor Thy Children Safe Passage and A Piece of My Heart books on the transformative nature of grief she lives with her husband and seven children in Los Gatos California.
by Alan Clarke
Language: English
Release Date: September 13, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: September 13, 2013
The Sociology of Healthcare, Second Edition explores the impact of current social changes on health, illness and healthcare, and provides an overview of the fundamental concerns in these areas. This new edition features a brand new chapter entitled End of Life which will help health and social...
Grief in Children
A Handbook for Adults Second Edition
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2008
This fully updated second edition of Grief in Children provides an accessible overview of children's understanding of death at different ages and gives a detailed outline of exactly how the adults around them can best help them cope.
Whether a child experiences the death of a parent, sibling,...
by Derek Flores
Language: English
Release Date: April 16, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: April 16, 2018
The idea of entering Hospice Care at the end of one’s life can be intimidating and even frightening, especially to those who don’t understand what Hospice is and how it should work for patients and families. If you or a loved one are facing an “End of Life” experience, Seven Keys to a Peaceful...
by Betty Rollin
Language: English
Release Date: August 4, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: August 4, 2008
At a time when tempers flare over the Oregon assisted suicide law and Jack Kevorkian's physician-aid-in-dying, Last Wish, Betty Rollin's groundbreaking New York Times bestseller, is due for a rereading. Last Wish is an intimate, fiercely honest memoir of a daughter's struggle to come to terms with...
Holding onto Love
Searching for Hope When a Child Dies
Language: English
Release Date: March 2, 2009
Holding Onto Love blends an anguished fathers heartfelt experience with advice from respected authors to offer comfort and hope to parents reeling from the death of a child. Chuck Collins refreshing, down-to-earth writing style explores the anguish and hopelessness of child loss and exposes the myriad...
by M. T. Dohaney
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2010
One Friday, Walter Dohaney, novelist M.T. (Jean) Dohaney’s husband, went out as usual to play hockey with his friends. She never saw him alive again. Without warning, Jean was plunged into the most painful and disorienting experience of her life. Faced with a tumult of emotions and sudden responsibilities,...
Five Hours
How My Son's Brief Life Changed Everything
Language: English
Release Date: October 13, 2015
A mother’s “powerful and enlightening” memoir of losing a newborn to a rare genetic disorder, and the journey from grief to healing (Pamela Colloff, Texas Monthly).
Lucinda Weatherby’s son Theo was born with trisomy 13, a rare chromosomal disorder with fatal birth defects. Rather than...
Sudden Arrival: Sudden Departure
The Twin Left Behind, a True Story of Loss and Rebirth
Language: English
Release Date: January 4, 2018
Ann Westlake weaves a beautiful story about life as an identical twin, the death of her twin and her personal journey of pain and grief. This book is in a sense her journal, which will help many others cope with the loss of a loved one. It reminds us that it is never too late to take the time to...
by Kathy Burrus, Leisha Burrus
Language: English
Release Date: October 4, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: October 4, 2016
Days after the sudden death of her 15-year-old daughter, Leisha, Kathy Burrus found chapter one of a book her daughter had begun to write. Overwhelmed with grief, Kathy asked many of the questions we ask ourselves in life's most painful moments;Why is this happening to me?Where are you God?How can...
Gone in the Morning
A Writer’s Journey of Bereavement
Language: English
Release Date: September 21, 2017
An exploration of death, bereavement and grief. This first hand account gives Geoff Mead's experience of responding to the loss of his wife from a brain tumour. Giving insight into the grieving process and how Geoff learned to manage his grief, this book will offer hope to anyone experiencing something...