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Grief Unveiled
A Widow’s Guide to Navigating Your Journey in Life After Loss
Language: English
Release Date: March 6, 2018
Widowhood leaves you forever changed but does not have to mean forever suffering.
Grief Unveiled is a love letter from a widow sister that will change what you believe is possible in life after loss. This book acts as a guide to those supporting the bereaved just as it illuminates a path for...
Rain on a Strange Roof
A Southern Literary Memoir
Language: English
Release Date: March 22, 2012
A scholar of Southern literature and culture, Jan Whitt has written a personal narrative about adoption, childhood abuse, and fifty years of searching for her family in rural Appalachia. A testament to the power of love and the resilience of the human spirit, Rain on a Strange Roof unflinchingly explores...
When Your Soulmate Dies
A Guide to Healing Through Heroic Mourning
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2016
You were one of the lucky ones. You found a partner or friend with whom you shared a deeply profound connection. You understood, opened fully to, served, and challenged one another. You were the heroes of each other’s lives. You lived a grand adventure together. But now that your partner has died,...
Mum, Can You Lend Me Twenty Quid?
What drugs did to my family
Language: English
Release Date: October 24, 2013
i newspaper 'What We're Reading This Week' December 2017
'Elizabeth's courage in speaking out is moving, and her ability to move others is impressive. This is a story that needs to be told, and needs to be heard.' - Theresa May, Prime Minister
'Elizabeth [is] someone who had the courage...
A Child's View of Grief
A Guide for Parents, Teachers, and Counselors
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2004
Parents, teachers, and other adults can learn through this concise and caring guide to how children and adolescents grieve after someone they love dies. Exploring the six reconciliation needs of mourning, this helpful resource recognizes that grieving children are especially deserving of an emotional...
Organ Donation in Japan
A Medical Anthropological Study
Language: English
Release Date: April 16, 2015
Organ Donation in Japan: A Medical Anthropological Study by Maria-Keiko Yasuoka reveals insight into Japan as the country with the most severe organ shortages and the lowest numbers of organ donations among medically advanced countries. The history of organ transplantation in Japan is a unique and...
Seven Steps to Heaven
How to Communicate with Your Departed Loved Ones in Seven Easy Steps
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2007
Say Good-bye One More Time
Have you ever experienced a breeze in a closed room? A brush on the cheek when no one is there? A whisper that sounds like the voice of someone who has passed away? Perhaps it is coincidence or perhaps it is the beginning of spirit communication.
In Seven Steps to Heaven...
by H. Norman Wright
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2006
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2006
Life is marked by a variety of losses, says certified trauma specialist H. Norman Wright. Some are life-changing, such as leaving home, the effects of natural disasters or war, the death of a loved one, or divorce. Others are subtle, such as changing jobs, moving, or a broken friendship. But whether...
by Judy Brizendine
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2011
A highly focused, conversational book that cuts through the clutter and zeroes in on flashpoint issues critical to a griever’s healing, the approach to grief presented here is revealing, practical, and down-to-earth. Designed for anyone struggling with death-or any of life’s tragic losses-it features...
The Journey Home
A companion for contemplating life's most important journey.
Language: English
Release Date: November 10, 2017
The Journey Home was born of over twenty years experience of walking with those who are suffering. It is designed to help you think through important things that we all needs to consider now, but which many choose to ignore until it’s too late...
This book is for people in pain. It...
Excessive Use of Force
One Mother’s Struggle Against Police Brutality and Misconduct
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2018
The vast majority of the law enforcement officers in this country perform their very difficult jobs with respect for their communities and in compliance with the law. Even so, there have been incidents in which this was not the case. Police brutality and misconduct has been under the microscope for...
Creating Inclusion and Well-being for Marginalized Students
Whole-School Approaches to Supporting Children’s Grief, Loss, and Trauma
Language: English
Release Date: August 21, 2017
It is increasingly challenging for teachers to educate without a deeper understanding of the experience of their students. This is particularly the case in marginalised groups of young people who are subject to loss, grief, trauma and shame. Through a snapshot of the diverse student populous, this...
Getting to the Other Side of Grief
Overcoming the Loss of a Spouse
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 1998
This sensitive and biblically oriented book offers a roadmap for bereaved spouses on the journey through grief to resolution. Excellent for pastors, too.
Gerontological Social Work Practice
Issues, Challenges, and Potential
Language: English
Release Date: February 25, 2014
What are the challenges facing gerontological social workers—today and in the near future?
This book gives you an essential overview of the role, status, and potential of gerontological social work in aging societies around the world. Drawing on the expertise of leaders in the field, it identifies...