Bereavement category: 2356 books

A chronicle of family love, unspeakable loss, and the power of healing. Ginny Dennehy was living the dream: a great marriage, two wonderful teenagers, a fulfilling career. But in 2001, the world turned upside down when her son, Kelty, in the grip of depression, committed suicide at the age...

Her mother told her not to do it. But Brittanee ignored her mom's advice. Now, nobody knows if she's dead or alive. Her mother wants answers. Her mother wants justice Who Killed Brittanee Drexel? is a true crime unsolved mystery you won't be able to put down or ever forget. Brittanee...

What do you do when you're not ready for love, but love is ready for you? Formerly "Malibu Betrayals". Hollywood screenwriter Samantha Dekker spent the last year picking up the pieces after her husband's suicide. Along with grief, guilt, and tabloid hell, she's had to watch helplessly...

Julie Metz's life changes forever on one ordinary January afternoon when her husband, Henry, collapses on the kitchen floor and dies in her arms. Suddenly, this mother of a six-year-old is the young widow in a bucolic small town. And this is only the beginning. Seven months after Henry's death, just...

Fresh off of a ten-year bid, Sean Martin returns to the streets, where he once grinded his way to the top of the game. Before his incarceration, Sean had it all a beautiful woman, a handsome new-born son, and all the finer things in life. He was THE MAN. However, all of that changed when he went to...

Howdy; I'm Nellie Cake and these are "Memoirs From My Outhouse." I write adult only true stories of violence, murders, beatings, crimes, 36 rapes, drugs, incest, alcoholism, inmates, stolen children, homelessness, narcissistic abuse, and nasty words. I have fifty three years of experience...

A grieving mother draws on her storied heritage to find her daughter in the afterlife When Sukey Forbes lost her six-year-old daughter, Charlotte, to a rare genetic disorder, her life felt as if it were shattered forever. Descended from two distinguished New England families, Forbes was raised...

Married when she was barely 19, Betty Auchard went straight from her parent's home to her husband's bed. She raised four children, returned to college, taught art in public school, and became a grandmother, published artist, a retiree and then a widow.When she loses her husband of...

Most people who have lost a child write books about how to cope with the child’s death. Author Lori Plegge has taken a different perspective on losing a child. Instead of writing about how to cope with the death of a child, she has decided to write a story about her son’s life. When Tomorrow Starts...

Naomi Shihab Nye is one of the most beloved and widely read poets in America. Her speaking engagements are booked by the Steven Barclay Agency and she appears at schools, festivals, and conferences in excess of 100 times per year. In January 2010 Naomi Shihab Nye was elected to the Board of...

The main character in Along the Way is Eddie, a Mexican hairless puppy who is so ugly that he's cute. Eddie's mama dies too soon, and he begins life's journey looking for love. Find out what Eddie learns and follow his adventures along the way to doggy heaven.

Here he is, husband and father, scruffy romantic, a shambolic scholar--a man adrift in the wake of his wife's sudden, accidental death. And there are his two sons who like him struggle in their London apartment to face the unbearable sadness that has engulfed them. The father imagines a future of...

On June 3, 1998, eleven-year-old Rachel’s life was lost in a tragic accident. In the days, weeks and months that followed her parents were encouraged to write down their thoughts and feelings before they were forgotten. The result is a story that tenderly shares their experience of coming to terms...

Reading this book might be your first step in the long walk through the valley of grief. Hopefully, you will discover new strengths along the way. We invite you to keep a journal of your passage through this valley. As you write, you might discover your own healing occurring.