Death category: 2756 books
by Olatunde Turner-Edem
Language: English
Release Date: July 17, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: July 17, 2015
Losing a loved one is one of the most difficult things one has to deal with in life. It is one of the most painful experience where we say good bye to people we love. Some get to say goodbye through the final burial of that individual, while others may not get such opportunity as they cannot find the...
Shattered by Grief
Picking up the pieces to become WHOLE again
Language: English
Release Date: March 21, 2018
This is a practical guide to help readers work through their grief via expressive therapies and activities, based on the techniques Claudia Coenen honed as a professional counselor after the unexpected loss of her husband.
This book provides clear methods to process grief, experience its pain...
Hope Renewed
Picking Up the Pieces After Loss
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2005
Hope Renewed: Picking UP the Pieces After Loss leaves the reader knowing how to survive a personal loss and how to better understand others and their struggle with loss. Everyone, at some point in their lives, will go through a loss, be it a parent, sibling, child, friend, hopes or dreams. None will...
by Catherine Marshall
Language: English
Release Date: February 12, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: February 12, 2019
Catherine Marshall’s candid story of recovery after devastating loss** . . .**
When Catherine Marshall’s husband, Peter, died unexpectedly, the sudden loss was overwhelming. Overnight, she became a single mother and young widow of a nationally beloved preacher. Catherine recalls how...
Learning To Say Goodbye
Dealing With Death And Dying
Language: English
Release Date: October 3, 2017
First published in 1987. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Touching the Edge
A Mother's Spiritual Journey from Loss to Life
Language: English
Release Date: August 17, 2007
Praise for Touching the Edge
"Touching the Edge is an homage to love, loss, and the rising grace that comes when grief is transformed into peace. Margaret Wurtele's bow to her son, Phil, is a story we can all recognize within the context of each family's dance with death. Her words can...
Grief Interrupted
A Holistic Guide to Reclaiming Your Joy
Language: English
Release Date: October 3, 2017
Find your way out of the pain and darkness of grief.
None of us escapes life without experiencing grief in one form or another. But the journey of grieving parents, specifically that of the grieving mother, is something no one can imagine … unless they have lived it.
Is there a way...
by Tamar Granot
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2004
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2004
Adults often believe that children are quick to overcome and forget loss, but there is evidence that children are affected by the memory and impact of loss throughout their lives, and especially during the years that they grow-up.In this sympathetic book, Tamar Granot explains the immediate and long-term...
Living Through the Pain
The Lonely Me
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2014
Imagine waking up to your worst nightmare. In 1976, Cathy Kurtz, at the tender age of sixteen, lost her father, mother, oldest brother, and sister-in-law in a private plane crash. In 1989 she lost her surviving brother to AIDS. As a single mother, Cathy struggled to take care of her son while still...
Let's Get Your Party Started
Growing up, aging, and dying-a Martian's perspective
Language: English
Release Date: October 19, 2017
If Martians were to visit Earth would they be perplexed to find that some folks need a reminder to celebrate each year of their lives? Do you mark your birthdates with cake and a bit of frivolity? Do you spend any quiet time on your birthdays to reflect on the life path you have thus far taken? Do...
by Elaine Voci
Language: English
Release Date: March 26, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: March 26, 2019
Guidance from a Life Coach for Navigating the Unsolicited Bad Advice Given to People Who Are Grieving
This is a book about how to recognize and overcome the five most common and harmful myths about grief that are not only untrue, but are also the source of much of the unsolicited bad advice...
Funerals in Africa
Explorations of a Social Phenomenon
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2011
Across Africa, funerals and events remembering the dead have become larger and even more numerous over the years. Whereas in the West death is normally a private and family affair, in Africa funerals are often the central life cycle event, unparalleled in cost and importance, for which families harness...
Still Life
A Parent's Memoir of Life After Stillbirth and Miscarriage
Language: English
Release Date: August 20, 2016
The author says, “Just as the light of a new star continues through the universe long after its explosive beginning, the experience of stillbirth accompanies parents through the years. Far beyond pain and grief, the story continues.” In this touching and
by Claire Willis, Marnie Crawford Samuelson
Language: English
Release Date: March 20, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: March 20, 2014
Faced with the ultimate challenge of life-confronting your death-how would you want to be remembered? Are there stories you want to tell? Experiences you want to relay? Explanations about how you felt and why? Maybe you wish to ensure that future generations know your family lore. Perhaps you seek...