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Author
Publisher
Union Square & Co
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"Since losing her mother to cancer in 2018 and her sister to alcoholism less than three years later, author and journalist Dina Gachman has dedicated herself to understanding what it means to grieve, healing after loss, and the ways we stay connected to those we miss. Through a mix of personal storytelling, reporting, and insight from experts and even moments of humor, Gachman gives readers a fresh take on grief and bereavement-whether the loss is...
Author
Publisher
Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
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"When someone you love dies, the grief rock shows up Sometimes grief can feel like a heavy weight you are carrying around. It can be difficult to explain how you feel or know how you will cope carrying the grief rock around. This gentle story explores how grief is filled with all the love we have for someone who was important in our lives. Perfect to open up the conversation on difficult feelings, the book also includes a short guide for adults with...
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English
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"Four friends, three struggling relationships, and one final wish: find your happiness. Both heartwarming and heart-wrenching, Sheryl Lister invites readers to take a trip of a lifetime with her new women's fiction novel that reminds us all to live without regrets"--
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Language
English
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"The daughter of Cambodian refugees, Ai grew up in the small Australian town of Whitlam populated by Asian immigrants who once fled war-torn countries to rebuild their shattered lives. It is now the late 90's and despite their parent's harrowing past, Ai and her tightknit group of school friends: charismatic Brigitte, sweet, endearing Bowie, shy, inscrutable Tin, and politically minded Sying, lead seemingly ordinary lives, far removed from the unimaginable...
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Español
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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
Flatiron Books
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
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Description
"Nineteen years old, broke, and effectively an orphan, Magnolia doesn't have much to look forward to. She feels stuck and haunted: by her overdrawn bank account, by her predatory landlord, by the ghost of her late grandmother Mama Brown. One night while working at her dead-end gas station job, a mysterious, slick stranger named Cotton walks in and offers to turn Magnolia's luck around. He offers her a lucrative "modeling" job at his family's funeral...
Author
Publisher
Kids Can Press
Pub. Date
[2023].
Language
English
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"When Granny dies, a young child and their family have a hole in their hearts. They find it helps them fill it to remember her through the things she left behind. To the father, she left a tuba, and to the mother, a locket. To the sister, she left a microscope, and to the brother, a record collection. To the main character, though, Granny left something different: a world of adventure, that they visit with their memories. Through imaginative play...
Publisher
Fun City Editions
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
Morvern Callar is greeted with a startling surprise, her boyfriend has committed suicide. He has left her a cryptic message on his computer and a manuscript for a novel. She changes the author's name to her own and begins a re-birth of self discovery.
Author
Publisher
Lake Union Publishing
Pub. Date
[2023]
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
From the bestselling author of The Vibrant Years comes an emotional story of three women navigating ugly truths and safe lies with only love to guide them on a journey of motherhood, friendship, and life. Bestselling advice columnist Vandy Guru built her career teaching others how to live honestly and courageously, but after the loss of her husband, Vandy's public veneer can barely conceal her grief. When her beloved daughter Mallika suddenly disappears...
Author
Language
English
Description
When the anticipation of your child's birth turns into the grief of miscarriage, tubal pregnancy, stillbirth, or early infant death, no words on earth can ease your loss. But there is strength and encouragement in the wisdom of others who have been there and found that God's comfort is real.Having experienced three miscarriages and the death of an infant son, Kathe Wunnenberg knows the deep anguish of losing a child. Grieving the Child I Never Knew...
12) Bolita de nube
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Language
Español
Description
A veces la nieve puede traer amistades inesperadas... Y a veces la gente a la que amas tiene que irse... No siempre es fácil... no siempre estamos preparados... Este libro nos permite abordar la separación y la pérdida de un ser querido desde un punto de vista tierno y esperanzador.
13) Aflicción
Author
Language
Español
Description
O el consejo de Cristo a una madre afligida que lamenta la muerte de su querido y único hijo; en el que se fijan debidamente los límites del dolor, se frenan los excesos, se responde a las súplicas comunes y se prescriben varias reglas para el apoyo de los afligidos por Dios.
Querido amigo,
El doble vínculo de la naturaleza y de la gracia, además de los muchos pasajes entrañables que durante tantos años han unido y pegado nuestros afectos...
Author
Language
English
Description
A guide to hope and healing after the death of a child, from a grief counselor and psychotherapist who has been there.
Nisha Zenoff lost her son in a tragic accident when he was just seventeen years old. Now, with decades of experience as a grief counselor and psychotherapist, she offers support and guidance from her own journey and from others who have experienced the death of a child. The Unspeakable Loss helps those who mourn to face the urgent...
15) Wondrous Willow
Author
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
Description
WHAT MAKES YOU SPECIAL? Once there was, an auspicious little butterfly, who lived on the side of a very steep mountain. How Willow had come to be born on the side of this particular mountain was a great mystery to her for there hadn't, been an Old World Swallowtail, since the previous century. Yet, she felt sure it was for a very special reason that she was there. Until she began to doubt...
Christine Horner and Joey McGrellis take us on a courageous...
16) Divine Dilemma
Author
Language
English
Description
In a world plagued by death, disease, and suffering, many ask why a loving God would allow this to happen. In Divine Dilemma, a poignant scriptural guide filled with personal testimonies, author Ken Ham offers hope and peace to grieving families and bewildered communities, strengthening their faith during life's darkest days.
For believers, reconciling this reality of suffering with the teachings of a compassionate Creator raises difficult questions....
Author
Publisher
Morgan James Publishing
Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
Description
Returning to Joy is a three-part gift book series that provides inspiration and healing for those who are grieving the loss of a loved one or beloved pet.Returning to Joy provides those who are grieving with faith-based, inspirational thought anchors. The beautiful 4-color images along with motivating quotes and appropriate Bible Verses throughout its pages serve as a perfect, thoughtful gift for anyone mourning the loss of someone or pet they love....
Author
Series
Publisher
Urano
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
1.a edición Noviembre 2023.
Language
Español
Description
Este libro nos enseña que el dolor tiene la trasformadora virtud de llevarnos por el camino hacia la sanación para redescubrir todo lo que la vida puede ofrecernos. 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...
Author
Language
English
Description
Teens are hurting.
While trying to make sense of an increasingly confusing and troubled world, teens get hit - again and again - with moves, separations, divorces, rejections, substance abuse, domestic violence, sexual abuse, illness, disability, and death.
Edgy, fun loving, tech-driven, and seemingly indestructible, teens' souls are shaking. Gnawing questions surface from deep inside: "How did this happen? Why me? Is this my fault? What am I supposed...
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Language
Español
Description
Sumérgete en un viaje transformador de consuelo y esperanza con el audiolibro "Renovando la Esperanza: Consuelo y Fortaleza en la Enfermedad". Enfrentar la enfermedad puede ser un camino desafiante y solitario, pero este libro te guiará hacia una experiencia de sanación profunda y renovación espiritual.
A través de historias inspiradoras, enseñanzas bíblicas reconfortantes y reflexiones poderosas, descubrirás cómo encontrar consuelo en medio...
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