Death

Barbara Bartocci

Nobody's Child Anymore: Grieving, Caring and Comforting When Parents Die

Editura: Sorin Books

Anul aparitiei: 2000

Unlike most books on grieving the loss of a parent, Bartocci takes a comprehensive approach from caring for a dying parent through finding new meaning beyond grief. She writes from experience and offers poignant vignettes approaching hard questions with compassion and a wealth of practical wisdom.

Joan Guntzelman

God Knows You're Grieving: Things to Do to Help You Through

Editura: Sorin Books

Anul aparitiei: 2002

- Addresses a contemporary issue and helps readers clearly define and understand its real meaning in their lives - Uses shared stories and thoughtful insights to demonstrate how others have handled similar issues - Offers practical suggestions and exercises to help readers put the issue in perspective and find solutions that work

Sandra Keys

Where Would You Like Your Dishwasher?: My Story of Life, Love and Loss

Editura: Haven Books

Anul aparitiei: 2010

This book delivers the message that we can grow and even thrive when death takes away a dear one. When Sandra and Michael moved to Hong Kong with their new baby, their new life was swept from under their feet when Michael was diagnosed with a rare heart tumor. This is a story of a young family engaging with extraordinary situations that reveal the precious value of community, counsel and friendships. In facing the reality of living with dying openly and honestly, we can see what it means to end something and how to have faith in the formation of something new.

Ruth McKernan (Author)

Billy's Halo: Love, Science and My Father's Death

Editura: JOSEPH HENRY PR

Anul aparitiei: 2006

As Ruth McKernana (TM)s father slowly succumbs to a mysterious illness, she relies on her professional training as a neuroscientist to help her work through her fear and grief. This moving memoir of love, science, and a parenta (TM)s death is an inspired blend of personal revelations and professional insights. Science is just one way of looking at life. As a neuroscientist working at the forefront of medical research, it is Ruth McKernana (TM)s way. For a while it was her father Billya (TM)s way, too. Indeed, science was a language they shareda "until Billy inexplicably lapsed into a coma after being admitted to the hospital. As Ruth watches her fathera (TM)s life ebbing away, she struggles to understand what is happening, grasping for control of the scientific knowledge that would allow her to objectify and analyze his medical condition. A postmana (TM)s son who parlayed his formidable intellect and natural strength of character into a successful career, Billy was always a difficult and demanding father. But it took his collapse and slow slide toward death for Ruth to realize how intense her feelings were for him. Ruth recounts the story of Billya (TM)s last year while exploring a ...

Rebecca Abrams (Author)

When Parents Die: Learning to Live with the Loss of a Parent

Editura: ROUTLEDGE CHAPMAN HALL

Anul aparitiei: 1999

This new edition of When Parents Die will speak to bereaved children of all ages in a very access

Rebecca Abrams (Author)

When Parents Die: Learning to Live with the Loss of a Parent

Editura: ROUTLEDGE CHAPMAN HALL

Anul aparitiei: 1999

This new edition of When Parents Die will speak to bereaved children of all ages in a very access

Donald L. Deffner (Author)

At the Death of a Child: Words of Comfort and Hope

Editura: CONCORDIA PUB HOUSE

Anul aparitiei: 1999

Addresses the anguish bereaved parents experience and communicates the hope found in the Gospel.

Katherine Fair Donnelly (Author)

Recovering from the Loss of a Sibling

Editura: IUNIVERSE INC

Anul aparitiei: 2000

Katherine Fair Donnelly (Author)

Recovering from the Loss of a Parent

Editura: IUNIVERSE INC

Anul aparitiei: 2000

Katherine Fair Donnelly (Author)

Recovering from the Loss of a Child

Editura: IUNIVERSE INC

Anul aparitiei: 2001

Katherine Fair Donnelly (Author)

Recovering from the Loss of a Loved One to AIDS

Editura: IUNIVERSE INC

Anul aparitiei: 2001

Donn Weinholtz (Author)

Longing to Live. . .Learning to Die

Editura: IUNIVERSE INC

Anul aparitiei: 2002

Josephine Price Powell (Author)

Working with the Dead

Editura: IUNIVERSE INC

Anul aparitiei: 2004

A must for those with an interest in Death. "Working with the Dead" provides a readable and true account of the author's encounters with Death, before and after she became an embalmer. Without a doubt this sometimes humorous, yet sensitive and caring approach to death and embalming, will keep the reader gripped on every page. Anecdotes from her personal life and experience make the book engrossing, sad and sometimes funny--but it is not for the faint hearted. "Working with the Dead" opens doors to modern embalming and caring for the dead in a way that is easily understood by those wishing to follow the art. Make yourself comfortable, lock the door, and...prepare to be surprised.

Peggy C. Latchem (Author)

Widow's Devotional: (My First Year's Journey)

Editura: IUNIVERSE INC

Anul aparitiei: 2005

"Dear Widowed Friend, As I have traveled this path, retracing my first year's journey without Bo

Peggy C. Latchem (Author)

Widow's Devotional: (My First Year's Journey)

Editura: IUNIVERSE INC

Anul aparitiei: 2005

"Dear Widowed Friend, As I have traveled this path, retracing my first year's journey without Bo

Phyllis Theroux (Author)

The Book of Eulogies

Editura: SCRIBNER % MACMILLAN

Anul aparitiei: 1997

This invaluable anthology is the first and only collection dedicated to the art of the eulogy. For t

David Charles-Edwards (Author)

Bereavement at Work: A Practical Guide

Editura: DUCKWORTH PUB

Anul aparitiei: 2000

A death affects the workplace in many ways. If the deceased was an employee, for example, or the par

Sandy Lynam Clough (Author)

When You Don't Know What to Say: Encouraging Words for the Hurting Heart

Editura: HARVEST HOUSE PUBL

Anul aparitiei: 2001

When someone you love is hurting, it's often hard to find the right words. Sandy's magnificent fl

Connie Kiosse (Author)

The Best of Friends, Two Sisters, One Journey

Editura: INFINITY PUB.COM

Anul aparitiei: 2003

Page dim. 216 x 140 x 8 Weight: 198 grams

Elisabeth Kubler-Ross (Author)

On Grief and Grieving: Finding the Meaning of Grief Through the Five Stages of Loss

Editura: SCRIBNER % MACMILLAN

Anul aparitiei: 2005

Shortly before her death in 2004, Elisabeth Kubler-Ross and David Kessler, her collaborator, complet