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Even when you follow all the rules, life can go very wrong... Dennis Mansfield and his wife, Susan, planned for and expected every parent’s dream, but instead lived every parent’s nightmare. This haunting memoir tells the story of a father who diligently followed all the parenting rules that...

“The golden willow was the first tree we had planted when we came here to live, and Ruby and I had good reason for doing that. Only it was a secret that we kept to ourselves.” Harry Bernstein started chronicling his life at the age of ninety-four, after the death of his beloved wife, Ruby...

One of the most hopeful, honest and wildly imaginative novels you will ever listen to. This is the story of Isaac and the Egg, a grieving young man and his unforgettable new friend, who meet at exactly the right time. --- Isaac stands alone on a bridge and screams. Something screams back. And...

Bobby Griffith was an all-American boy … and he was gay. Faced with an irresolvable conflict—for both his family and his religion taught him that being gay was “wrong”—Bobby chose to take his own life. Prayers for Bobby, nominated for a 1996 Lambda Literary Award, is the story of the emotional journey that led Bobby to this tragic conclusion. But it is also the story of Bobby’s mother, a fearful churchgoer who first prayed that her son would be “healed,” then anguished over his suicide, and ultimately transformed herself into a national crusader for gay and lesbian youth.

After the sudden death of her father, Dr. McMurry was unprepared for the intensity of grief that consumed her. She discovered that nothing in her medical training helped her navigate this experience. As a researcher, she set out to examine not only the emotional side of bereavement, but also the body's neurobiological response to loss. This book is a raw, honest look at loss, melancholy, mortality, and hope.

At once a loving legacy and an unsparing depiction of a devastating illness, Danielle Steel’s tribute to her lost son is a gift of life, hope, healing, and understanding to us all. “This is the story of an extraordinary boy with a brilliant mind, a heart of gold, and a tortured soul. It is...

Every person who lives long enough will eventually encounter circumstances that are difficult to explain theologically. From years of counselling experience, Dr. James Dobson offers assurance of God's constant care, even when human suffering is beyond our comprehension.

In May 2005, Eugene O'Kelly was diagnosed with late-stage brain cancer and given three to six months to live. Just like that. Now a growing darkness was absorbing the bright future he had seen for himself. He would have to change his plans, quickly, and capture what he could of his last diminishing days. Chasing Daylight is the account of his final journey. Starting from the time of his diagnosis and concluded upon his death less than four months later, this book is his unforgettable story.

USA Today Bestseller Read by the authors. Learn how to work your way through life’s unexpected challenges with grace and find a deeper faith while on your journey. In this biblical and conversational book by Dr. Tony Evans and his four adult children—Chrystal Evans Hurst, Priscilla Shirer...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A powerful memoir of a love that leads two people to find a courageous way to part—and a woman’s struggle to go forward in the face of loss—that “enriches the reader’s life with urgency and gratitude” (The Washington Post) “A pleasure to read...

In this book, Tirzah Firestone brings to life the profound impact of protracted historical trauma through the compelling narratives of Israeli terror victims, Holocaust survivors, and those whose lives were marred by racial persecution and displacement. The tragic story of Firestone's own family lays the groundwork for these revealing testimonies of recovery, forgiveness, and moral leadership.

You've heard that behavior is dictated by your brain orientation. Either you're right-brained or left-brained. If you're right-brained, you're creative. If you're left-brained, you're technical. Or so it may seem. Until he entered extreme grief after the death of his wife—his true love—John Lodal believed that was true.

Psychic medium and the author of the New York Times bestseller The Light Between Us Laura Lynne Jackson brings the mystical into the everyday. She relates stories of people who have experienced uncanny revelations and instances of unexplained synchronicity, as well as others drawn from her own experience. Full of stories of hope, Signs teaches us how to recognise and interpret the life-changing messages from loved ones and spirit guides.

NOW A HULU ORIGINAL SERIES NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER REESE'S BOOK CLUB PICK An anniversary edition of the bestselling collection of "Dear Sugar" advice columns written by the author of #1 bestseller Wild—featuring a new preface and six additional columns. For more than a decade...

Although a mother's mortality is inevitable, no book has discussed the profound lasting and far reaching effects of this loss until Motherless Daughters. More than 20 years later, it is still the go-to book that women of all ages look to for comfort, help, and understanding when their mother dies. Building on interviews with hundreds of mother-loss survivors, Edelman's personal story of losing her mother, and recent research in grief and psychology, Motherless Daughters reveals the shared experiences and core identity issues of motherless women.

INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER - "On Friday night you stole the life of an exceptional person, the love of my life, the mother of my son, but you will not have my hate." On November 13, 2015, Antoine Leiris’s wife, Hélène Muyal-Leiris, was killed by terrorists while attending a rock concert at the...

A modern classic text on the crucial role of grieving in dealing with loss, by the author who first explored the now famous five stages of grief—On Grief and Grieving is an invaluable blend of Kubler-Ross’s practical wisdom, case studies, and her own experiences and spiritual insight...

Most people don’t know how to have a “good death”—but Jane Callahan does. By day, Jane is a corporate marketer and mom, but by nights and weekends, she works with the almost-dead. As an end-of-life doula, she helps the terminally ill prepare for their imminent demise. And it has revealed invaluable truths about this temporary status called life.

A moving meditation on love, loss and the seasons of life, illuminated by four plays from William Shakespeare. When Pico Iyer’s mother enters the final years of her life, he finds himself confronting the most universal of questions: how do we care for those we love as they fade and how do we...

Speaking to listeners who are struggling to navigate end-of-life healthcare, Your Good Death presents both personal stories and research-based strategies capable of shaping key questions that could revolutionize the course of their care—even while healthy. While most Americans say they prefer...