Bereavement category: 2356 books

Life, your gift from God. Living, your purpose, responsibly fulfilling the time He gives you in this world. Death, your legacy, leaving behind a spiritual heritage that counts eternally. . . . Dr. Gene Baillie shares his perspective on a part of life we all must face and offers encouragement and suggestions...

Part of the award-winning Grief Diaries series, Project Cold Case is a true crime anthology featuring the stories of 22 active cold cases. Readers are taken inside the chilling aftermath of unsolved kidnappings and murder, revealing how surviving loved ones are forced to travel down a road that torments the already tormented mind, facing fresh heartache at every turn.

Experiencing the death of a loved one can often lead to questioning or abandoning one’s spirituality, yet in this compassionate book, Dr. Alan Wolfelt explains that the essential need to mourn and question the meaning of life and death is not inconsistent with faith but instead is a reflection of...

When someone is grieving over the loss of a loved one, it is often hard to know how to be there for them, even though we want to. With the poetry and verse she wrote during her own journey through the grief of losing her son, along with beautiful photography that supports the emotion of her words, Terri...

After an experience of a former boyfriends death, Monica writes of her remorse and pain and how she journeyed through the deep grief that overwhelmed her in the following years. This is her memoir of a relationship that she thought had been given up years ago. Through her writing, she processes her...

Practical methods for healing after the loss of a member of the military   When a loved one is killed in the line of duty, this book affirms that survivors’ grief is shaped by the unique circumstances of the death. Because military deaths are almost always sudden and violent, the traumatic nature...

Surviving suicide loss is often about telling the story. Each person who dies by suicide leaves behind a life shared with loved ones and a series of events that led to the suicide. Seeking Hope: Stories of the Suicide Bereaved features the stories of fourteen people in their own words of the losses that...

" a unique opportunity to learn about caregiving from a true veteran and practitioner of the art."-Jon D. Kaiser, M.D., Physician and Author of Healing HIV Coping with illness and dying is a challenge. How do we allocate resources? What are the rights and responsibilities of the sick...

The word "loss" contains only four letters, but its size belies the amount of fear it produces at even its mere mention. Even more terrifying and enormous is the reality of loss—specifically, the loss of a spouse. For the loved one left behind, the loss of a spouse or partner is frightening, and...

One Friday, Walter Dohaney, novelist M.T. (Jean) Dohaney’s husband, went out as usual to play hockey with his friends. She never saw him alive again. Without warning, Jean was plunged into the most painful and disorienting experience of her life. Faced with a tumult of emotions and sudden responsibilities,...

Ann Westlake weaves a beautiful story about life as an identical twin, the death of her twin and her personal journey of pain and grief.  This book is in a sense her journal, which will help many others cope with the loss of a loved one. It reminds us that it is never too late to take the time to...

As evidenced in the Terri Schiavo case that made national headlines, having a living will is an essential element in ensuring that the way in which you would like to spend your last days will be respected. It informs both family and doctors of your medical treatment preferences in specific situations....

Dianna lost her newborn daughter to trisomy 18. Linda lost her 8-week-old son to SIDS. Melissa’s 13-month-old son died from sepsis. Part of the award-winning Grief Diaries series, **Surviving Loss of an Infant** shares the poignant stories of mothers who have all lost a baby. Covering tender...

Days after the sudden death of her 15-year-old daughter, Leisha, Kathy Burrus found chapter one of a book her daughter had begun to write. Overwhelmed with grief, Kathy asked many of the questions we ask ourselves in life's most painful moments;Why is this happening to me?Where are you God?How can...