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'Brown Baby is a beautifully intimate and soul-searching memoir. It
speaks to the heart and the mind and bears witness to our turbulent
times.' - Bernardine Evaristo, author of Girl, Woman, Other How do
you find hope and even joy in a world that is prejudiced, sexist
and facing climate crisis? How do you prepare your children for it,
but also fill them with all the boundlessness and eccentricity that
they deserve and that life has to offer? In Brown Baby, Nikesh
Shukla, author of the bestselling The Good Immigrant, explores
themes of sexism, feminism, parenting and our shifting ideas of
home. This memoir, by turns heartwrenching, hilariously funny and
intensely relatable, is dedicated to the author's two young
daughters, and serves as an act of remembrance to the grandmother
they never had a chance to meet. Through love, grief, food and
fatherhood, Shukla shows how it's possible to believe in hope.
This book provides insight and instruction for bereaved readers and
those who work with them.
A Columbia University physician comes across a popular medieval
text on dying well written after the horror of the Black Plague and
discovers ancient wisdom for rethinking death and gaining insight
today on how we can learn the lost art of dying well in this wise,
clear-eyed book that is as compelling and soulful as Being Mortal,
When Breath Becomes Air, and Smoke Gets in Your Eyes. As a
specialist in both medical ethics and the treatment of older
patients, Dr. L. S. Dugdale knows a great deal about the end of
life. Far too many of us die poorly, she argues. Our culture has
overly medicalized death: dying is often institutional and sterile,
prolonged by unnecessary resuscitations and other intrusive
interventions. We are not going gently into that good night-our
reliance on modern medicine can actually prolong suffering and
strip us of our dignity. Yet our lives do not have to end this way.
Centuries ago, in the wake of the Black Plague, a text was
published offering advice to help the living prepare for a good
death. Written during the late Middle Ages, ars moriendi-The Art of
Dying-made clear that to die well, one first had to live well and
described what practices best help us prepare. When Dugdale
discovered this Medieval book, it was a revelation. Inspired by its
holistic approach to the final stage we must all one day face, she
draws from this forgotten work, combining its wisdom with the
knowledge she has gleaned from her long medical career. The Lost
Art of Dying is a twenty-first century ars moriendi, filled with
much-needed insight and thoughtful guidance that will change our
perceptions. By recovering our sense of finitude, confronting our
fears, accepting how our bodies age, developing meaningful rituals,
and involving our communities in end-of-life care, we can discover
what it means to both live and die well. And like the original ars
moriendi, The Lost Art of Dying includes nine black-and-white
drawings from artist Michael W. Dugger. Dr. Dugdale offers a
hopeful perspective on death and dying as she shows us how to adapt
the wisdom from the past to our lives today. The Lost Art of Dying
is a vital, affecting book that reconsiders death, death culture,
and how we can transform how we live each day, including our last.
A 100-page softcover book in which the author happily recounts her
experiences with the dogs she has shared her home with for most of
her adult life. She speaks with love for her dogs and explains her
fascination with their varied personality traits and behaviours. A
nationally recognised expert in thanatology (the study of death and
dying), the author also explores the delicate subject of losing a
beloved pet and offers understanding and support for grieving pet
owners. The book includes appendices: Funeral Services for a Pet
and The Rainbow Bridge, a poem about the joyful reunion with our
pets in the afterlife.
Grief is a universal emotion, the pain of loss will affect all of
us at some stage of our lives, but grief is also the most personal
of emotions, you feel as though the pain will last forever and has
never been felt by anyone else in this way. This is a book that
will support you, allow you to grieve in your own time and your own
way while reassuring you of the normality of the process. Grief is
something that people do not get over but are changed by for the
rest of their lives. Death only ends a life and not the
relationship we had with the loved one who has gone, keeping Living
When A Loved One Has Died by your side is the first step through
bereavement as one chapter of life ends and your next chapter draws
strength from what has gone before. Living When A Loved One Has
Died will help you understand your grief and guide you through it.
Earl Grollman explains what emotions to expect, what pitfalls to
avoid and how to work through feelings of loss. It is a book
suitable for the pocket or bedside. It will help you through the
many stages of grief, and in explaining the emotions and dangers of
each stage will allow you to come to terms with what is happening
and guide you towards the moment of healing and slowly building a
new life.
A radical revaluation of how contemporary society perceives
death-and an argument for how it can make us happy. "He who would
teach men to die would teach them to live," writes Montaigne in
Essais, and in How to Die: A Book about Being Alive, Ray Robertson
takes up the challenge. Though contemporary society avoids the
subject and often values the mere continuation of existence over
its quality, Robertson argues that the active and intentional
consideration of death is neither morbid nor frivolous, but instead
essential to our ability to fully value life. How to Die is both an
absorbing excursion through some of Western literature's most
compelling works on the subject of death as well as an
anecdote-driven argument for cultivating a better understanding of
death in the belief that, if we do, we'll know more about what it
means to live a meaningful life.
To tell you how to use this workbook would be like giving you instructions on how to grieve. Impossible. The only thing we know for sure is that no two people will approach this work in the same way. If there's one thing you should remember as you begin this process, it is this: You are not alone. With that knowledge, you've already begun to heal. --from A Mother Loss Workbook Inspired by Hope Edelman's bestselling Motherless Daughters, authors Diane Hambrook and Gail Eisenberg have created a sensitive,m accessible workbook for women suffering the wounds of early mother loss. A Mother Loss Workbook is designed to help the ,motherless daughter tell the story she needs to tell--her story. Its varied exercises, open-ended questions, writing topics, and activities, drawn from Hambrook's years of work with motherless daughters, provide both careful direction and generous room for self-expression. This book is a safe place where no one will judge a woman, where the work she must do can be done in her own time, at her own pace, and at any stage of mourning. A Mother Loss Workbook is an ideal supplement for personal therapy and support groups, but it is an important--and perhaps the only--tool for women just starting their journey or who are hesitant to go public with their feelings. Whether a woman uses it privately or shares it with a group, no matter how long its been since her mother died, A Mother Loss Workbook will guide her toward fully understanding her loss and taking charge of her future.
Explaining the concept of death to a child is a very difficult,
confusing, and uncomfortable experience for a parent, educator, or
therapist, and it is a topic that is often first introduced by the
loss of a pet - sometimes a child's earliest exposure to loss and
grief. There is an undeniably special bond that develops between
people and their pets, especially between animals and young
children, and while the death of a pet can be devastating to an
adult, children are often deeply affected by such a loss. Without
readily available outlets for their feelings, the trauma of pet
loss can remain with a child for life, and without help many adults
feel inadequate and not up to the task. The aim of this book is to
provide therapists, counselors, educators, parents, social workers,
veterinarians, and physicians with resources to help children cope
with the loss of a pet.
In Critical Suicidology, a team of international scholars,
practitioners, and people directly affected by suicide argue that
the field of suicidology has become too focused on the biomedical
paradigm: a model that pathologizes distress and obscures the
social, political, and historical contexts that contribute to human
suffering. The authors take a critical look at existing research,
introduce the perspectives of those who have direct personal
knowledge of suicide and suicidal behaviour, and propose
alternative approaches that are creative and culturally sensitive.
In the right hands, this book could save lives.
Jennifer Worth's bestselling memoirs of her time as a midwife have
inspired and moved readers of all ages. Now, in In the Midst of
Life she documents her experiences as a nurse and ward sister,
treating patients who were nearing the end of their lives.
Interspersed with these stories from Jennifer's post-midwife career
are the histories of her patients, from the family divided by a
decision nobody could bear to make, to the mother who comes to her
son's adopted country and joins his family without being able to
speak a word of English. In the Midst of Life also gives moving
insights not just into Jennifer's life and career, but also of a
period of time which seems very different to today's, fast-paced
world.
In February 2015, Ivan Maisel received a call that would alter his
life forever: his son Max's car had been found abandoned in a
parking next to Lake Ontario. Two months later, Max's body would be
found in the lake. There'd been no note or obvious indication that
Max wanted to harm himself; he'd signed up for a year-long
subscription to a dating service; he'd spent the day he disappeared
doing photography work for school. And this uncertainty became part
of his father's grief. I Keep Trying to Catch His Eye explores with
grace, depth, and refinement the tragically transformative reality
of losing a child. But it also tells the deeply human and deeply
empathetic story of a father's relationship with his son, of its
complications, and of Max and Ivan's struggle-as is the case for so
many parents and their children-to connect. I Keep Trying to Catch
His Eye is a stunning, poignant exploration of the father and son
relationship, of how our tendency to overlook men's mental health
can have devastating consequences, and how ultimately letting those
who grieve do so openly and freely can lead to greater healing.
Grief isn't always the result of something finite, marking a death
or complete end. Soul-shattering grief can also be activated by a
dramatic shift in an important relationship, such as a divorce or
significant breakup, a life-changing medical diagnosis, or a broken
connection with an addicted child. How do we grieve people who are
still alive, but no longer who they once were to us? Most people
will experience this type of traumatic event over the course of
their lifetime, yet the complications of these situations often
leave grievers feeling alienated or ashamed. Soulbroken is a
guidebook that recognizes this often-misunderstood grief, validates
the unique challenges posed by its ambiguity, and champions tools
for healing. In it, Stephanie Sarazin presents the ambiguous grief
process, offering insights to help readers better understand the
nuances of their grief experience when a loved one is not lost to
death. With intimate stories of others' path to recovery using
Sarazin's advice, this book will help anyone ready to find a way
through their own grief, regardless of where they are on their
journey.
Life after Death according to the Orthodox Tradition provides an
accessible and well organized synthesis of the ancient Christian
understanding of death and the afterlife. It draws primary from the
Greek language writings of the Fathers of the Church whilst also
bringing in the perspectives of Western Latin sources. Noting that
some divergences between eastern and western traditions have
existed since the fifth century, it argues that these have become
of much greater importance since the twelfth century as the Roman
Catholic Church developed the notion of Purgatory. This work will
be of benefit both to the Orthodox reader who wants to enhance
their own understanding of their Church's teaching, and to Roman
Catholics, Protestants and others who wish to become acquainted
with the fullness of Christian tradition on death and the
afterlife. They will encounter the abundant heritage of the faith
which was once for all delivered to the saints. (Jude 3)
An unforgettable portrait of a marriage tested to its limits. When
Dan, a writer with a passion for underground comics, and his wife
Bekah, a potter dedicated to traditional Japanese ceramics, met
through a mutual friend, they swiftly fell in love. "Of all the
women I've ever met," Dan told a friend, "she's the first one who
felt like family." But at Christmas, as they prepared for the birth
of their first child, tragedy struck. Based on Daniel Raeburn's
acclaimed New Yorker essay, Vessels: A Memoir of What Wasn't is the
story of how the couple clashed and clung to each other through a
series of unsuccessful pregnancies before finally, joyfully,
becoming parents. In prose as handsomely unadorned as his wife's
pottery, Raeburn recounts a marriage cemented by the same events
that nearly broke it. Vessels is an unflinching, enormously moving
account of intimacy, endurance and love.
In 'Goodbye, Friend', Reverend Gary Kowalski takes readers on a
journey of healing, offering warmth, guidance, and sound advice on
how to deal effectively with death of your animal companion's life.
'A powerful and honest account of love, grief and starting again,
it's moving and sad, but also surprisingly funny. You'll love it.'
Closer 'Devastatingly honest and deeply moving.' Daily Mail 'As
inspiring as it is heartbreaking.' News of the World 'Gritty,
honest and surprising . . . this moving, warts-and-all real-life
story of a young woman's experience of crippling bereavement and
her desperate attempts to move on is heartbreaking - but manages to
be hopeful and optimistic at the same time.' Heat 'Molloy works
through the seven stages of grief - with added Sambuca shots -
before emerging as a more reflective person . . . While she
probably shouldn't consider a career in the self-help industry, you
can't help but feel glad that the end is also a new beginning.'
London Lite My story begins where most women hope theirs will end -
with a big, white wedding. After all, isn't that how every good
fairy tale finishes? I thought so. And at 23, in love and engaged,
it seemed my 'happy ever after' was secure... That is until the man
of my dreams died three weeks into our marriage. Look at me now: a
23 year old widow. You'd never guess. I've learnt to hide it well.
Because the way I saw it, there were only two options... A) Dress
in black, become a recluse and watch my wedding video on a loop? OR
B) Decide falling in love again is out of the question and choose
an easy, uncomplicated alternative - sex... Funny, powerful, and
painfully honest, WIFE, INTERRUPTED examines the complicated
process of grieving - and proves that sometimes the most
unthinkable things can be the most comforting.
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Coping With Loss
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Susan Nolen Hoeksema, Judith Larson, Judith M. Larson
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R5,184
Discovery Miles 51 840
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"Coping With Loss" describes the many ways in which people cope
with the death of someone they love.
Most earlier books on bereavement have fallen into two categories:
distillations of the clinical experience of individual therapists
or collections of chapters reporting the results of empirical
studies. Each category is valuable but has tended to serve a narrow
group of readers--practitioners with particular theoretical
orientations or researchers in quest of the latest findings.
Coauthored by a leading research psychologist and an experienced
therapist who specializes in bereavement education and
intervention, this book is different. The authors weave together
the strands of theory, research, and clinical wisdom into a
seamless and readable narrative.
While they discuss previous work, they also present new data,
never before published, from one of the largest studies of bereaved
people ever conducted, the Bereavement Coping Project. Unlike most
studies to date, which focused on only one type of bereaved group
(usually widows or widowers), the Bereavement Coping Project
examined the experiences of several different groups during the
first l8 months after the death. The groups included those who had
lost a spouse, a parent, an adult sibling, or a child; and those
who had lost their significant other to cancer or cardiovascular
disease on one hand as opposed to the stigmatized disease of AIDS
on the other.
The book begins with a critical overview of theories of
bereavement; succeeding chapters explore in depth the impact of
specific types of loss, the impact of particular coping strategies
on recovery; the impact of social supports and religion, and the
special cases of children and of people who seem to grow and change
for the better after a loss. A final chapter considers implications
for intervention with bereaved people.
Each chapter is richly illuminated with real-life examples
throughout and ends with a section called "Voices" in which
bereaved people describe their various attempts to cope in their
own words. Insightful and informative.
A story of love and grief. 'I became a widower and a father on the
same day' says Joseph Luzzi. His book tells how Dante's 'The Divine
Comedy' helped him to endure his grief, raise their infant
daughter, and rediscover love. On a cold November morning, Joseph
Luzzi, a Dante professor, found himself racing to hospital - his
wife, eight-and-a-half months pregnant, had been in a horrible car
accident. In one terrible instant, Luzzi became both a widower and
a first-time father. Adrift and grieving, Luzzi found himself
sharing Dante's dark wood with an intimacy that years of reading
had never shown him: the words became a wise companion through the
Inferno of his grief, his healing, and ultimately his rediscovered
love.
All of us are confronted by death at various times in our lives.
Some bereavements are particularly devastating - it may be we are
very close to the one who has died, or death has come suddenly,
unnaturally or even violently. This anthology of quotations is
divided into two sections. The first contains material on the
Bible's teaching on life after death; the concept of the soul; the
need to face the truth of our own mortality; living to the full;
untimely death; suicide; death as the result of disaster and of
war. The second focuses on solace in grief; the comfort of Christ;
our hope of life in heaven; being reunited with those we love, and
the great communion of saints. Each chapter has its own
introduction and ends with a selection of prayers.
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