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No one should be left to grieve alone Even with the help of friends and family, grieving the death of a loved one can be a complex, sometimes overwhelming, process. The Mourning Handbook is written as a companion to those mourners in need of practical and emotional assistance during the trying times before and after the death of a loved one. Having counseled thousands of people who have experienced loss, Helen Fitzgerald gives special attention to the complex emotions that can accompany especially traumatic situations, such as when a loved one has been murdered, when there have been multiple deaths, when a body has not been recovered, or when the mourner has been the inadvertent cause of death. Designed to conform to the special needs of the bereaved, The Mourning Handbook is written and organized in an accessible style punctuated by real stories of people who have experienced every kind of loss. With many subchapters and cross references, it can be consulted for a specific problem or read at length.
On her first shift at an Edinburgh halfway house for violent
offenders, a young woman is taken hostage and turns to the
residents for help. A twisty, shockingly dark thriller. When her
disastrous Australian love affair ends, Lou heads to Edinburgh for
a fresh start, moving in with her cousin. But after a week of
partying, she starts the only job she can get ... working at a
halfway house for very high-risk offenders On her first solo night
shift, Lou wakes to discover that she has been locked in her room,
and is being held hostage. With no one to turn to but the other
residentsâall of them dangerous criminalsâLou is forced to rely
on her own resources. Turns out, sheâs excellent at negotiating
...and even better at killing. Slick, darkly funny and
nerve-janglingly tense, Halfway House is both a breathtaking
thriller and an unapologetic reminder never to corner a desperate
woman...
This text examines the influence of cultural values and
communication styles on intercultural communication and
demonstrates how training can develop intercultural communication
competencies. A large number of interactions between well-educated
immigrants from all continents and from more than a hundred
countries, together with some including native speakers, are
examined and participants' answers to questionnaires compared with
their actual communicative behaviour. The author raises questions
of interest to many groups: linguists, educators, business people
and sociologists. Which values are most salient and enduring, and
which cause clashes between cultural groups? To what extent do
people retain the communication style identified with their first
language and how do these different styles impact on others?
Single-mother Fran returns to her sleepy hometown to care for her
dying father when a devastating bush fire breaks out. A
heartbreaking, nail-biting disaster-noir thriller from the
bestselling author of The Cry and Worst Case Scenario. âUrgent,
angry, absolutely terrifying, yet suffused with the humanity and
humour you expect from a Helen Fitzgerald novelâ Erin Kelly
âTantalisingly powerfulâ The Times âAsh Mountain is the
author at her masterly best ⌠I loved it!â Louise Candlish
________________ Fran hates her hometown, and she thought sheâd
escaped. But her father is ill, and needs care. Her relationship is
over, and she hates her dead-end job in the city, anyway. She
returns home to nurse her dying father, her distant teenage
daughter in tow for the weekends. There, in the sleepy town of Ash
Mountain, childhood memories prick at her fragile self-esteem, she
falls in love for the first time, and her demanding dad tests her
patience, all in the unbearable heat of an Australian summer. As
past friendships and rivalries are renewed, and new ones forged,
Franâs tumultuous home life is the least of her worries, when old
crimes rear their heads and a devastating bushfire ravages the town
and all of its inhabitants⌠Simultaneously a warm, darkly funny
portrait of small-town life â and a woman and a land in crisis
â and a shocking and truly distressing account of a catastrophic
event that changes things forever, Ash Mountain is a heart-breaking
slice of domestic noir, and a disturbing disaster thriller that you
will never forget⌠________________ âA new novel from Helen
Fitzgerald is always a major event, and Ash Mountain is
magnificentâ Mark Billingham âThere is plenty of human
depravity in the plot but none of that is as terrifyingly
overmastering as the fireâ Literary Review âDomestic life is
rarely served up quite so dark as this â but that only makes you
hungry for moreâ The Sun âDark, atmospheric and terrifyingâ
Ambrose Parry âCompellingâ Independent âA hugely entertaining
writer, with lovingly constructed landscapes and
so-real-you-can-actually-hear-it dialogue but the thing she does
best of all is create a little warm and cosy microcosm of life,
then throw in a bloody great firecracker of a detail that sends the
whole thing off into a completely different directionâ Crime
Fiction Lover Praise for Helen FitzGerald ***Worst Case Scenario
was Shortlisted for the Theakstonâs Old Peculier Crime Novel of
the Year 2020*** âThe plotting is intricate and beautifully
handled, and the narrative pace is absolutely breakneck ⌠a
wonderful, energetic, hard-hitting and deeply funny novelâ The
Big Issue âThe main character is one of the most extraordinary
youâll meet between the pages of a bookâ Ian Rankin âA dark,
comic masterpiece which manages to be both excruciatingly tense and
laugh out loud funny at the same timeâ Mark Edwards âThe
classic thriller gets a hell of a twistâ Heat âFitzGerald
writes like a more focused Irvine Welsh or a less misogynist Philip
Rothâ Daily Telegraph âDomestic life is rarely served up quite
so dark as this â but that only makes you hungry for moreâ The
Sun
Although the circumstances surrounding a death are difficult to handle at any age, adolescence brings with it challenges and struggles that until now have been largely overlooked. But in this unique and compassionate guide, renowned grief counselor Helen Fitzgerald turns her attention to the special needs of adolescents struggling with loss and gives them the tools they need to work through their pain and grief. Writing not only about but also for teenagers, Fitzgerald adeptly covers the entire range of situations in which teens may find themselves grieving a death, whether the cause was old age, terminal illness, school violence, or suicide. She helps teens address the gamut of strong and difficult emotions they will experience and the new situations they will face, including family changes, issues with friends, problems at school, and the courage needed to move forward with one's own life. Using the clear and accessible format that has made The Mourning Handbook and The Grieving Child enduring and helpful classics, Fitzgerald guides teens through everything from the sickbed to the funeral, from the first day back at school to the first anniversary of the death. Above all, she lets teens know that even in their darkest hour, they are not alone.
 When a middle-aged couple downsizes to the countryside for
an easier life, their two daughters become isolated, argumentative
and violent ⌠A chilling, vicious and darkly funny psychological
thriller from bestselling author Helen FitzGerald. Â
âSharp, shocking and savagely funny. Helen Fitzgerald is a
wonderfully original storytellerâ Chris Whitaker  âA new
novel from Helen Fitzgerald is always a major event âŚ
magnificentâ Mark Billingham  âI devoured Keep Her Sweet
⌠shite parenting and a dysfunctional sister relationship goes to
fatal extremesâ Erin Kelly
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Desperate to enjoy their empty nest, Penny and Andeep downsize to
the countryside, to forage, upcycle and fall in love again, only to
be joined by their two twenty-something daughters, Asha and
Camille. Living on top of each other in a tiny house, with no way
to make money, tensions simmer, and as Penny and Andeep focus
increasingly on themselves, the girls become isolated,
argumentative and violent. When Asha injures Camille, a family
therapist is called in, but she shrugs off the escalating violence
between the sisters as a classic case of sibling rivalry ⌠and
the stress of the family move. But this is not sibling
rivalry. The sisters are in far too deep for that. This is a
murder, just waiting to happen⌠Chilling, vicious and darkly
funny, Keep Her Sweet is not just a tense, sinister
psychological thriller, but a startling look at sister
relationships and they bonds they share ⌠or shatter. Â
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âA wonderful book about a toxic family ⌠funny, shocking and
full of heart. FitzGerald at her coruscating best' Doug Johnstone
 âDefinitely one for those who love deadly dysfunctional
families, whip-smart writing, and their stories dark, dark,
deliciously darkâ Amanda Jennings  âA novel rippling
with power and intensity. A true page-turnerâ Michael Wood
 âWickedly funny, breath-stealingly tense and utterly
chilling ⌠a book youâll want to talk aboutâ Miranda
Dickinson  âHelen Fitzgerald has an uncanny ability to
balance savagery and hilarity ⌠an absolute banger of a bookâ
Matt Wesolowski  'A crazy but addictive, dark and funny,
readâ Louise Beech  âDark humour sings from the
pagesâ Russel McLean  âA fascinating and original tale
of a family in rapid declineâ Jen Medâs Book Reviews âYou
will canter through this psychological thrillerâ CafĂŠ Thinking
 Praise for Helen FitzGerald *Worst Case Scenario was
Guardian, Telegraph, Herald Scotland AND The
Week BOOK OF THE YEAR* *Sunday Times TOP 40 Crime
Novels in the Last 5 Years* *Longlisted for Theakstonâs Old
Peculier Crime Novel of the Year Award 2020* Â âThe main
character is one of the most extraordinary youâll meet between
the pages of a bookâ Ian Rankin
âSublimeâ Guardian  âThis darkly, funny,
shocking and surprisingly emotional thriller is unlike anything
youâve ever read beforeâ Fabulous âA dark, comic
masterpiece which manages to be both excruciatingly tense and laugh
out loud funny at the same timeâ Mark Edwards Â
âUrgent, angry, absolutely terrifying, yet suffused with the
humanity and humour you expect from a Helen Fitzgerald
novelâ Erin Kelly âTantalisingly powerfulâ The
Times âAsh Mountain is the author at her masterly best âŚ
I loved it!â Louise Candlish âThe classic thriller gets a
hell of a twistâ Heat âFitzGerald writes like a more
focused Irvine Welsh or a less misogynist Philip
Rothâ Daily Telegraph âDomestic life is rarely served up
quite so dark as this â but that only makes you hungry for
moreâ The Sun
A deliciously dark, unapologetically funny, and nail-bitingly tense
psychological thriller by the international bestselling author of
The Cry NUMBER ONE BESTSELLER ***Guardian, Telegraph, Herald
Scotland AND The Week BOOK OF THE YEAR*** ***Sunday Times TOP 40
Crime Novels in the Last 5 Years*** ***Longlisted for Theakstonâs
Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year Award 2020*** âShocking,
gripping and laugh-out-loud hilarious from the first line to the
last. Brilliantâ Erin Kelly âThis frenetic novelâs strongest
assets are its sheer verbal energy and the acerbic views of its
heroine, who resembles a female Frankie Boyleâ Sunday Times
âThe main character is one of the most extraordinary youâll
meet between the pages of a bookâ Ian Rankin âA scandalously
rude comic masterpieceâ Daily Telegraph âSublimeâ Guardian
_________________ Mary Shields is a moody, acerbic probation offer,
dealing with some of Glasgowâs worst cases, and her job is on the
line. Liam Macdowall was imprisoned for murdering his wife, and
heâs published a series of letters to the dead woman, in a book
that makes him an unlikely hero â and a poster boy for Menâs
Rights activists. Liam is released on licence into Maryâs care,
but things are far from simple. Mary develops a poisonous obsession
with Liam and his world, and when her son and Liamâs daughter
form a relationship, Mary will stop at nothing to impose her own
brand of justice ⌠with devastating consequences. A
heart-pounding, relentless and chilling psychological thriller,
rich with deliciously dark and unapologetic humour, Worst Case
Scenario is also a perceptive, tragic and hugely relevant book by
one of the most exciting names in crime fiction. _________________
âLaced with pitch-dark acerbic humour, the classic thriller gets
a hell of a twistâ Heat âThis darkly, funny, shocking and
surprisingly emotional thriller is unlike anything youâve ever
read beforeâ Fabulous Magazine âThis novel is a funny,
agonising account of one good womanâs battle with rage, guilt,
fear, duty and disasterâ Literary Review âAbsolutely compelling
company from start to finish in this wonderful, energetic,
hard-hitting and deeply funny novelâ Big Issue âSimply
stunning. Dark, uncompromising, funny, and almost impossible to put
downâ Luca Veste âOutrageous, extremely funny and ultimately
devastatingâ Ambrose Parry âDark humour and darker truths
permeate a thrilling crime novel that is fabulously transgressive
and completely unique ⌠nobody writes like Helen Fitzgeraldâ
Mark Billingham âHelen Fitzgerald is one of a kind, and a welcome
breath of fresh air in the world of off-beat but achingly relatable
crime fictionâ SJI Holliday âA dark, comic masterpiece which
manages to be both excruciatingly tense and laugh-out-loud funny at
the same time. Great stuff!â Mark Edwards
Longlisted for the Theakstons Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year
Award When a baby goes missing on a lonely roadside in Australia,
it sets off a police investigation that will become a media
sensation and dinner-table talk across the world. Lies, rumours and
guilt snowball, causing the parents, Joanna and Alistair, to slowly
turn against each other. Finally Joanna starts thinking the
unthinkable: could the truth be even more terrible than she
suspected? And what will it take to make things right? Perfect for
fans of Julia Crouch, Sophie Hannah and Laura Lippman, The Cry was
widely acclaimed as one of the best psychological thrillers of the
year. There's a gripping moral dilemma at its heart and characters
who will keep you guessing on every page.
Some people love goodbyes... 23-year-old Catherine is mainly
interested in Facebook and flirting, but she reluctantly takes a
job at a local care home after her mother puts her foot down - and
soon discovers that her new workplace contains many secrets. One of
the residents at the home, 82-year-old Rose, is convinced that
something sinister is going on in Room 7 and that her own life is
under threat. But Rose has dementia - so what does she actually
know, and who would believe her anyway? As Catherine starts
investigating Rose's allegations, terrible revelations surface
about everyone involved. Can Catherine find out what's really going
on before it's too late?
This scarce antiquarian book is included in our special Legacy
Reprint Series. In the interest of creating a more extensive
selection of rare historical book reprints, we have chosen to
reproduce this title even though it may possibly have occasional
imperfections such as missing and blurred pages, missing text, poor
pictures, markings, dark backgrounds and other reproduction issues
beyond our control. Because this work is culturally important, we
have made it available as a part of our commitment to protecting,
preserving and promoting the world's literature.
This scarce antiquarian book is included in our special Legacy
Reprint Series. In the interest of creating a more extensive
selection of rare historical book reprints, we have chosen to
reproduce this title even though it may possibly have occasional
imperfections such as missing and blurred pages, missing text, poor
pictures, markings, dark backgrounds and other reproduction issues
beyond our control. Because this work is culturally important, we
have made it available as a part of our commitment to protecting,
preserving and promoting the world's literature.
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