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Bereavement Bereavement Psychological aspects Chagrin Death Deuil Emotions Grief grief Loss (Psychology) mourningDevine, Megan
Summary: "Having experienced grief from both sides-- as a therapist and as a woman who witnessed the accidental drowning of her beloved partner-- Devine writes with deep insight about the unspoken truths of loss, love, and healing. She debunks the culturally prescribed goal of returning to a normal, 'happy' life, replacing it with a far healthier middle path, one that invites us to build a life...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sounds True 2017
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Summary: "All About Grief looks at grief from many different angles, helping preteens understand how it influences emotions, relationships, brains, bodies, and behavior"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Beaming Books 2024
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 155.9 MCKKeefauver, Lisa
Summary: "Grief. We've all experienced it. And if we're lucky, we've had support to find our way through it. In her book Grief is a Sneaky Bitch, Lisa Keefauver wants to provide that support through her expertise as a social worker and her own deeply personal experience of loss. Keefauver's advice is framed around the concept of the 5 Ws of grief: why you are grieving, what type of grief, who is...
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Publisher / Publication Date: University of Texas Press 2024
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Summary: Bittersweetness is a tendency to states of longing, poignancy, and sorrow; an acute awareness of passing time; and a curiously piercing joy at the beauty of the world. It recognizes that light and dark, birth and death, bitter and sweet, are forever paired. With Quiet, Susan Cain urged our society to cultivate space for the undervalued, indispensable introverts among us, thereby revealing an...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
Copies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CDA 155.2 CAISmith, Claire Bidwell
Summary: "Conscious Grieving is a book for anyone seeking guidance and support after loss. Renowned grief therapist Claire Bidwell Smith combines her deeply personal experience of loss with her long career spent working with thousands of people to introduce a new approach to grief, one that promotes hope and even transformation. What does it mean to grieve consciously? Most of the time, when we lose...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Workman Publishing 2024
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 155.9 SMIWolfelt, Alan
Summary: "Since its debut thirty years ago, this favorite by one of the world's most beloved grief counselors has found a place in the homes and hearts of hundreds of thousands of mourners across the globe. Filled with compassion and hope, Understanding Your Grief helps you understand and befriend your painful, complex thoughts and feelings after the death of someone loved. Befriending grief may sound...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Companion Press 2021
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2 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 155.9 WOLCain, Susan
Summary: "With Quiet, Susan Cain urged our society to cultivate space for the undervalued, indispensable introverts among us, thereby revealing an untapped power hidden in plain sight. Now she employs the same mix of research, storytelling, and memoir to explore why we experience sorrow and longing, and how embracing the bittersweetness at the heart of life is the true path to creativity, connection,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Large Print 2022
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1 available in Adult, Call number: LP 155.2 CAICopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP 155.2 CAICervantes, Kelly
Summary: "Normal Broken was born out of a desire to meet people where they are in their grief journeys, to lend a hand, or maybe to just sit in the dark with them. To acknowledge your brokenness and to feel broken together-never pressured to "move on" or "think positive.""--
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Publisher / Publication Date: BenBella Books, Inc. 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 155.9 CERTinn-Disbury, Tom
Summary: "Billy misses his mommy very much. She lives in the clouds. Some days when he and Daddy play in the garden, he knows that Mommy is letting the sun shine for them. But not all days are like that. Sometimes Mommy's clouds are dark, and Billy feels sad and alone. Written in collaboration with an experienced grief professional, Lost in the Clouds gently explores the idea of grief and teaches...
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Publisher / Publication Date: DK Publishing 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE TINNayeri, Daniel
Summary: In this palindrome picture book, a young boy grieving the loss of his mother embarks on a fantastical adventure that illuminates what remains when our loved ones are gone. A young boy who's lost all hope braves the dark forest to ask, "Mom, were you glad you were mom?" Drawn Onward guides readers through the depths of grief and provides comfort and hope to those who seek answers when it feels...
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperAlley, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2024
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Summary: After losing her mother to cancer, Alessandra Olanow was overwhelmed by the sadness and uncertainty she felt each day--the shifting tide of emotions that everyone who has suffered loss experiences in their own unique way. In this wise and intimate book, the artist and writer draws insights from her personal loss and also her training as an end-of-life doula to explore the complex, heart-rending...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper Design 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 155.9 OLAPark, J. S.
Summary: "Veteran hospital chaplain to the sick, dying, and bereaved, J.S. Park offers you both the permission and the process for how to grieve and heal at your own pace. In As Long As You Need, J.S. offers an honest and unrushed engagement with grief, decoding four types of grieving-spiritual, mental, physical, and relational-and offering compassionate self-care and soul-care along the way. If you are...
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Publisher / Publication Date: W Publishing Group, an imprint of Thomas Nelson 2024
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 155.937 PARNhất Hạnh
Summary: "In this book that offers relief to anyone moving though intense grief and loss, Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh shares accessible, comforting words of wisdom on how to transform our suffering in the face of death"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Parallax Press 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 294.3 NHASmiley, Rickey
Summary: How do you live with the pain of watching someone you love suffer from addiction? How do you cope with the grief of losing them especially when your job is to make people laugh every day? Comedian Rickey Smiley has dealt with these immensely difficult questions for years--first with his father, then with his son. Both battled drug addictions. Both died from overdoses. Both left Rickey weary and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: W Publishing Group, an imprint of Thomas Nelson 2024
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 155.9 SMIArthur, Alua
Summary: "A deeply transformative memoir that reframes how we think about death and how it can help us lead better, more fulfilling and authentic lives, from America's preeminent death doula"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Mariner Books 2024
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1 available in New Non-fiction, Call number: 306.9 ARTCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 306.9 ARTCacioppo, Stephanie
Summary: "From the world's foremost neuroscientist of romantic love comes a personal story of connection and heartbreak that brings new understanding to an old truth: better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all. At thirty-seven, Dr. Stephanie Cacioppo was content to be single. She was fulfilled by her work on the neuroscience of romantic love-how finding and growing with a partner...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Flatiron Books 2022