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Broadleaf Books
Pub. Date
[2023]
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English
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"Leanne Friesen thought she knew a lot about bereavement. But it was only when her own sister died from cancer that she learned what grieving people need. In these pages, Friesen writes with vulnerability, wisdom, and even wit about stark and sacred lessons learned at deathbeds and funerals. When we lose someone, what we need most is grieving room"--
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"Lorrie Moore’s first novel since A Gate at the Stairs—a daring, meditative exploration of love and death, passion and grief, and what it means to be haunted by the past, both by history and the human heart A teacher visiting his dying brother in the Bronx. A mysterious journal from the nineteenth century stolen from a boarding house. A therapy clown and an assassin, both presumed dead, but perhaps not dead at all... With her distinctive, irresistible...
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Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
2023.
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Español
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¿Cómo se reordena el mundo tras una muerte? ¿Cuánto hay en toda existencia de reparación de quienes la precedieron? ¿Qué voces nos habitan? Adriana, la protagonista de esta historia, afronta varios duelos mientras cuida de su padre enfermo. También se ha convertido en una voraz espectadora de la vida de los demás gracias a las redes sociales y en una tímida consumidora de experiencias amorosas a través de una app de citas, pero eso solo...
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Friendship letters volume 2
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English
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Doretta Schwartz used to be so happy and passed her positive attitude along to friends in several letters she wrote each month. But that all changed the day she learned of her fiancé's death and a heavy weight of depression fell upon her. Feeling empty, she puts away her letter writing and won't even respond to calls from friends. William's twin brother, Warren, is also grieving his loss, while at the same time, trying to be supportive to his parents...
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Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
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This collection of quotations--heartfelt thoughts and memories discovered in letters, journals, diaries, memoirs and other original sources--by writers, leaders and legends captures the profound connection we share with our animal companions and also provides comfort for those who have lost a pet.
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Publisher
Henry Holt and Company
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"A year after forest fires sweep through the town of Crow Valley and claim the life of Dale Jepson-karaoke legend, local prison guard, and "all-around good guy"-the community holds a karaoke competition. But when a convicted arsonist escapes from nearby Crow Valley Correctional, the residents learn there's more on the line than a trip to the National Karaoke Championships. Marriages are at stake, jobs are jeopardized, sobrieties threatened, and second...
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Editorial Vida
Pub. Date
[2023]
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Español
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El 3 de noviembre de 2020, Tim y Aileen Challies recibieron la impactante noticia de que su hijo Nick había muerto. Seasons of Sorrow incluye una selección de reflexiones de Tim que comparten la intensidad del duelo temprano, las dudas y los miedos que nos acosan durante la pérdida, y la fe y la alegría que nos sostienen durante el dolor.
"On November 3, 2020, Tim and Aileen Challies received the shocking news that their son Nick had died. Seasons...
11) Love again
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
Dealing with the loss of her fiancé, Mira Ray sends a series of romantic texts to his old cell phone number...not realizing the number was reassigned to Rob Burns' new work phone. A journalist, Rob is captivated by the honesty in the beautifully confessional texts. When he's assigned to write a profile of megastar Celine Dion, he enlists her help in figuring out how to meet Mira in person...and win her heart.
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"Swim Home to the Vanished is a lush and fantastic journey through strange lands and minds from an incandescent new voice full of my kind of melancholic brilliance and unromantic magic."--Tommy Orange, author of There, There After the death of his brother, a grief-stricken young man seeks refuge and oblivion in a secluded fishing village dominated by a family of brujas in this haunting debut novel, inspired, in part, by the ramifications of Diné...
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Publisher
Top Shelf Productions
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Emilia first met Charlotte in their school locker room in the late '90s. They quickly bonded over indie music, feminist literature, a love of purple, and a shared sense of outsiderness. Their joyful, intense friendship evolved through the years--until Charlotte died in 2018 following a long struggle with depression. Now, Emilia assembles her memories into a graphic memoir reflecting on the bond they shared and the ways it shaped them. As they pass...
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Publisher
Sounds True
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
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"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 alongside grief rather than seeking to overcome it."--Page 4 of...
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Beth Tremaine
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"What crazy would you choose if every parent's worst nightmare suddenly became your reality? What crazy would you choose if the Dr. told you they did everything they could to save your 30-year-old son, but they couldn't save him? Would you let the crazy choose you if you learned your child had been the victim of a senseless murder? Or would you do all you could to take control over what little you can? Would you make the choices Beth Tremaine makes?...
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Graywolf Press
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
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"Sara Daniele Rivera's award-winning debut is a collection of sprawling elegy in the face of catastrophic grief, both personal and public. From the lead-up to the 2016 presidential election through the COVID-19 pandemic, these poems memorialize lost loved ones and meditate on the not-yet gone -- all while the wider-world loses its sense of connection, safety, and assurance. In those years of mourning, The Blue Mimes is a book of grounding and heartening...
Author
Publisher
Grijalbo
Pub. Date
2023
Language
Español
Description
A Carmen le encantaría cogarse un cartel que dijera "Cerrado por obras". Desde que perdió a su abuela hace unos meses ni trabaja ni se encuentra, y lo único que la mantiene cuerda es escribir su historia. Bruno es topógrafo, pero está más perdido que nunca. Últimamente sus días tienen un regusto amargo y, aunque sabe que no puede seguir así, es miedo (y su madre) no lo dejan encarrilar su vida como a él le gustaría. Carmen y Bruno son...
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Publisher
Urano
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
Español
Description
El duelo nos acompaña durante toda la vida. En el proceso de madurar, dejamos atrás creencias y comportamientos. Perdemos posesiones y nos vemos obligados a abandonar ideas acerca de nosotros mismos. Y sí, también tenemos que despedirnos de amigos, compañeros de vida y amados miembros de la familia. ¿Cómo afrontar el dolor de la pérdida sin perdernos a nosotros mismos? Planteado al modo de un taller en cinco sesiones, El camino del duelo aborda...
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Publisher
Minotauro
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
Español
Description
"Cuando Louise se enterade que sus padres han muerto, teme volver a casa. No quiere dejar a su pequeña con su ex y volar a Charleston. No quiere enfrentarse a la residencia donde se amontonan los restos de la vida académica de su padre y de la constante obsesión de su madre por los títeres y los muñecos. No quiere aprender a vivir sin las dos personas que mejor la han conocido y más la han querido del mundo entero. Sobre todo, no quiere tener...
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