Fatherloss
by Neil Chethik
"In his sensitive and thorough new
book, journalist and father Neil Chethik scrutinizes the profound
relationship of fathers and sons. But his insights affect mothers and
daughters, as well. Through his exhaustive and remarkable research, he
uncovers and details stories of men of all ages who were changed,
reshaped and reborn after the loss of their fathers."
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 Motherless Daughters: The Legacy of Loss
by Hope Edelman
Edelman shares her
own painful story and the stories of many other women who, as
children or adults, lost their mothers. She explains the stages of
grief and adjustment. She considers the secondary effects that can
occur: the girl-child filling the lost mother's role at home for
father and younger siblings. If you've lost your mother, you no
longer have to face it alone.
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Widow to Widow: Thoughtful,
Practical Ideas for Rebuilding Your Life
by Genevieve Davis
Ginsburg
Widow to Widow answers the number-one question
asked by widows: "Why didn't anyone ever tell me it would be like
this?" Writing from her own experiences as a widow, author Genevieve Davis
Ginsburg is frankly honest as she dispels the myths and disputes the rules,
encouraging the widow to begin her new life in her own way and in her own time.
Explores every aspect of the challenges facing widows: -Shock, grief guilt and
anger -Emptying his closet -Appliance repairs -Making decisions -Dating and sex
-Money matters -Keeping a journal -Family relationships -Special needs of young
widows and of widowers -Survival checklist. |
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Finding
Your Way After Your Spouse Dies
by Marta Felber
In the days immediately following your
loss, you may need everything from advice on finances to a home cooked
meal. But there is nothing you need more than the warm, reassuring voice
of one who has traveled this path before and survived.
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 Grieving
the Child I Never Knew
by Kathe Wunnenberg
The loss of a child through miscarriage, tubal
pregnancy, stillbirth, or early infant death carries with it an often hidden
grief. The anticipation of new life is shattered into a void, leaving pain that
is often minimized, misunderstood, or never shared. In this collection of 31
devotions Kathe Wunnenberg gives both men and women permission to grieve
the loss of their unborn children.
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When the Bough Breaks : Forever
After the Death of a Son or Daughter
by Judith R. Bernstein
This is a "how-to" book one hopes to
the Almighty one will never need. When the Bough Breaks takes a serious
and sensitive look at how to cope with the loss of a child. Can one ever recover
from such a loss? The author seems convinced we do not, but offers ways to
rebuild our lives and recover our hope and our ability to go on with our lives
and not have the death of a child turn into the death of our own hearts.
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 Empty Cradle, Broken Heart: Surviving the Death of Your Baby
by Deborah L. Davis
The heartache of miscarriage,
stillbirth, or infant death affects families everywhere. This book
offers reassurance to parents who struggle with anger, guilt, and
despair. Davis encourages grieving and makes suggestions for
coping. Incisive comments from parents who have suffered through
the death of a baby relay this message: "You are not alone
and you can survive."
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The Loss That Is Forever: The
Lifelong Impact of the Early Death of a Mother or Father
by Maxine Harris
Who one becomes, how one loves, how one parents,
and what one believes about the world are all shaped by the experience of a
parent's early death. For anyone who has survived the early loss of a parent--as
well as for those with a spouse, friend, or lover who has lost a parent in
childhood--this moving and powerful book is an important guide to discovery and
understanding.
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 The Orphaned Adult: Understanding
and Coping with Grief and Change
After the Death of Our Parents
by Alexander Levy
A wise and moving
look at the most profoundly life-changing passage of all: losing
our parents. Losing our parents when we ourselves are adults is in
the natural order of things, a rite of passage into true
adulthood. But whether we lose them suddenly or after a prolonged
illness, and whether we were close to or estranged from them, this
passage proves inevitably more difficult than we thought it would
be.
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When Your Friend's Child Dies: A
Guide To Being a Thoughtful and Caring Friend
by Julane Grant
A simply written, straight-forward book
that will tell you what to say and do when you have a friend whose child
has died. And, just as important, Chapter 1 tells you what not to say
and why. An early reader described this book as a "slap-in-the-face
wake-up call." After reading this book you will positively know how
to comfort a parent who has lost a child, even ten years later.
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 The Tender Land: A Family Love Story
by Kathleen Finneran
This sensitive, restrained memoir searches for
answers to the most painful of questions: Why would a bright, athletic,
seemingly well-adjusted boy want to take his own life? Sean Finneran's 1971
suicide is the pivotal crisis in The Tender Land, but not the only one.
References to a family strain of depressive mental illness sound a warning note.
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