Reading books aboutgrief,death and mortality should be ever-present throughout our lives, not just limited to times of grief.Death affects us all.Yet it is still a taboo in our society, and grief is still profoundly misunderstood. There are some fascinating books based on personal and professi...
When grief hits a family, children often become the focus:how to talk to them about death; how to recognize if they are grieving 'normally'; how to create open communication and dialogue; etc. When we ask adults what they need in their grief, often their first response is what they need...
About Grief Slider images AAG There is no easy way around grief. It is a natural response to the loss of someone special orsomething we value. The words 'death' and 'grief' often go together. But we need to think in terms of loss and grief - we grieve whenever an unwanted life ...
This article explores children's picturebooks about death and grieving by considering bothpsychological and literary aspects. Two questions frame this analysis: How can picturebooks, particularly written for young children, support children's grief when someone dies? How do the illustrations and text ...
Grief After Suicide: Understanding the Consequences and Caring for the Survivors (Series in Death, Dying, and Bereavement) Healing After the Suicide of a Loved One – by Ann Smolin No Time to Say Goodbye: Surviving The Suicide Of A Loved One – by Carla Fine ...
On Death and Dying – Elisabeth Kübler-Ross The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying -Sogyal Rinpoche The End of Your Life Book Club – Will Schwalbe Knocking on Heaven’s Door: The Path to a Better Way of Death by Katy ButlerTuesdays with Morrie – Mitch Albom The Needs of The Dying –...
Can a book about near-death experiences help with your grief process? This collection of essays about Maggie’s life – and her brushes with death – explores how trauma affects us in both our thinking and behaviour. As a rather anxious person,I found this book to be a thought-provoking ...
death.” Some of this reluctance stems from the difficulty of admitting how much about death remains unknown to medical professionals, but some also results from having seen the process repeated hundreds of times. “A dying man rarely looks death in the face,” Bright reports, “and who are ...
Jessica Vitalis’s debut novel,The Wolf’s Curse,is a captivating and unforgettable fantasy about about death, grief, loneliness, superstitions, magic, and friendship. The storytelling is exceptional and full of depth. The plot is risky and engaging. And the ending is perfection. This is a sto...
In The Year of Magical Thinking, an account of the year following the death of her husband John Gregory Dunne, literary icon Joan Didion offers an unguarded and revealing self-portrait of grief and anguish. Confronting bereavement occasionally leaves even one of America’s most lyrical writers at...