Grief & Loss

READ BY THE AUTHOR #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER You deserve to stop suffering because of what other people have done to you. Have you ever felt stuck in a cycle of unresolved pain, playing offenses over and over in your mind? You know you can't go on like this, but you don't know what to do next...

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A special 25th anniversary edition of the beloved book that has changed millions of lives with the story of an unforgettable friendship, the timeless wisdom of older generations, and healing lessons on loss and grief—featuring a new afterword by the author ...

From the indie rockstar of Japanese Breakfast fame, and author of the viral 2018 New Yorker essay that shares the title of this book, an unflinching, powerful memoir about growing up Korean American, losing her mother, and forging her own identity. In this exquisite story of family, food, grief...

The original, official, bestselling guide to Swedish death cleaning—a charming, practical, and unsentimental approach to putting a home in order while reflecting on the tiny joys that make up a long life. In Sweden there is a kind of decluttering called döstädning, dö meaning “death”...

#1 NATIONAL BESTSELLER NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER OPRAH’S BOOK CLUB PICK Born to an American myth and raised in the wilds of Graceland, Lisa Marie Presley tells her whole story for the first time in this raw, riveting, one-of-a-kind memoir faithfully completed by her daughter, Riley...

An explosive, heartbreaking memoir from the widow of Mark Madoff and daughter-in-law of Bernard Madoff, the first genuine inside story from a family member who has lived through- and survived-both the public crisis and her own deeply personal tragedy. When the news of Bernard Madoff 's Ponzi...

Letting go is not a process that comes naturally to us. In this series of honest and poignant essays, Heidi Priebe explores the harsh reality of what it means to let go of the people and situations we love most - often before we are ready to - and how to embrace what comes next....

In The Year of Magical Thinking, Didion explores with electric honesty and passion a private yet universal experience....

Are you struggling with the grief of losing a loved one? Feeling lost and alone, as if the world has shifted beneath your feet? I Didn't Get to Say Goodbye: Healing After the Sudden Death of a Loved One is a compassionate guide designed to help you through this challenging time.

A New Resource for Those Experiencing Loss With It’s OK That You’re Not OK, Megan Devine offers a profound new approach to both the experience of grief and the way we help others who have endured tragedy. Having experienced grief from both sides—as both a therapist and as a woman who...

Hope and healing for a profoundly fractured world—a pathway home to the brightness, pains, and gifts of being alive The bestselling book on grief and loss from psychotherapist Francis Weller: “One of the best books on grief I have ever read. … It helped me turn to and understand my grief...

READ BY THE AUTHOR | Also includes an exclusive interview with Lysa! NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Find hope and assurance in God's faithfulness when it feels like your world is crumbling. New York Times bestselling author Lysa TerKeurst invites you into her own journey, amid heart-shattering...

A courageous, life-changing memoir that teaches us to apply the lessons learned by those nearing their death to our own life....

Are you experiencing physical or emotional symptoms that no one is able to explain? If so, you may be suffering a traumatic reaction to a past event, teaches Dr. Peter A. Levine. Medical researchers have known for decades that survivors of accidents, disaster, and childhood trauma often endure...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Passionate advocate for end-of-life care and TikTok star Hadley Vlahos shares moving stories of joy, wisdom, and redemption from her patients’ final moments in this “brilliant” (Zibby Owens, Good Morning America) memoir. “This extraordinary book helps...

From multi-award winner Whoopi Goldberg comes a new and unique memoir of her family and their influence on her early life....

NOW A HULU ORIGINAL SERIES NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER REESE'S BOOK CLUB PICK An anniversary edition of the bestselling collection of "Dear Sugar" advice columns written by the author of #1 bestseller Wild—featuring a new preface and six additional columns. For more than a decade...

In this groundbreaking and “poignant” (Los Angeles Times) book, David Kessler—praised for his work by Maria Shriver, Marianne Williamson, and Mother Teresa—journeys beyond the classic five stages to discover a sixth stage: meaning. In 1969, Elisabeth Kübler-Ross first identified the...

Read by the author. Find the courage and determination to keep fighting even when life's challenges are heavy and daunting. When life turns up the heat and everything inside of you wants to give up, will you face the flames? Will you keep the faith? Will you keep fighting until God does the...

Read by the author. Breathe deeply and find rest when you exchange your anxieties for God's peace. In an uncertain world, it's not always easy to put our worries into God's hands. In Calm Moments for Anxious Days, beloved author and pastor Max Lucado weaves together biblical promises, gentle...

Read by the author. Faced with an unimaginable loss, Courtney Pray Duke invites you to discover that when life knocks you down, Jesus is nearer than ever, reaching out to help you get back up and stand strong. Have you found yourself wondering, Will I ever be able to make sense of the...

Winner of the 2015 RBC Taylor Prize Winner of the 2016 Forest of Reading Evergreen Award After almost twenty years of caring for elderly parents—first for their senile father, and then for their cantankerous ninety-three-year-old mother—author Plum Johnson and her three younger brothers...

Written after his wife's tragic death, A Grief Observed is C.S. Lewis's honest reflection on the fundamental issues of life, death, and faith in the midst of loss....

The Spiritual Journey of Grief A Grief Observed is C.S. Lewis’s honest reflection on the fundamental issues of life, death, and faith in the midst of loss. Written after his wife’s tragic death as a way of surviving the “mad midnight moments,” A Grief Observed is an unflinchingly...

Updated to commemorate its 20th anniversary, this classic resource further explores the effects of grief and sheds new light on how to begin to take effective actions to complete the grieving process' and work towards recovery and happiness....

Read by the author. Faced with an unimaginable loss, Courtney Pray Duke invites you to discover that when life knocks you down, Jesus is nearer than ever, reaching out to help you get back up and stand strong. Have you found yourself wondering, Will I ever be able to make sense of the...

The official companion to The Wild Edge of Sorrow—reflection prompts, timely exercises, and rituals of renewal for moving with grief and loss from bestselling author Francis Weller “[The Wild Edge of Sorrow] blew me away. I underlined things on nearly every page." —Anderson Cooper, All...

From the author of the “insightful and well-crafted” (The Wall Street Journal) Kennedy and King comes a heart-wrenching and sensitive examination of the tragic loss of President John F. Kennedy and First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy’s premature son, Patrick, and how their shared grief brought...

A resonant and timely story about love, loss, and forging a path forward in the aftermath of grief. After tragedy upended the contours of her life, Lauren Kessler, an unflinching immersion journalist, felt compelled to move—to do something, to be somewhere else. So she set out alone on the...

Nancy Cobb meets death in the most vital of places—in the lives of everyday people—and in doing so has found a way to make the darkest of subjects more approachable, and the deaths of those she has loved—and death itself—a subject to explore rather than to avoid. Cobb's personal experiences become a point of departure for what amounts to a deeper conversation about loss. She shares moments of her own mourning and draws others into the conversation as well.

Talking about death won't kill you. Yet in today's world, death remains one of our greatest taboos. As religion declines and rituals fade, we are left without much guidance for one of life's only certainties. This is your handbook for death in the 21st century – a compassionate, practical and surprisingly hopeful guide to understanding mortality.

Unspoken Stage of Grief for Women is the compassionate companion you’ve been craving—a book that sees your pain, honors your unique journey, and gently guides you toward hope, wholeness, and self-acceptance.

¿O acaso conocen ustedes a alguien que antes de los treinta años ya ha superado tres parálisis producto del síndrome de Guillain-Barré, un mes y medio de quimioterapia y una histerectomía radical?

As an ICU nurse, Theresa Evans witnessed death and dying on a regular basis. She considered it a privilege and an honor to be with someone when they died. And then her own mother chose a date with death. So begins the extraordinary account of a mother and her three daughters preparing for death while coping with their own grief and impending loss.

Navigate Your Grief and Find Healing—Even Meaning—In the Loss of Your Loved One. This poignant guide navigates the unfathomable pain of losing a cherished soul, illuminating pathways toward healing and newfound purpose.

When Georgia Ging’s husband, Don, was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer, their world was shattered overnight. What followed was a journey of love, faith, pain, and resilience—captured here in raw, unfiltered journal entries that reveal the daily battles of treatment, the small victories, and the heartbreak of watching a loved one slip away.

After unimaginable loss, Jose Saenz found himself searching for answers, longing for peace, and desperate to feel joy again. One night, his prayer for understanding was answered in a way he could never have predicted — through a vivid, extraordinary dream that felt more real than waking life.

Everyone experiences grief at some point in their life, whether it’s the loss of a life or the loss of a situation. Fonda’s most powerful grief is the loss of her sister, Brianna, in a tragic accident at age 23. She dives into reflection of the life the two experienced, sending her on a heroine’s journey to change, gaining personal growth through travels in the UK, Europe, and throughout the U.S. By holding onto faith, she finds love in a synchronicity with Brianna, and through research, she practices spirituality to heal from a dark night of the soul.

When faced with a loved one’s serious illness, many families find themselves overwhelmed, uncertain, and afraid. In this compassionate guide, hospice nurse and educator Maureen Groden, RN, offers a sympathetic and deeply human glimpse into one of life’s most challenging passages.

«Ojalá este relato anime a cada lector a mirar su propia vida, a reconocer sus señales y a descubrir que incluso en los momentos más oscuros siempre existe una luz». Estas páginas nos sumergen en la historia real de un hombre que lo tenía todo en la vida: el doctor Alfonso del Corral...

Encuentra paz y consuelo tras la pérdida de tu mascota, incluso cuando el dolor se siente insoportable y seguir adelante parece imposible. ¿Se te parte el corazón cada vez que pasas por el lugar favorito de tu mascota? ¿Luchas contra la culpa o el arrepentimiento por las decisiones que tomaste al final? ¿Te cuesta expresar tu dolor cuando los demás no comprenden la profundidad de tu pena? No estás solo, y tu dolor es real.

A newlywed couple were in the midst of unsuccessful fertility treatments at a nearby center during the time of the Oklahoma City bombing which occurred at 9:02 am on April 19, 1995. The personal heartbreak and simultaneous loss of 15 children at the day care center in the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building and its aftermath set a sorrowful resonating tone of great sadness, acceptance, and getting on with life for the veteran marathon runner and his wife.

Time doesn't heal grief—in fact, it often makes things harder. In Time Doesn't Heal, best-selling author, grief expert, and widow Teresa Amaral Beshwate challenges one of the most common and damaging myths grieving people are told: that time alone will make the pain fade. For widowed people—especially high achievers—this belief often leads to frustration, self-criticism, and the feeling of being stuck, despite doing everything "right."

A vida afinal é uma obra corajosa e comovente que enfrenta as conversas que a maioria evita: aquelas sobre doenças graves, o fim da vida e a morte. Misturando relatos pessoais, reflexões filosóficas, análises jurídicas e médicas, Cynthia Araújo — advogada da União e pesquisadora em Bioética — convida o ouvinte a repensar a forma como lidamos com a finitude, o adoecimento e as decisões que cercam os tratamentos médicos em estágios avançados de câncer.

Diários do infinito é a terceira obra de contos do escritor e dramaturgo Newton Moreno, um dos nomes mais respeitados na dramaturgia brasileira. Ópera e Cidades sensíveis são os primeiros. Os textos que habitam este livro-lar foram textos escritos durante a pandemia, sob o teto da ameaça da doença, em estado de quarentena, ao descobrirmos - todos - termos a mesma vizinha, a peste. Mas de tão caseiros, estes contos falam de uma ideia de casa, lar, família, moradas, árvores genealógicas, pertencimento, território e saudades.

"Humor bedeutet mehr und ist etwas anderes, als lustig zu sein. Humor heißt, sich immer wieder an die unterstützende Kraft von Lachen und Freude zu erinnern, sie wertzuschätzen und einzusetzen." Krankheit, Sterben und Tod - da gibt es nichts zu lachen, oder? Harald-Alexander Korp sieht das ganz anders.

Son 365 reflexiones breves para sostenerte en los días difíciles y afirmarte en los buenos. Es el amigo que te propone aceptación, responsabilidad y amor propio como ruta para sanar, poner límites y avanzar. Con tono cercano y directo, te habla del duelo, las rupturas, la culpa, la dependencia, la gratitud, el propósito y la acción, e insiste en que la felicidad es calma consciente y que el presente lo construyes con tus decisiones. A este libro puedes darle el orden de lectura que necesites, según el momento de vida que atravieses.

What does it mean to truly be with someone at the end of life? Most of us have never been taught how to sit with the dying. We arrive at the bedside anxious, uncertain, desperate to help and unsure what helping even looks like. Mindful Passage offers a different way. Written by death doula and mindfulness meditation teacher Zachary A. Perlman, this practical and deeply human guide takes you through every dimension of conscious end-of-life accompaniment. From preparing your own inner life, to holding vigil, to supporting grieving families after the death. Drawing on over two decades of ...

Most people spend years planning vacations, careers, and retirement… but very few prepare for the one event every human being will eventually face. Death. Not because people are irresponsible. But because it feels uncomfortable to talk about. Yet when someone passes away without organizing their affairs, families are often left overwhelmed with questions: • Where are the important documents? • Who has access to bank accounts and insurance policies? • What were their funeral wishes? • Who should make medical decisions? • How should property and belongings be handled? In the ...

Healing After Goodbye is a gentle, practical companion for anyone grieving the loss of a beloved pet. If your home feels too quiet, your heart feels heavy, and your mind won’t stop replaying the “what ifs,” this book helps you understand what you’re experiencing and gives you clear steps to feel steady again. Written with a warm, holistic approach, this guide blends emotional support with mind-body tools—so you’re not only reading about grief, you’re learning how to carry it day by day. Inside you’ll find: The First 72 Hours Survival Plan to get through shock, waves of ...