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3601) Dance Like a Leaf
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As her grandmother's health declines, a young girl begins to lovingly take the lead in their cozy shared autumn traditions. Poetic prose paired with evocative illustrations by Mexican illustrator Claudia Navarro make for a beautiful celebration of life and a gentle introduction to the death of a loved one.
AJ Irving grew up in Boise, Idaho and received her BA in Journalism and Women's and Gender Studies from the University of Oregon. She now lives...
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What is dealing with death like for others? Specifically, what is this like for other Buddhists? Do Buddhist spiritual teachers have the magic no suffering wand?
These questions began Margaret Meloni's quest to seek out Buddhist spiritual teachers to discuss death after her own experience with loss. Twelve wonderful wise teachers answered her call and, in doing so, they also reached out to you and answered your questions on the following topics:
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Chronic illness is a type of loss. Depending on your condition and its course, you may be confronted with physical limitations, financial struggles, relationship challenges, and much more. Your hoped-for future may feel stolen from you. In addition to good physical care, acknowledging and working through your normal, necessary grief along the way is essential to living well with chronic illness. Mourning is important self-care. The 100 tips, affirmations,...
3605) The Dream of Reason
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Jenny George's debut showcases an astonishing poetic talent, a new voice that is intensely focused, patient, and empathic. The Dream of Reason explores the paradoxical relationships between humans and the animals we imagine, keep, fear, and consume. Titled after Goya's grotesque bestiary, George's own dreamscape is populated by purring moths, bats that crawl like goblins, and livestock-especially pigs, whose spirit and slaughter inform a central series...
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After almost forty-eight years of marriage, Marilyn Pellini lost her husband in a tragic fishing accident. In order to survive, to heal, and to keep his memory alive she wrote letters to him, and often. In these heartfelt notes, she chronicled her days, stages of grief, and anticipated return to living life to the fullest once again. Marilyn hopes other widows/widowers will find comfort, understanding and inspiration in her words as they climb out...
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Audra O'Neil's husband, Chad, passed away from cancer in 2015, at the age of thirty-nine.
At the Helm: The Young Widow's Journey from Struggle to Strength is a balance between stories of real-life widows, research, and practicality. It focuses on what young widows worry about, feel, and do after the death of a partner, by sharing relatable strategies to help with healing and feeling whole again. Ultimately, this book is a lighthouse on the shore,...
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We've all lost something. No matter what it is-a loved one, a treasured relationship, the life we thought we would have-our grief can overshadow us with its heaviness and ache. How do we get through each day? Where is God in these hardest of times? No loss is too small or too big for our God. In the midst of every trial, He is waiting to give you comfort and peace. In this beautiful book, bestselling author Jill Kelly offers a vision of healing and...
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Este es un libro que nos habla del dolor como poder y recurso, y nos ofrece guías para transitar los tramos penosos y las pérdidas. Si algo necesitamos hoy son pistas sobre cómo acoger y dotar de sentido al dolor. Es precisamente en esa experiencia cuando se reconoce a las personas sabias por su capacidad para movilizar un nuevo potencial. Ellas están en el presente real y, al tiempo, confían en algo más grande que nos sostiene y nos guía a...
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Grief is a journey through a fearful, unknown, surreal landscape, encountering intense emotions, physical maladies, and deep spiritual questions incomparable to anything we've likely, encountered before. Grief journeys, especially in the complicated grief of child loss, are not a neat, linear path of progressing through predictable stages. Instead, it's a roller coaster ride of twists and turns and wild loop-de-loops that may be cyclical and repetitive.
The...
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In this debut work, spoken word poet and filmmaker, Butch Schwarzkopf, reaches out to the empty spaces: a too-quiet house, the end of the universe, a silenced colonial history, the grief of losing a loved one. Schwarzkopf braids his artistic disciplines together to portray cinematic visions of past, present, and future beating to deep-rooted ancestral rhythms. Pagong Cannot Climb Trees is a moving reflection on the messiness of life and heritage,...
3612) Pensées obscures
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La poétique des Pensées obscures reflète une vision personnelle de l'existence, du monde contemporain et des émotions contradictoires, paradoxales qui assaillent l'esprit à chaque instant. Images multiples, tableaux du quotidien, introspection individuelle tout autant qu'universelle, chaque pensée n'en demeure pas moins la métaphore d'une désillusion de la société.
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Extraordinary Time appeals to people who have suffered serious illness or traumatic loss and are seeking a hopeful approach to healing from trauma, pain, and grief. The author recounts her harrowing one-year experience with cancer and its aftermath, the death of her spouse, and a major life transition. Extraordinary Time illustrates how a person faces significant life changes with courage and recovers through drawing on the wellsprings of faith, the...
3614) The Ethan I Was Before
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The Ethan I Was Before is an award-winning story of love and loss, wonder and adventure, and ultimately of hope.
Lost in the Sun meets The Thing About Jellyfish in Ali Standish's breathtaking debut. A poignant middle grade novel of friendship and forgiveness, this is a classic in the making.
Ethan had been many things. He was always ready for adventure and always willing to accept a dare, especially from his best friend, Kacey. But that was before....
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At times we may be called to be companions on a journey we would rather not take--the journey of a loved one toward the end of life. For those who choose to serve as close companions of terminally ill relatives or friends, Parting offers the collective wisdom of people from many cultures and faith traditions as a "travel guide" for meaningful companionship--helping someone toward a peaceful transition from this life. Sections of the book discuss how...
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When LeeAndra Chergey is told that her son, Ryan, is no longer considered "normal," she and her family are forced into a new way of handling the outside world. Together, Chergey's family and a team of carefully chosen therapists put in years of hard work, and eventually teach Ryan to speak and express emotions. Through it all, Chergey follows her heart-and in the process, she learns that being "normal" is not nearly as important as providing your...
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A mediados de marzo del año 2020, la pandemia surgió sin previo aviso esgrimiendo la sombra de muerte colectiva y el miedo ancestral a la extinción.
El encierro y aquietamiento de la vida exterior tienen su correspondencia en el mundo interno de las personas. Y así fue como estos textos abrieron las puertas de mi corazón a esos espacios donde los senderos transitados se vuelven único camino.
Los poemas que componen este libro palpitan entre...
3618) River House: Poems
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These are poems of absence. Written in the wake of the loss of her mother, River House follows Sally Keith as she makes her way through the depths of grief, navigating a world newly transfigured.
Incorporating her travels abroad, her experience studying the neutral mask technique developed by Jacques Lecoq, and her return to the river house she and her mother often visited, the poet assembles a guide to survival in the face of seemingly insurmountable...
3619) Plaza de la dignidad
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"Plaza de la Dignidad, de la escritora Carmen Berenguer con fotografías de Carlos Jerez y Jorge Cerezo, es un documento literario y visual que construye un acto de memoria imprescindible para Chile actual. A un año del inicio del estallido social, de la revuelta, del Chile despertó, este libro es un gesto necesario que testimonia y denuncia con letra dura los acontecimientos que empieza a vivir el país desde el 18 de octubre de 2019 en adelante....
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After years of struggling with guilt and shame for being associated with a serial killer sitting on death row, a sister comes to grip with the fact that she and all family members of death row inmates are, indeed, victims as well. Although her brother was, indeed, guilty of his crimes and deserved to pay for the lives he took, society placed her into the same category as him and quickly labeled her guilty by association.
Bringing public awareness...
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