When your baby dies, you find yourself in a life you never expected. And even though pregnancy and infant loss is common, it's not common to you. Instead, you feel like a stranger in your own body, surrounded by well-meaning people who often don't know how to support you. What you need during this time is not a book offering easy answers. You need a safe place to help you navigate tough issues, such as · coping with a postpartum body without a...

Ce recueil est une renaissance. Il aborde de nombreux thèmes tels que l'amour, l'amitié, les douleurs de la vie comme sa joie sans nom, les souffrances faites aux corps et aux cœurs, la force et le courage de se relever encore plus fort. C'est un ouvrage varié. A PROPOS DE L'AUTEUR Kriss Abellan est née en 1973. Du plus loin qu'elle s'en souvienne, elle écrit. C'est une nécessité, un exutoire, une thérapie. La passion des mots l'habite....

"Some Say the Lark is a piercing meditation, rooted in loss and longing, and manifest in dazzling leaps of the imagination the familiar world rendered strange. " Natasha Trethewey Chang's poems narrate grief and loss, and intertwines them with hope for a fresh start in the midst of new beginnings. With topics such as frustration with our social and natural world, these poems openly question the self and place and how private experiences like motherhood...

Benarroch nació en 1959 en Tetuan/Marruecos, entre Tangier y Gibraltar. Creció dentro de una mezcla de culturas e idiomas, siendo el español su lengua materna, asistiendo a una escuela francesa, escuchando el árabe en las calles y orando en hebreo. En 1972 emigró a Israel y vive desde entonces en Jerusalén. Ha publicado 40 libros de poesía y prosa en hebreo y uno en Español. Setenta traducciones de sus libros han sido publicados en portugués,...

The Croatian writer Janko Polić Kamov died in Barcelona in 1910 aged 23. He left behind a small but potent collection of short stories, plays, poems and one novel which have been labelled as proto-modernist, avant-garde, absurdist, existentialist, futurist and even surrealist in nature. Most of his work didn't see the light of day until long after his death. He has been compared to Camus, Kafka and Joyce. This is a collection of his poems which was...

Two excerpts from spirituals, offered as epigraphs, foreshadow themes in Soon Done with the Crosses. The first song, "One of These Days," suggests inevitable burdens that all of us must bear at some point, while the second song, "Do Lord," supposes a glorious reward for those who faithfully endure. The poems in this book form a catalog of varied trials--both historical and contemporary--drawn from art, imaginings, the natural world, and aspects of...

The day Valerie found out she was pregnant with her second child was the day her husband died. He'd fallen asleep driving. She didn't know how to be a widow. Widows were old, with bunions. Not 26, and pregnant. She moved cross-country from Massachusetts to Oregon, delivered her baby and sought catharsis in journaling and art. And then there was the dating. Somehow, that seemed scarier than the spirit medium. During her spiritual journey, she discovered...

Benedict is living the dream of a happy family in the midst of a full-blown war. With his loving wife and lively kids by his side, every day becomes a memory. Suddenly, his world comes crashing down when his wife, Chelsea, dies at the detestable Colour bridge alongside his good friend Manny. He is thrown into an abyss of mourning and doubt until Jeanette shows up in their lives. Would Benedict be able to pick up the pieces of his life and move on? Would...

Death, Despair, and Happy Endings. Sad poetry with happy outcomes from 25 international poets. Aleksandra VujisićBrianna WitteBroken MontagueCarol EdwardsCatherine A. MacKenzieD.J. EltonDawn DeBraalFrancis H. PowellGabby GilliamGladys Marie CubiasGreta T. BatesKaren Kerekes Keri WithingtonKimberly McAfeeLinda SparksLynn White Maggie D. BraceMark Andrew HeathcoteMax BindiNatasha AlvaRenata PavreyRenee CronleyS. Jade PathSwayam PrashantTim Law

The Hunted is Charlie Higson's sixth terrifying installment in the thrilling The Enemy series. The sickness struck everyone over fourteen. First it twisted their minds. Next it ravaged their bodies. Now they roam the streets - Crazed and hungry The others had promised that the countryside would be safer than the city. They were wrong. Now Ella's all-alone except for her silent rescuer, Scarface - and she's not even sure if he's a kid or a grown-up....