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Author
Publisher
Atria Books
Pub. Date
2014, ©2013.
Language
English
Description
The screech of tires brought Hannah Scott's world as she knew it to a devastating end. Even a year after she signed the papers to donate her daughter's organs, Hannah is still reeling with grief when she unexpectedly stumbles into the life of the Bell family, whose child, Maddie, survived only because hers had died. Mesmerized by this fragile connection to her own daughter and afraid to reveal who she actually is, Hannah develops a surprising friendship...
Author
Publisher
Gallary Books
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
A story of unbearable loss, darkest despair and slowly, painfully and miraculously return to hope and love. Until the horrific car accident that took the lives of here thee beloved young daughter, Jackie Hance was an ordinary mom, fulfilled by the joy and chaos of a househod bustling with life and chatter and love. After the tragedy, her lifelong Catholic faith no longer explained the world but through the community's encouragement and strenght...
Author
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Two-year-old Greta Greene was sitting with her grandmother on a park bench on the Upper West Side of Manhattan when a brick crumbled from a windowsill overhead, striking her unconscious. She is immediately rushed to the hospital. Once More We Saw Stars begins with this event, leading the reader into the unimaginable. But although it begins with the anguish Jayson and his wife Stacy confront in the wake of their daughter's trauma and the hours leading...
Author
Publisher
Counterpoint
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
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Description
Liz Tichenor has taken her newborn son, five weeks old, to the doctor, from a cabin on the shores of Lake Tahoe. She is sent home to her husband and two-year-old daughter with the baby, who is pronounced "fine" by an urgent care physician. Six hours later, the baby dies in their bed. Less than a year and a half before, Tichenor's mother jumped from a building and killed herself after a long struggle with alcoholism. As a very young Episcopal priest,...
Author
Publisher
She Writes Press
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
When thirteen-year-old Elizabeth is diagnosed with a rare bone cancer, Faith is in awe of her courageous child, who faces her plight straight on and inspires all who meet her. Despite an army of medical professionals who provide innovative care for Elizabeth, she dies, and Faith and her surviving daughter, Olivia, are thrown into a maelstrom of grief. They find unexpected comfort in the arms of their family, friends, and community--but Faith faces...
Author
Publisher
Post Hill Press
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"“No matter how much I enjoyed parenthood, I found myself having to accept its fundamental truth: that nothing ever turns out quite as you'd expect.” It was a journey that most parents would hope to avoid: a son born with a congenital heart defect, a fateful decision to take a family trip abroad, and an emergency hospitalization that left them stranded on the other side of the world with no obvious way home. Despite these difficult circumstances,...
Author
Publisher
Sourcebooks
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"Parents who suffer the death of a child are overwhelmed, often immobilized by the depth and scope of their grief. When a Child Dies is written in a simple, straightforward manner, offering information, comfort and hope for those who believe that none is possible. Claire Aagaard has written this book from a unique perspective-that of a professional grief counselor and as a parent with her own history of child loss. It is an honest yet gentle guide,...
Author
Publisher
William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"Sylvie Snow knows the pressures of expectations: a woman is supposed to work hard, but never be tired; age gracefully, but always be beautiful; fix the family problems, but always be carefree. Sylvie does the grocery shopping, the laundry, the scheduling, the schlepping and the PTA-ing, while planning her son's Bar Mitzvah and cheerfully tending her husband, Paul, who's been lying on the sofa with a broken ankle. She's also secretly addicted to the...
Author
Publisher
Grijalbo
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
Español
Description
Este libro, escrito por y para padres y madres que han perdido a sus hijos o hijas, es una herramienta para superar el sufrimiento y dejarse guiar por el amor que pervive en la memoria. El dolor de perder a un hijo, a una hija, es tan grande que ni siquiera hay una palabra para describir a los padres y madres que lo padecen, como sí la hay para quienes pierden a su pareja (viudo, viuda), o a quienes pierden a sus padres y madres (huérfano, huérfana)....
11) Lament for a son
Author
Publisher
Eerdmans
Pub. Date
[1987]
Language
English
Description
"Well-known Christian philosopher Nicholas Wolterstorff has authored many books that have contributed significantly to scholarship in several subjects. In Lament for a Son he writes not as a scholar but as a loving father grieving the loss of his son. In brief vignettes Wolterstorff explores with a moving honesty and intensity, all the facets of his experience of this irreversible loss. Though he grieves "not as one who has no hope," he finds no comfort...
Author
Publisher
Union Square And Co
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
In April 2018, Nikki and Doug Mark's perfectly healthy twelve-year-old-son, Tommy, went to sleep one night and never woke up. They're still not exactly sure why. Devastated, Nikki embarked on an unconventional journey to create a legacy for Tommy and to heal her heart. She created a plan to transform neglected land in a Los Angeles public park into a state-of-the-art athletic field, honoring Tommy's love of soccer and sharing his spirit of play with...
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