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“basia bonkowski”

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  • Shimmer

    by Basia Bonkowski ...
    This is the remarkable account of the last days of one womans life. As author Basia Bonkowski gathers with her brothers to watch over their mother as she lies in hospital, she gradually unravels the threads that have formed the rich tapestry of her mothers life and her own. As a girl her mother fled the Russians as they advanced through Poland during World War II. As a young wife she came to ... Read more

    $6.99 CAD

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    The heartbreaking and heartwarming true story of a mother dying of a cancer and the special gift she left for her husband and two young sons - it'll have you crying and laughing equally.Now a major film starring Rafe Spall and Emilia Fox, which the Guardian called 'Heartfelt, sweet and desperately sad'.'Always kiss the boys goodbye and goodnight.''Please teach the boys to say what they mean.' ... Read more

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  • Opening Heaven's Door

    What the Dying May Be Trying to Tell Us About Where They're Going

    by Patricia Pearson ...
    From the award-winning, groundbreaking author of A Brief History of Anxiety...Yours and Mine comes a touching, exhilarating, challenging exploration of the inexplicable gleamings of another world many of us experience, in life, in grief, and near death.Sparked by extraordinary experiences that occurred in her family when her father and her sister both died in 2008, Patricia Pearson was launched on ... Read more

    $5.99 CAD

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  • I Wasn't Ready to Say Goodbye

    Surviving, Coping and Healing After the Sudden Death of a Loved One

    by Brook Noel, Pamela D Blair PhD ...
    You never expected to say goodbye.The most helpful grief book to read when you're ready to start healing after the loss of a loved one.Whether you've lost a parent, partner, child, sibling, friend—or anyone you loved—I Wasn't Ready to Say Goodbye offers the compassion and clarity you need when grief is sudden, raw, and overwhelming.This trusted guide has helped over a million readers cope with the ... Read more

    $19.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • When Will I Stop Hurting?

    Dealing with a Recent Death

    by June Cerza Kolf ...
    "When my father passed away, a friend gave me When Will I Stop Hurting? It was such a help to me, that whenever I know someone who loses a loved one, I send them this book to read."Since its 1987 release, When Will I Stop Hurting? has received praise like this from readers grateful for June Cerza Kolf's understanding and beneficial guidance. With almost 70,000 copies in print, this small but ... Read more

    $11.99 CAD

  • When the Bough Breaks

    Forever After the Death of a Son or Daughter

    by Judith R. Bernstein ...
    A psychologist and bereaved parent offers strategies by which parents can accept and integrate the effects of trauma into their lives.When the Bough Breaks: Forever After the Death of a Son or Daughter is a poignant and sensitive book that offers bereaved parents the comfort of learning how others have navigated this rutted road. It is the first book to assess the enduring consequences of loss and ... Read more

    $17.59 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

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  • With the End in Mind

    Dying, Death, and Wisdom in an Age of Denial

    by Kathryn Mannix ...
    For readers of Atul Gawande and Paul Kalanithi, a palliative care doctor's breathtaking stories from 30 years spent caring for the dying.Modern medical technology is allowing us to live longer and fuller lives than ever before. And for the most part, that is good news. But with changes in the way we understand medicine come changes in the way we understand death. Once a familiar, peaceful, and ... Read more

    $17.59 CAD

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  • The Alchemy of Loss

    A Young Widow's Transformation

    by Abigail Carter ...
    Like A Year of Magical Thinking, this powerful and touching book is both an inspirational read and a comfort to those who are looking for help in overcoming loss.The phone rang. It was my husband Arron telling me that he was at Windows of the World in the World Trade Center. “There’s been a bomb!” he said. I had been preparing my six-year-old daughter for her second day of first grade, balancing ... Read more

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  • Holding Space

    On Loving, Dying, and Letting Go

    by Amy Wright Glenn ...
    A hospital chaplain reflects on grief and loss, mindfulness and healing, in this “beautifully written” meditation on the spiritual, emotional, and philosophical implications of end-of-life care (Jan Chozen Bays, author of Mindfulness on the Go)As a hospital chaplain, Amy Wright Glenn has been present with those suffering from suicide, trauma, disease, and unforeseen accidents and has been witness ... Read more

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  • Every Third Thought

    On life, death and the endgame

    by Robert McCrum ...
    As read on BBC Radio 4 Book of the Week**'Moving, intellectual and unsentimental. I think it will become a classic' Melvyn Bragg'Thoughtful, subtle, elegantly clever and oddly joyous, Every Third Thought is beautiful'** Kate MosseIn 1995, at the age of forty-two, Robert McCrum suffered a dramatic and near-fatal stroke. Since that life-changing event, McCrum has lived in the shadow of death, ... Read more

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  • The Essential Guide to Grief and Grieving

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    by Debra Holland M.S., Ph.D ...
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    Help and hope in times of loss.Debra Holland, a psychotherapist and specialist in grief counseling, shares her indispensable knowledge in The Essential Guide to Grief and Grieving, tackling the difficult questions about how men and women, young and old, cope with loss. This accessible, inspiring, and insightful guide helps readers understand the various kinds and levels of grief, how people are ... Read more

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  • Traveling with Ghosts

    A Memoir

    by Shannon Leone Fowler ...
    A “rich, unblinking” (USA TODAY) memoir that moves from grief to reckoning to reflection to solace as a marine biologist shares the solo worldwide journey she took after her fiancé suffered a fatal box jellyfish attack in Thailand.In the summer of 2002, Shannon Leone Fowler was a blissful twenty-eight-year-old marine biologist, spending the summer backpacking through Asia with the love of her life ... Read more

    $14.99 CAD

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