Gachman, Dina
Summary: "A searching, heartfelt exploration about what it means to process grief, by a bestselling author and journalist whose experience with two devastating losses inspired her to bring comfort and understanding to others. Since losing her mother to cancer in 2018 and her sister to alcoholism less than three years later, author and journalist Dina Gachman has dedicated herself to understanding what...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Union Square & Co. 2022
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 155.9 GACAlzayat, Dima
Summary: "The award-winning stories in Dima Alzayat's collection are luminous and tender, whether dealing with a woman performing burial rites for her brother in "Ghusl," or a great-aunt struggling to explain cultural identity to her niece in "Once We Were Syrians."Alzayat's stories are rich and relatable, chronicling a sense of displacement through everyday scenarios. There is the intern in pre-#MeToo...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Two Dollar Radio 2020
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC ALZMoffa, Gina
Summary: "Licensed grief and trauma therapist Gina Moffa illuminates a non-linear path through grief, with tools and practices to grieve at your own pace and use loss as a catalyst for a more connected, meaningful life moving forward--perfect for readers of Grief Day by Day and It's OK That You're Not OK. Grief hurts. Whether it's the death of someone you love, the end of a friendship, a breakup, or an...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Balance 2023
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Summary: Marin hasn't spoken to anyone from her old life since the day she left everything behind. No one knows the truth about those final weeks. Not even her best friend Mabel. But even thousands of miles away from the California coast, at college in New York, Marin feels the pull of the life and tragedy she's tried to outrun. Now, months later, alone in an emptied dorm for winter break, Marin waits....
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC LACSummary: "Ignore. Suppress. Hide. Work in high-loss healthcare environments commonly demands turning away from one's interior experiences in order to rapidly turn toward the next patient. In a culture that discourages vulnerability, how can a care provider effectively deal with the challenging emotions that naturally arise when faced with death, especially now in this critical time of pandemic?...
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Publisher / Publication Date: University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Self H Greif FournierLyons, Anna
Summary: This book explores lessons learned about life, death, love and loss. It is a practical guide to rethinking death. It discusses life and living, as much as death and dying. It's a reflection on the beauties, blessings and tragedies of life, the exquisite agony and ecstasy of being alive, and the fragility of everything we hold dear. It's as simple and as complicated as that.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Green Tree 2021