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Adult children of dysfunctional families Mental health Bereavement Psychological aspects Children Death Psychological aspects Death Psychological aspects Death Religious aspects Christianity Dysfunctional families Psychological aspects Emotional maturity Families Homicide Religious aspects Parent and childWarner, Melanie
Summary: Grief knows no age. Death of a child is devastating, whether it's a young mother with a stillborn baby or an elderly father mourning the loss of his middle-aged son from cancer. For parents who have suffered the loss of a child, the path to recovery is often scattered with deep emotional struggle with few known comforts or resources. Stories of Hope and Healing from Other Parents After the loss...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Heritage Builders Publishing 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 155 WARKing, Nikki
Summary: The pain of losing a child to death is real. Friends, family, and parents of children of all ages who have passed on will find an empathetic voice in this book full of real-life advice from parents who've been there. Learn what to do as a parent, what not to say as a friend, and how to preserve precious memories during times of mourning and moving forward.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Plain Sight Publishing, An imprint of Cedar Fort, Inc. 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 155 KINGreene, Jayson
Summary: "As the book opens: two-year-old Greta Greene is sitting with her grandmother on a park bench on the Upper West Side of Manhattan. A brick crumbles from a windowsill overhead, striking her unconscious, and she is immediately rushed to the hospital. But although it begins with this event and with the anguish Jayson and his wife, Stacy, confront in the wake of their daughter's trauma and the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 921 GREENE, JAYSON GREBernstein, Judith R.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Andrews and McMeel 1997
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 155.937 BERHatvany, Amy
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC HATBrown, Helen
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Publisher / Publication Date: Citadel Press 2010
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP 155.937 Brown 2010Kübler-Ross, Elisabeth.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Collier Books 1985
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 155.937 KUBHood, Ann
Summary: "A moving and remarkable memoir about the sudden death of a daughter, surviving grief, and learning to love again"--from inside jacket cover.
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Publisher / Publication Date: W. W. Norton & Co. 2008
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 HOOD, ANN HOOFishman, Zoe
Summary: For three years Sylvie Snow has repressed her grief about the heartbreaking stillbirth of her newborn daughter, Delilah. On the morning of the anniversary of her death, when she just can't face doing one more thing, she takes one-- just one-- of her husband's discarded pain pills. And suddenly she feels patient, kinder, and miraculously relaxed. She tells herself that the pills are temporary....
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Publisher / Publication Date: William Morrow, An Imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2019
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC FISTichenor, Liz
Summary: "In less than a year and a half, Liz's mother killed herself and her infant son died unexpectedly. In between these two deaths, Liz was ordained as an Episcopal priest. The Night Lake is the story of finding a way forward through the kind of tragedy that seems like it might be beyond surviving, and trying to do so while holding down a job that's all about leading a community in hope. It's the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Counterpoint 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 TICHENOR, LIZ TICWorden, J. William (James William)
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Publisher / Publication Date: Guilford Press 1996
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 155.937 WORSummary: Becca and Howie Corbett are returning to their everyday existence in the wake of a shocking, sudden loss. Just eight months ago, they were a happy suburban family with everything they wanted. Now, they are caught in a maze of memory, longing, guilt, recrimination, sarcasm and tightly controlled rage from which they cannot escape. The journey is an intimate glimpse into two people learning to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Lionsgate 2011
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD RABHigginbotham, Anastasia
Summary: "This exploration of grief and mourning recognizes the anger and confusion that a child feels around death while offering possibilities for celebrating life and love. This is the second book in the series, Ordinary Terrible Things, following the first installation, Divorce is the Worst"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: The Feminist Press at City University of New York 2016
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Summary: " "Eddie Joyce's terrific first novel is so American that the story might as well have taken place at the base of the Statue of Liberty. His Amendola family and their beloved Staten Island may be flawed, but they represent what's best and most necessary in the American character, what our tired and poor still yearn for." -Richard Russo, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Empire Falls A...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking Adult 2015
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC JOYGibson, Lindsay C.
Summary: If you grew up with an emotionally immature, unavailable, or selfish parent, you may have lingering feelings of anger, loneliness, betrayal, or abandonment. You may recall your childhood as a time when your emotional needs were not met, when your feelings were dismissed, or when you took on adult levels of responsibility in an effort to compensate for your parent's behavior. These wounds can be...
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Publisher / Publication Date: New Harbinger Publications, Inc. 2015
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Place a hold to request this item.Yurich, Ginny
Summary: "In a tech-saturated world, a return to outdoor play is exactly what our children need. Founder of 1000 Hours Outside shows parents how to help their kids discover the fun--not to mention the physical, intellectual, emotional, and spiritual benefits--that awaits them beyond the four walls of their home"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Baker Books, a division of Baker Publishing Group 2023
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Place a hold to request this item.Peters, David W.
Summary: "Accidental injury is the leading cause of death for Americans under forty-five. Those who have caused accidents walk among us. They are us. Episcopal priest David W. Peters unintentionally killed someone in a traffic accident as a young man, and in Accidental, he guides readers through the aftermath of these tragedies toward healing and recovery"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Broadleaf Books 2023