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People who experience sudden loss of a loved one find themselves shocked and stunned, and often struggle to find support to adapt to a life they didn't plan. Friends, family, and others have little idea about how to help, leaving the bereaved feeling alone and vulnerable when they need support most.
Surviving Sudden Loss is a collection of stories by parents, spouses, siblings, children, and grandparents who share their own personal insight into the...
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Marci lost her 20-year-old brother. Julie lost her 42-year-old husband. Bonnie lost her 16-year-old son. They all have three things in common: losing a loved one to suicide, facing a rollercoaster of overwhelming emotions, and embarking on a heartfelt journey seeking understanding, healing and hope.
Part of the award-winning Grief Diaries series, Surviving Loss by Suicide shares the poignant stories of people who have all lost someone they love. Covering...
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Part of the award-winning Grief Diaries series, Project Cold Case is a true crime anthology featuring the stories of 22 active cold cases. Readers are taken inside the chilling aftermath of unsolved kidnappings and murder, revealing how surviving loved ones are forced to travel down a road that torments the already tormented mind, facing fresh heartache at every turn.
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Over 600,000 Americans die from cancer every year, leaving behind loved ones with heavy hearts. Part of the award-winning Grief Diaries series, Surviving Loss by Cancer offers inspiring real-life stories of grievers who take us on their own poignant journey through losing someone they love to cancer. Filled with grit, compassion and collateral blessings, the stories offer readers wisdom to lean on and learn from, help them feel less alone, and offer...
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Christine lost her 38-year-old sister to suicide. Shannon lost her 21-year-old brother to a drunk driver. Brooke lost her 31-year-old brother to homicide.
Part of the award-winning Grief Diaries series, Surviving Loss of a Sibling shares the poignant stories of 13 people who have lost a brother or sister. Covering tender issues such as surviving the funeral and transition, navigating the holidays, handling sensitive questions and more, Surviving...
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Depression. Anxiety. Bipolar. Schizophrenia. Trichotillomania. These are just a few of the many mental disorders that affect millions worldwide. What really happens when you or a loved one is diagnosed with mental illness? What therapies work best? Can a cure be found? Will life ever return to normal?
In Living with Mental Illness, ordinary people who live with different mental illnesses invite readers inside their world and open up to give honest-and...
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Losing a pet is hard, far harder than many let on. The more you love, the more you grieve, and grieving for a four-legged friend is normal.
Part of the award-winning Grief Diaries series, Surviving Loss of a Pet features the heartwarming stories of sixteen people who share their beloved cats, dogs, and even a ferret, and along the way offer candid answers to tender questions. Touching on topics ranging from pet funerals to afterlife to the ethics...
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Dead bodies. Crying families. Middle of the night calls. These are just a few of the things funeral directors deal with as part of life's calling. What inspires someone to choose a career in the funeral profession? What do they love about their job? How do they really feel when handling dead bodies?
In Through the Eyes of a Funeral Director, seventeen funeral directors and embalmers invite readers inside one of the most unusual jobs in the world...
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Patti was 14 when her father died suddenly of a heart attack. Mary was 26, when her father died from a fall. Vicki was 5, when her mother died in a freak car accident. They all have one thing in common: a journey of intense heartache and a rollercoaster of emotions ranging from sadness and disbelief to seeking understanding, healing, and hope.
Part of the award-winning Grief Diaries series, Surviving Loss of a Parent shares the poignant stories of...
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In Living with Gastroparesis, 15 women invite readers inside the misunderstood world of gastroparesis and other motility disorders. Answering candid questions and confessing firsthand emotions, fears, and hopes, the collection of stories offers refreshing insight into the challenges of living with motility disorders from nonclinical perspectives, and highlights the unexpected ways we find hope, strength, and courage to continue the fight.
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Awarded as one of Book Authority's best books of all time, Living with Endometriosis offers 15 personal perspectives from women who live with endometrial disease, a chronic, invisible disorder affecting millions of women around the world yet remains a challenge to diagnose, treat, and manage. The collection of stories share intimate experiences, helpful remedies and useful resources, and offer firsthand insight into managing life and finding hope...
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When a relationship with someone we love is filled with challenges, comes to an end, or fails to fulfill our dreams, we embark on a fragile journey that tests our fears, our future, and even our own sense of self. The intensity of our emotions in the swirling aftermath can sometimes bring more questions than answers. Why is our relationship so challenging? How can love end so suddenly? Will I ever feel happy again? What do I fear? How do I survive?
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Part of the 5-star Grief Diaries book series, Shattered examines the candid consequences faced by 25 families in the aftermath of a crash caused by an impaired driver. Filled with raw yet powerful true accounts, Shattered exposes the truth behind a crime that kills over 28 innocent loved ones in the U.S. every day. Desiring to raise awareness about the dangers of impaired driving, each family shares the days leading up to-and the haunting life beyond-the...
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Part of the 5-star book series, Grief Diaries: Surviving Loss of a Pregnancy features the stories of mothers seeking to find hope and healing in the aftermath of losing first, second, and third trimester pregnancies and stillbirths.
Offering 18 firsthand accounts, readers who share the same path will find comfort and compassion, family and friends will gain better understanding, and professionals will appreciate the rich spectrum of journeys narrated...
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Through the Eyes of an Eating Disorder is an intimate collection of true stories offering an inside look at a powerful, biologically influenced illness as seen through the eyes of 13 women who live with anorexia nervosa, bulimia, and binge eating. Filled with answers to poignant questions, readers struggling with their own eating disorder will find compassion and hope, family members will discover better understanding, and professionals will appreciate...
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Grief Diaries: Through the Eyes of DID is a groundbreaking book that takes readers inside the lives of 17 people who live with dissociative identity disorder. Faced with deep stigma and controversy, each writer bravely reveals life in their hidden inner world including struggles, fears, and hopes-and boldly exposes what it's like to share one body with multiple parts, alters, identities and personalities.
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What really happens, when someone develops an eating disorder? What therapies work best? Can a cure be, found? Will life ever return to normal? These are just a few of the questions that run through the minds of ordinary people and their loved ones when faced with anorexia, bulimia, and binge eating disorder.
In Through the Eyes of an Eating Disorder, ordinary women open up and invite readers inside their own secretive world to give honest-and sometimes,...
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Fear. Secrecy. Pain. These are just a few of the emotions affecting those, who live with dissociative identity disorder. What is it like to live with dissociated parts of oneself? Who controls the chaos? What triggers a switch? How do they feel about integration?
In Through the Eyes of DID, ordinary people who live with dissociative identity disorder invite readers inside their world and open up to give honest - and sometimes profound - answers to...
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Part of the 5-star book series Grief Diaries, Loss by Impaired Driving features the journeys of men and women seeking to find hope and healing in the aftermath of losing a loved one to drunk, drugged or impaired driving.
Grief Diaries: Loss by Impaired Driving offers firsthand accounts of the aftermath including interaction with law enforcement, the legal system, and the impact on health, relationships and more.
Readers who share the same path...
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The victim impact statement is an indispensable tool that helps hold the offender accountable for the consequences of a crime. It gives the judge the rest of the story, the part that doesn't appear in police reports or courtroom evidence, and connects vital pieces of information to emotions in a way people can relate to.
Although difficult and painful, writing an impact statement is a critical opportunity to articulate the emotional aftermath of...