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• We Walked Him to the Door

  My Husband's Death by MAID

  Weber, Lori, 1959-

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  Through the eyes of his widow, this memoir tells the story of Ron's MAID journey and of its effects on his family.

• Sea to Sky Hospice Society

  View on seatoskyhospicesociety.ca

  Sea to Sky Hospice Society offers support and programs for anyone dealing with a life limiting illness, for their loved ones or for those who are grieving. You can browse their services and programs here, or reach out to them directly at…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Final Gifts

  Understanding the Special Awareness, Needs, and Communications of the Dying

  Callanan, Maggie

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  "In this moving and compassionate book, hospice nurses Maggie Callanan and Patricia Kelley share their intimate experiences with patients at the end of life, drawn from more then twenty years experience tending the terminally ill."

• The Blessing of Sorrow :

  Turning Grief Into Healing /

  Kamin, Ben,

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  Topics here range from personal grief, incomplete grieving, and how to channel grief and move forward. These subjects are interspersed with the writers own experiences as a bereaved family member and as a pastoral counselor helping people with…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• How to Die

  a Book About Being Alive

  Robertson, Ray, 1966-

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  An absorbing excursion through some of Western literature's most compelling works on the subject of death and a self-help book for people who hate self-help.

• It's Ok That You're Not Ok

  Meeting Grief and Loss in a Culture That Doesn't Understand

  Devine, Megan,

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  Megan writes with deep insight about the unspoken truths of loss, love, and healing. She debunks the culturally prescribed goal of returning to a normal "happy" life, replacing it with a far healthier middle path, one that invites us to build a life…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Radical Acts of Love

  How We Find Hope at the End of Life

  Brown, Janie, (Nurse),

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  In 'Radical Acts of Love', oncology nurse Janie Brown recounts 20 conversations she has had with the dying, including people close to her. Each conversation uncovers a different perspective on, and experience of death, while at the same time…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Help Me Live

  20 Things People With Cancer Want You to Know

  Hope, Lori

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  If you are a caregiver, Help Me Live will help you communicate more effectively and respond more compassionately. And if you are a survivor, it will help you feel validated, empowered, and, ultimately, hopeful.

• The Aftergrief

  Finding Your Way Along the Long Arc of Loss

  Edelman, Hope,

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  In The AfterGrief, Hope Edelman offers a new and reality-affirming paradigm: grief is not an emotion to pass through on the way to "feeling better," but a state that we repeatedly return to as we experience important life transitions and new crises.

• Talking About Death Won't Kill You

  the Essential Guide to End-of-life Conversations

  Kortes-Miller, Kathy,

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  "Our fear and societal avoidance of dying... have caused us to relinquish control and ownership of our dying. We lack the language and courage to have these important conversations with those we love," she writes. This useful handbook offers a road…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• For You When I Am Gone

  Twelve Essential Questions to Tell a Life Story

  Leder, Steven Z.,

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  Writing an ethical will, a document that includes stories and reflections about your past, is an ancient tradition. It can include joy and regrets, and ultimately becomes both a way to remember a loved one who is gone and a primer on how to live a…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Saying Goodbye

  How Families Can Find Renewal Through Loss

  Okun, Barbara F.,

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  Describes the complicated grieving process and prolonged emotional pain caused by today's advances in medicine that result in loved ones surviving for years or months after being diagnosed with a terminal illness and explores the five stages of…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Holding Space

  on Loving, Dying, and Letting Go

  Glenn, Amy Wright,

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  Trained as both a chaplain and a doula, Glenn explores how both roles have taught her to "hold space" by being present for the big events in people's lives. Holding space means to walk alongside others, especially in times of pain or difficulty; to…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Advice for Future Corpses (and Those Who Love Them)

  a Practical Perspective on Death and Dying

  Tisdale, Sallie,

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  This book is one of those travel guides—a guide to preparing for your own death and the deaths of people close to you. The fact of death is hard to believe. Sallie Tisdale explores our fears and all the ways death and talking about death make us…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Life Lessons

  Two Experts on Death and Dying Teach Us About the Mysteries of Life and Living

  Kübler-Ross, Elisabeth

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  In Life Lessons, her first book on life and living, Elisabeth Kübler-Ross joins with David Kessler to guide readers through the practical and spiritual lessons we need to learn so that we can live life to its fullest in every moment. Many years of…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Tuesdays With Morrie

  An Old Man, a Young Man, and Life's Greatest Lesson

  Albom, Mitch, 1958-

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  “As long as we can love each other, and remember the feeling of love we had, we can die without ever really going away. All the love you created is still there. All the memories are still there. You live on -- in the hearts of everyone you have…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• In the Slender Margin

  the Intimate Strangeness of Death and Dying

  Joseph, Eve, 1953-

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  This is neither an academic text nor a self-help manual; rather, it is a foray into the land of death and dying as seen through the lens of art and the imagination.

• The Year of Magical Thinking

  Didion, Joan

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  This book is Didion's attempt to make sense of the "weeks and then months that cut loose any fixed idea I ever had about death, about illness ... about marriage and children and memory ... about the shallowness of sanity, about life itself." From…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Giving Hope

  Conversations With Children About Illness, Death and Loss

  Lister, Elena,

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  Giving Hope is a must-have resource that expands our understanding of how to prepare for, initiate, and facilitate these personal and profound conversations. The approach is honest, practical, and compassionate, and will benefit a grieving child…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Body Keeps the Score

  Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma

  Van der Kolk, Bessel A., 1943-

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  An expert on traumatic stress outlines an approach to healing, explaining how traumatic stress affects brain processes and how to use innovative treatments to reactivate the mind's abilities to trust, engage others, and experience pleasure.