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Pure colour / by Heti, Sheila,1976-author.;
"Here we are, just living in the first draft of creation, which was made by some great artist, who is now getting ready to tear it apart. In this first draft, a woman named Mira leaves home for school. There, she meets Annie, whose tremendous power opens Mira's chest like a portal--to what, she doesn't know. When Mira is older, her beloved father dies, and she enters the strange and dizzying dimension that true loss opens up. Pure Colour tells the story of a life, from beginning to end. It is a galaxy of a novel: explosive, celestially bright, huge, and streaked with beauty. It is a contemporary bible, an atlas of feeling, and a shape-shifting epic. Sheila Heti is a philosopher of modern experience, and she has reimagined what a book can hold."--
Subjects: Psychological fiction.; Philosophical fiction.; Death; Grief; Loss (Psychology); Women;
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A Year of Last Things Poems [electronic resource] : by Ondaatje, Michael.aut; cloudLibrary;
One of the Globe and Mail's most anticipated books of 2024 With A Year of Last Things, acclaimed novelist Michael Ondaatje returns to poetry, where he began his career over fifty years ago, and what a return it is. Born in Sri Lanka during the Second World War, Ondaatje was sent as a child to school in London, and later moved to Canada. While he has lived here since, these poems reflect the life of a writer, traveller and watcher of the world – describing himself as a “mongrel,” someone born out of diverse cultures. Here, rediscovering the influence of every border crossed, he moves back and forth in time, from a childhood in Sri Lanka to Moliere’s chair during his last stage performance, from icons in Bulgarian churches to the California coast and loved Canadian rivers, merging memory with the present, looking back on a life of displacement and discovery, love and loss. At first sight it is a glittering collection of fragments and memories – but small, intricate pieces of a life are precisely what matter most to Ondaatje.  They make an emotional history. As he writes in the opening poem: “Reading the lines he loves / he slips them into a pocket, / wishes to die with his clothes / full of torn free stanzas / and the telephone numbers / of his children in far cities”.  Poetry – where language is made to work hardest and burns with a gem-like flame – is what Ondaatje has returned to in this intimate history.
Subjects: Electronic books.; Death, Grief, Loss; Love & Erotica; Places;
© 2024., McClelland & Stewart,
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Chicken Soup for the Soul : grieving and recovery : 101 inspirational and comforting stories about surviving the loss of a loved one / by Canfield, Jack,1944-; Hansen, Mark Victor.; Newmark, Amy.;
Subjects: Bereavement; Bereavement; Death; Death; Grief; Grief; Loss (Psychology);
© c2011., Chicken Soup for the Soul Pub.,
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Finding the words : how to talk with children and teens about death, suicide, funerals, homicide, cremation, and other end-of-life matters / by Wolfelt, Alan.;
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Subjects: Death; Bereavement in children.; Bereavement in adolescence.; Grief in children.; Grief in adolescence.; Children and death.; Teenagers and death.; Loss (Psychology);
© c2013., Companion Press,
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Seeing ghosts : a memoir / by Chow, Kat,author.;
After her mother dies unexpectedly of cancer, a Chinese American writer and journalist weaves together the story of the fallout of grief that follows her extended family as they emigrate from China and Hong Kong to Cuba and America.
Subjects: Biographies.; Autobiographies.; Chow, Kat; Chinese American families; Chinese Americans; Grief.; Loss (Psychology); Mothers;
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The Grieving Body : How the Stress of Loss Can Be an Opportunity for Healing. by O'Connor, Mary-Frances.;
Coping with death and grief is one of the most painful human experiences. While we can speak to the psychological and emotional ramifications, we often overlook its impact on our physical bodies. In 'The Grieving Body', Mary-Frances OConnor focuses on the impact of grief - and lifes other major stressors - on the human body. From the author of 'The Grieving Brain' (ISBN 9780062946232).Library Bound Incorporated
Subjects: BODY, MIND & SPIRIT / Inspiration & Personal Growth; FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS / Death, Grief, Bereavement; MEDICAL / Caregiving; PSYCHOLOGY / Grief & Loss; PSYCHOLOGY / Social Psychology; SCIENCE / Ethics; SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Neuroscience; SCIENCE / Philosophy & Social Aspects; SELF-HELP / Death, Grief, Bereavement; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Death & Dying;
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My wife said you may want to marry me : a memoir / by Rosenthal, Jason,author.;
On March 3, 2017, Amy Krouse Rosenthal penned an op-ed piece for the New York Times' "Modern Love" column-- "You May Want to Marry My Husband." It appeared ten days before her death from ovarian cancer. A heartbreaking, wry, brutally honest, and creative play on a personal ad--in which a dying wife encouraged her husband to go on and find happiness after her demise--the column quickly went viral, reaching more than five million people worldwide. In My Wife Said You May Want to Marry Me, Jason describes what came next: his commitment to respecting Amy's wish, even as he struggled with her loss. Surveying his life before, with, and after Amy, Jason ruminates on love, the pain of watching a loved one suffer, and what it means to heal--how he and their three children, despite their profound sorrow, went on. Jason's emotional journey offers insights on dying and death and the excruciating pain of losing a soulmate, and illuminates the lessons he learned.
Subjects: Autobiographies.; Biographies.; Rosenthal, Jason,; Rosenthal, Amy Krouse; Bereavement.; Grief.; Loss (Psychology); Widowers; Widowhood.; Wives;
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Rodney was a tortoise / by Forler, Nan.; Kang, Yong Ling.;
Bernadette and Rodney are the best of friends. Rodney's not so good at playing cards, but he's great at staring contests. His favorite food is lettuce, though he eats it VERRRRRRY SLOOOOOWLY. And he's such a joker! When Bernadette goes to sleep at night, Rodney is always there, watching over her from his tank. As the seasons pass, Rodney moves slower and slower, until one day he stops moving at all. Without Rodney, Bernadette feels all alone. She can't stop thinking about him, but none of her friends seem to notice. Except for Amar. Rodney Was a Tortoise is a moving story about friendship and loss. It shows the importance of expressing kindness and empathy, especially in life's most difficult moments.LSC
Subjects: Turtles; Turtles as pets; Pets; Loss (Psychology); Friendship; Grief;
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I'll see you again / by Hance, Jackie.; Kaplan, Janice.;
Jackie Hance shares her story of unbearable loss, darkest despair and cautious return to hope and love after the death of her three young daughters in a traffic accident.
Subjects: Hance, Jackie; Hance, Jackie.; Bereavement; Daughters; Forgiveness.; Grief.; Hope.; Loss (Psychology); Traffic accident victims; Traffic fatalities;
© c2013., Gallery Books,
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The year of magical thinking / by Didion, Joan.;
Subjects: Didion, Joan.; Dunne, John Gregory, 1932-2003; Novelists, American; Novelists, American; Journalists; Mothers and daughters; Widows; Loss (Psychology); Grief.;
© c2006., Random House,
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