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The truth about life we often forget, is that it's a messy journey for us all. Through the process of life, there will always be moments of ups and downs that we all experience. Not in the same order and not in the same way but that is what makes us who we are in our own unique way. We all have moments of doubt, moments of joy, moments of love, moments of grief and everything in between. In this debut collection of quotes, poems, and prose J.H.soul...
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It's the summer of 1982, and for Scott and Cath, everything is about to change.
Growing up across the street from each other, Scott and Cath have been best friends for most of their lives. Now they've graduated high school, and Cath is off to college while Scott stays at home trying to get his band off the ground. Neither of them realized that their first year after high school would be so hard.
Fortunately, Scott and Cath still have each other,...
4203) Nightingale
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Nightingale is a book about change. This collection radically rewrites and contemporizes many of the myths central to Ovid's epic, The Metamorphoses, Rekdal's characters changed not by divine intervention but by both ordinary and extraordinary human events. In Nightingale, a mother undergoes cancer treatments at the same time her daughter transitions into a son; a woman comes to painful terms with her new sexual life after becoming quadriplegic; a...
4204) Comment faire son deuil?
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Découvrez enfin tous nos conseils et nos astuces pour surmonter le deuil qui vous touche.
Le manque créé par la perte d'un être cher bouleverse notre quotidien et nous laisse bien souvent démuni. Comment ne pas perdre pied face à la tristesse qui s'empare de nous? Et surtout comment réapprendre à vivre malgré le manque? Entre le déni et l'acceptation de la réalité, les étapes par lesquelles nous passons sont riches en émotions, certes...
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Jan Hatanaka, PhD, is the founder of Grief Reconciliation International Inc. Her pragmatic approach to grief and reconciliation is informed by her personal experience; her extensive academic research on the universality of grief and loss; and her in-depth discussions with hundreds of individuals willing to recount their personal stories when faced with significant grief. She has a Bachelor of Science degree in Nursing from the University of Ottawa,...
4206) Little Things
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Mitch Blancardi presents a series of heartfelt poems as a passion and emotion-fueled glimpse into the mind and soul of a young woman, exposing her most profound feelings through the perspective of her own eyes.
So summarizes Little Things, the latest awe-inspiring book from Ms. Mitch Blancardi, a talented young woman who understands and has navigated the specters of loneliness, in addition to a plethora of other emotions, to the point that she is...
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“Holden, After and Before” is a moving meditation on grief in the same vein as Helen Macdonald's H is for Hawk: a stunning book that traces Tara McGuire's excavation and documentation of the life path of her son Holden, a graffiti artist who died of an accidental opioid overdose at the age of twenty-one. Beginning with Holden's death and leaping through time and space, McGuire employs fact, investigation, memory, fantasy, and even fabrication...
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La mort provoquée, une question d'éthique.
En France, la question de l'euthanasie divise encore l'opinion publique. Ce livre viendra donc utilement éclairer le débat. En effet, en Belgique, l'euthanasie a été dépénalisée en 2002. Elle est dorénavant considérée comme un acte de soins, pratiqué - exclusivement - par un médecin, à condition que le malade en fasse la demande expresse et répétée.
Concrètement comment cela se passe-t-il?...
4209) L'amour de la vie
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L'amour de la vie englobe des textes poétiques relatant les faits de la vie. La terre, notre planète, la nature, les êtres, les espèces ont été les sources d'inspiration de Thalie pour l'écriture de ce recueil qu'elle souhaite partager comme un message d'espoir et d'amour. Vive la poésie!
4210) Out of the Wilderness
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How much is enough? When can we say "No"? Must we persevere? Walk this journey with the author as she tells of trials that began in childhood and were perpetuated through her life until she ultimately found peace in trusting the sovereignty and goodness of God.
Can we learn to deal with those who say they love us, but whose actions say otherwise? Is there a way back from escaping with alcohol and dealing with adultery and divorce?
Out of the Wilderness...
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Strength isn't found, it's awakened. In this magical middle-grade novel about family, Ewan sets off on a quest to find his father.
Two years after the death of his mother, Ewan's father was swept away by a magical cloud.
Now Ewan lives with his little sister, Flora, his Grumple and his mischievous cat, Kipper. But something about his father's disappearance has never felt right to Ewan. He is certain his father wouldn't leave willingly. When he...
4212) Ghostbelly
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Ghostbelly is Elizabeth Heineman's personal account of a home birth that goes tragically wrong--ending in a stillbirth--and the harrowing process of grief and questioning that follows. It's also Heineman's unexpected tale of the loss of a newborn: before burial, she brings the baby home for overnight stays. Does this sound unsettling? Of course. We're not supposed to hold and caress dead bodies. But then again, babies aren't supposed to die. In this...
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A father reflects on the rich life of his son, who died suddenly at twenty-six after living with schizophrenia.
On the morning of Boxing Day 2009, the poet Fraser Sutherland and his wife, Alison, found their son, Malcolm, dead in his bedroom in their house. He was twenty-six and had died from a seizure of unknown cause. Malcolm had been living with schizophrenia since the age of seventeen.
Fraser's respectful narration of his son's life - the boy's...
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Urgent new poems on race and gender inequality, and select poems drawing upon Domestic Work, Bellocq's Ophelia, Native Guard, Congregation, and Thrall, from two-time U.S. Poet Laureate and Pulitzer Prize winner Natasha Trethewey.
Layering joy and urgent defiance-against physical and cultural erasure, against white supremacy whether intangible or graven in stone-Trethewey's work gives pedestal and witness to unsung icons. Monument, Trethewey's first...
4215) Poèmes en prose
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Dans les dernières années de sa vie, Tourgueniev écrivit une série de poèmes qu'il avait l'intention de publier sous le titre de Senilia. Longtemps demeurés dans ses carnets ou parus par extraits, les quatre-vingt trois poèmes sont présentés ici dans leur première traduction intégrale, accompagnée de notes et d'une étude, publiée par Charles Salomon en 1931.
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Le dernier jour de juin ; tout autour de moi, ces milliers de verstes,...
4216) A Pumpkin For God
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A Pumpkin for God was inspired by my granddaughter Keri, who was trying to accept her grandfather's death and did it in such a beautiful way that I felt it was a story that should be told.
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Violette a sept frères et sœurs, et son plus grand souhait serait d'être fille unique. Sauf peut-être pour Moon, le petit dernier, qu'elle adore.
En sortant de la voiture familiale qui dépose toute la tribu sur son lieu de vacances, Violette n'a qu'une idée: retrouver Roméo, son amoureux, qu'elle ne voit que durant les vacances scolaires.
Les premières journées se passent paisiblement, à jouer et se baigner sous le soleil. Mais, le matin...
4218) Brothers and Madness
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An African American man dies while under police custody. America is once again in turmoil as demonstrations, arsons and looting rule many American streets. Two brothers from an African American family will be involved in this conflict. One brother is a peace-loving man intent on keeping race relations peaceful. The other brother has other plans. He wants to profit from all the turmoil that is happening in America. Their lives will take separate paths...
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Tackling one of life's greatest mysteries, Rabbi Ben Kamin examines the diverse ways we mourn the death of a loved one. Drawn from his forty-plus years' of counseling the bereaved, Kamin uses parables and stories to provide thoughtful insights on how to encounter and endure grief. He further stresses the importance of not deferring the process of grieving at the risk of harming our physical, emotional, and spiritual health.
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Poetic Forecast: Reflections on Life's Promises, Storms, and Triumphs is the heartfelt debut collection of select poems by Zaneta (Zan) Varnado Johns. You will see early on that while the forecast may not always be clear, Zan's poems sound an unwavering sense of what is right. She was a college freshman when she wrote her first poem, "I Want to Make It," followed by "Short Prayer." Zan then began paying tribute to her family and asking God to provide...
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