Topical/Death/Dying
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Come Shining: More Poems and Stories from Fifty Years of Copper Canyon Press
$17.00 Add to cartA compendium of stories about the importance of poems in people’s lives, accumulating a remarkable history of Copper Canyon Press.
For its fiftieth anniversary, Copper Canyon Press invited a broad comm… [more below]
- Author: Wiegers, Michael
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: September 19 2023
- ISBN10: 1556596979
- Language: English
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The Work of the Dead: A Cultural History of Mortal Remains
$32.00 Read moreThe meaning of our concern for mortal remains–from antiquity through the twentieth century
The Greek philosopher Diogenes said that when he died his body should be tossed over the city walls for beas- Author: Laqueur, Thomas W.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 744
- Publish Date: May 08 2018
- ISBN10: 0691180938
- Language: English
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Beautiful Ashes: A True Story of Murder, Betrayal, and One Woman’s Search for Peace
$19.99 Add to cartShe watched as her mother’s body was removed from the ashes of her home . . .
Unbearable loss, dangerous secrets, and a life-threatening illness endangered her only hope for a future . . .
. . . But t
- Author: Jorgensen, Shelly Edwards
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 392
- Publish Date: April 06 2022
- ISBN10: 9798985012002
- Language: English
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Small Cures
$14.99 Add to cartFrom the British viral poet Della Hicks-Wilson comes an empowering and lyrical collection of short, interconnected poems about the heart, letting go, and a healing love, that readers can carry and quo… [more below]
- Author: Hicks-Wilson, Della
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: June 15 2021
- ISBN10: 1524869961
- Language: English
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So Now You’re a Widow: Tips, Advice, and Stories from Widows to Widows
$29.95 Add to cartThis warm, conversational, easily digestible book is for widows–women over 50 who are beginning new lives without their husbands. In So Now You’re a Widow, the author and the 34 women she interviewed
- Author: Merryfield, Bonnie
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 340
- Publish Date: November 07 2019
- ISBN10: 1977217087
- Language: English
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Refusal: Poems
$20.95 Add to cartIn Refusal, her searing new collection of poetry, Jenny Molberg draws on elements of the uncanny–invented hospitals, the Demogorgon of Dungeons & Dragons, an Ophelia character who refuses suicide–to
- Author: Molberg, Jenny
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 86
- Publish Date: February 12, 2020
- ISBN10: 0807170747
- Language: English
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May I Walk You Home?: Courage and Comfort for Caregivers of the Very Ill
$15.95 Add to cartReissued on its tenth anniversary, May I Walk You Home? remains an invaluable resource for professional caregivers and loved ones assisting someone on their final journey home. Accompanied by the expe… [more below]
- Author: Hutchison, Joyce
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 173
- Publish Date: September 01 2009
- ISBN10: 159471214X
- Language: English
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A Time to Mourn, a Time to Comfort (2nd Edition): A Guide to Jewish Bereavement
$23.99 Add to cartThis indispensable guide to Jewish mourning and comfort provides insight into every aspect of loss. Takes you step by step through the mourning process, specific funeral preparations, readying the hom… [more below]
- Series: Art of Jewish Living
- Author: Wolfson, Ron
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: February 01 2005
- ISBN10: 1580232531
- Language: English
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Alzheimer’s Canyon: One Couple’s Reflections on Living with Dementia
$18.99 Add to cart2023 IPNE Award Winner, Narrative Nonfiction
2022 Foreword INDIES Finalist, Health (Adult Nonfiction)
2023 Eric Hoffer Book Award Category Finalist
5-Star Readers’ Favorite
What do you do when your realit
- Author: Dwinell, Jane
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: November 01 2022
- ISBN10: 1578691117
- Language: English
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The Language of Lament: An Expression of Suffering Well
$19.95 Add to cartThe Language of Lament is an experience of grief. Written after the loss of a child through a second trimester miscarriage, this book is an authentic expression of suffering well when your soul is unw
- Author: Szitta, Jessica
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 242
- Publish Date: April 03 2023
- ISBN10: 9798888325971
- Language: English
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Desire Museum
$17.00 Read moreConsumed with the accumulation of lost time and unfulfilled longing, Desire Museum by Danielle Cadena Deulen is an intricate exploration of things left unfinished or unsatisfied.
Divided into four sec
- Series: American Poets Continuum #202
- Author: Cadena Deulen, Danielle
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 104
- Publish Date: October 10 2023
- ISBN10: 1960145002
- Language: English
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Elysian Hills: Embracing Life Through Conscious Dying
$17.99 Add to cartPaul William Schmidt’s stepmother, Mary Lou, intentionally chose to end her life and asked him and his father to stay by her side during her last forty-four days. In this poignant and insightful book,
- Author: Schmidt, Paul William
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 238
- Publish Date: August 10 2023
- ISBN10: 195909940X
- Language: English
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Around the Forever Bend: Remembrances of Wondering What Lies Beyond Death
$15.95 Add to cartWe are the only beings on earth who intrinsically wonder about our own end. But is there a way to elicit more elegant, gentle questions? Maybe something finer can be imparted, a way to bring the inevi… [more below]
- Author: Drew, Stephen
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 122
- Publish Date: May 23 2023
- ISBN10: 1956368205
- Language: English
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Where Do We Keep the Screwdrivers?: A Spouse’s Guide to Emergency Planning
$13.99 Add to cartWhen Luci Hoffman’s husband passed away after a protracted illness, she thought she was well prepared for the practical, everyday tasks and increased responsibilities she would face on her own. She qu… [more below]
- Author: Hoffman, Luci
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 60
- Publish Date: November 21 2023
- ISBN10: 1039194206
- Language: English
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Wagging Tails in Heaven: The Gift of Our Pets’ Everlasting Love
$15.95 Add to cartThe Truth About Cats And Dogs And Their Existence In Heaven…
Will our departed pets greet us on the other side? Are their spirits watching and protecting us right now? Will they be happy? If you’ve- Author: Kurz, Gary
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: June 01 2011
- ISBN10: 0806534478
- Language: English
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When Will I Stop Hurting?: Dealing with a Recent Death
$13.99 Add to cart“When my father passed away, a friend gave me When Will I Stop Hurting? It was such a help to me, that whenever I know someone who loses a loved one, I send them this book to read.”
Since its 1987… [more below]- Author: Kolf, June Cerza
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 80
- Publish Date: February 01 2002
- ISBN10: 080106385X
- Language: English
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No Time to Say Goodbye: Surviving the Suicide of a Loved One
$17.99 Add to cartSuicide would appear to be the last taboo. Even incest is now discussed freely in popular media, but the suicide of a loved one is still an act most people are unable to talk about–or even admit to t… [more below]
- Author: Fine, Carla
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: November 09 1999
- ISBN10: 0385485514
- Language: English
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The Lumberjack’s Dove
$17.99 Add to cart“Serious art does not need to be weighty or explicitly topical. It can be, as it is here, apparently as light as a feather: The Lumberjack’s Dove is, in its manner, a folktale; it is also a meditation
- Author: Nethercott, Gennarose
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 96
- Publish Date: August 11 2023
- ISBN10: 0062853678
- Language: English
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Understanding Your Suicide Grief: Ten Essential Touchstones for Finding Hope and Healing Your Heart
$14.95 Add to cartFor anyone who has experienced the suicide of a loved one, coworker, neighbor, or acquaintance and is seeking information about coping with such a profound loss, this compassionate guide explores the … [more below]
- Series: Understanding Your Grief
- Author: Wolfelt, Alan D.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 194
- Publish Date: August 01 2009
- ISBN10: 1879651580
- Language: English
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Shrapnel Maps
$22.00 Add to cartWriting into the wounds and reverberations of the Israel/Palestine conflict, Philip Metres’ fourth book of poems, Shrapnel Maps, is at once elegiac and activist, an exploratory surgery to extract the… [more below]
- Author: Metres, Philip
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 170
- Publish Date: April 24 2020
- ISBN10: 1556595638
- Language: English
