Survival and Loss

Survival and Loss
Author: Developmental Studies Center Staff
Publisher:
Total Pages: 30
Release: 2008-11-15
Genre: Boarding schools
ISBN: 9781598927467

Nonfiction text used as a read-aloud describing how, In the late 1800s and early 1900s, the U.S. government forcibly educated Native American children at off-reservation boarding schools. This book briefly describes the origins of the schools and looks closely at the impact of school life on the children and on Native American culture at large.

Red Sky in Mourning

Red Sky in Mourning
Author: Tami Oldham Ashcraft
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2002
Genre: Large type books
ISBN: 9780786247134

The Sudden Loss Survival Guide

The Sudden Loss Survival Guide
Author: Chelsea Hanson
Publisher: Mango Media Inc.
Total Pages: 198
Release: 2020-05-19
Genre: Family & Relationships
ISBN: 1642502294

Restore Your Spirit after Sudden Loss Healing after loss. When a loved one passes unexpectedly, the person left behind can lose their bearings. After the sudden loss of her mother, Chelsea Hanson, a nationally-recognized grief educator and founder of With Sympathy Gifts and Keepsakes, didn’t know where to turn for help, what to do next, or how to put the pieces of her life back together. Hanson’s The Sudden Loss Survival Guide gathers everything that she learned during her own recovery process and provides an indispensable road map to aid those who’ve experienced a life-changing loss. A proactive, intentional approach. While you cannot control losing a loved one, you can consciously guide your own recovery. Through the application of simple, proactive practices, The Sudden Loss Survival Guide will empower you to overcome the darkness and anxiety of grief. Action-based tools. The Sudden Loss Survival Guide includes heart-lifting prompts and action steps that guide you towards reengaging in life and discovering deeper meaning. Through Hanson's grief healing practices, this book delivers the essential answers and tools needed to survive, cope, and heal from the devastating impact of sudden loss. The Sudden Loss Survival Guide is a distinctive grief recovery handbook. In this book, discover: • Seven practices for healing, including creative memorialization and maintaining an ongoing spiritual connection • Skimmable, stand-alone passages with immediate, usable information for the trauma you’re facing • A transformative method for living a meaningful, fulfilling life in remembrance of your loved one Readers of grief books like It’s OK That You’re Not OK, I Wasn’t Ready to Say Goodbye, and Grief Day By Day will learn how to live again with the help of The Sudden Loss Survival Guide.

Getting Lost

Getting Lost
Author: Orson Scott Card
Publisher: BenBella Books
Total Pages: 274
Release: 2006
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 1932100784

Bestselling sci-fi author Card ("Ender's Game") presides over this collection of essays that examines the supernatural television phenomenon "Lost," providing insight into the show's most talked-about issues.

All of Us Warriors

All of Us Warriors
Author: Rebecca Whitehead Munn
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 345
Release: 2020-09-01
Genre: Self-Help
ISBN: 1631527967

In All of Us Warriors, Rebecca Whitehead Munn paints a realistic picture of the impact cancer has on an individual’s life, and she attempts to demystify the experience by sharing heartfelt stories from twenty survivors and the loved ones of those that passed. They are mothers and fathers with seven types of cancers and all stages of the disease, as well as advice regarding how to approach someone you love living with cancer and tips and tricks for helping others feel joy in the midst of pain. This inspirational book provides a positive outlook of strength and perseverance through belief in a higher power, reinforcing the idea that the reader is stronger than cancer and not alone, and offering real strategies that cannot be found in online medical sites. Like a conversation with a new best friend (or twenty of them), All of Us Warriors is full of understanding, acceptance, and practical advice gained from personal experience.

The Grief Survival Guide

The Grief Survival Guide
Author: Jeff Brazier
Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton
Total Pages: 721
Release: 2017-06-01
Genre: Family & Relationships
ISBN: 1473660270

Jeff Brazier has experienced bereavement in many forms: In his childhood, helping his two boys through the devastating death of their mother, Jade Goody, witnessing the anguish of his own mum when she lost both of her parents, and hearing the stories of his coaching clients who are coming to terms with loss. No one can be an expert on grief, but within this book Jeff provides support and guidance from someone who has been there. Accessible and hands-on The Grief Survival Guide offers practical advice on everything from preparing for the eventuality of death, managing grief, how best to support family and friends, and moving forward. There is no 'one size fits all' approach so instead Jeff teaches us that the best we can do is understand, cope and survive.

Artifacts of Loss

Artifacts of Loss
Author: Jane Elizabeth Dusselier
Publisher: Rutgers University Press
Total Pages: 220
Release: 2008
Genre: Art
ISBN: 0813544084

In Artifacts of Loss, Jane E. Dusselier looks at the lives of these internees through the lens of their art. These camp-made creations included flowers made with tissue paper and shells, wood carvings of pets left behind, furniture made from discarded apple crates, gardens grown next to their housingùanything to help alleviate the visual deprivation and isolation caused by their circumstances. Their crafts were also central in sustaining, re-forming, and inspiring new relationships. Creating, exhibiting, consuming, living with, and thinking about art became embedded in the everyday patterns of camp life and helped provide internees with sustenance for mental, emotional, and psychic survival.

Love Pain

Love Pain
Author: Lynn Jaffee
Publisher:
Total Pages: 128
Release: 2021-05-27
Genre:
ISBN:

What began as a road trip throughout the Southwest became an unimaginable journey for author Lynn Jaffee. While traveling through Colorado, a call from her son Andrew changed the course of the trip and her life. He was 27, living nearby and had just been diagnosed with terminal cancer. Love Pain tells the story of a young man who is finding himself just as his life is being cut short, and a mother who is coming to the realization that she is losing her son. A simple road trip became an epic journey of the soul. Set against the backdrop of tragic loss, the vignettes in Love Pain tell the story of travel, small miracles and finding strength. Love Pain is a book that will stay with you long after you've finished the last page.

Blue Genes

Blue Genes
Author: Christopher Lukas
Publisher: Anchor
Total Pages: 274
Release: 2008-09-16
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 0385528434

Written with heartrending honesty, a memoir that captures the devastation of this family legacy of depression and details the strength and hope that can provide a way of escaping its grasp. “A compassionate but clear-eyed view of his family history.” —Washington Post Christopher (Kit) Lukas’s mother committed suicide when he was a boy. He and his brother, Tony, were not told how she died. No one spoke of the family’s history of depression and bipolar disorder. The brothers grew up to achieve remarkable success; Tony as a gifted journalist (and author of the classic book, Common Ground), Kit as an accomplished television producer and director. After suffering bouts of depression, Kit was able to confront his family’s troubled past, but Tony never seemed to find the contentment Kit had attained—he killed himself in 1997.

A Chronicle of Grief

A Chronicle of Grief
Author: Mel Lawrenz
Publisher: InterVarsity Press
Total Pages: 173
Release: 2020-07-21
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0830839224

Have you, or someone you love, experienced the devastation of a traumatic loss? In this raw, vivid narrative, Pastor Mel Lawrenz chronicles how his family struggled to survive the sudden death of their beloved daughter. For anyone whose life has been turned upside down by grief, this beautiful memoir offers hope and companionship.