Finding the Words: Working Through Profound Loss with Hope and Purpose
By: Colin Campbell
4.49
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
A powerful account of one father’s journey through unimaginable grief, offering readers a new visio…
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1. Rare Bird: A Memoir of Loss and Love
By: Anna Whiston-Donaldson , Glennon Melton
4.38
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
On an ordinary September day, twelve-year-old Jack is swept away in a freak neighborhood flood. His… read more
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- nonfiction
- memoir
"Grievers I've come across function within society, and most days it appears pretty seamless. We volunteer at church. We go to school plays. We shop. We cheer from the sidelines. We try to blend in. W…"-Anna Whiston-Donaldson, Rare Bird: A Memoir of Loss and Love
2. The Wild Edge of Sorrow: Rituals of Renewal and the Sacred Work of Grief
By: Francis Weller , Michael Lerner
4.40
Format: 224 pages, ebook
Noted psychotherapist Francis Weller provides an essential guide for navigating the deep waters of … read more
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- counselling
- nonfiction
- psychology
- self help
"Grief keeps the heart flexible, fluid, and open to others."-Francis Weller, The Wild Edge of Sorrow: Rituals of Renewal and the Sacred Work of Grief
"Ritual is able to hold the long-discarded shards of our stories and make them whole again. It has the strength and elasticity to contain what we cannot contain on our own, what we cannot face in soli…"-Francis Weller, The Wild Edge of Sorrow: Rituals of Renewal and the Sacred Work of Grief
"Grief and love are sisters, woven together from the beginning. Their kinship reminds us that there is no love that does not contain loss and no loss that is not a reminder of the love we carry for wh…"-Francis Weller, The Wild Edge of Sorrow: Rituals of Renewal and the Sacred Work of Grief
"To alter the amnesia of our times, we must be willing to look into the face of the loss and keep it nearby. In this way, we may be able to honor the losses and live our lives as carriers of their unf…"-Francis Weller, The Wild Edge of Sorrow: Rituals of Renewal and the Sacred Work of Grief
3. The Gift of Failure: How the Best Parents Learn to Let Go So Their Children Can Succeed
By: Jessica Lahey
4.08
Format: 96 pages, Hardcover
In the tradition of Paul Tough's How Children Succeed and Wendy Mogel's The Blessing of a Skinned K… read more
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4. Troubled
By: Rob Henderson
4.26
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
In this raw coming-of-age memoir, in the vein of The Short and Tragic Life of Robert Peace, The Oth… read more
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- nonfiction
- memoir
- psychology
"Successful people tell the world they got lucky, then tell their loved ones about the importance of hard work and sacrifice. Critics of successful people tell the world those successful people got lu…"-Rob Henderson, Troubled
"People don't need motivation; they need self-discipline. Motivation is just a feeling. Self-discipline is: 'I'm going to do this regardless of how I feel.' Seldom do people relish doing something har…"-Rob Henderson, Troubled
"Mom's friends were worried that their son isn't talking as much as other six-year-olds. They, like many parents, were concerned with how "smart" their kid is. "Should we be reading to him more?" they…"-Rob Henderson, Troubled
"You should keep your expectations in line with reality. If you view the military as a job, you will be miserable. It's not a job, it's a lot more than that. As long as you wear that uniform, it is yo…"-Rob Henderson, Troubled
5. Grief Is for People
By: Sloane Crosley
3.91
Format: 208 pages, Hardcover
Following the death of her closest friend, Sloane Crosley explores multiple kinds of loss in this d… read more
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- nonfiction
- memoir
- psychology
- self help
"Grief is for people, not things."-Sloane Crosley, Grief Is for People
"Suicide is a tax on human consciousness."-Sloane Crosley, Grief Is for People
"How will he know you loved him," she asks, "unless you try to destroy yourself?"-Sloane Crosley, Grief Is for People
"Pictures should be of what you see, not of what the world sees when it sees you."-Sloane Crosley, Grief Is for People
6. A Living Remedy: A Memoir
By: Nicole Chung
4.01
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
A searing memoir of family, class and grief—a daughter’s search to understand the lives her adoptiv… read more
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- nonfiction
- memoir
"How do you learn to cherish yourself, your life, when grief has made it unrecognizable? I am starting to feel that we do so not by trying to fill a void that can never be filled but by living as best…"-Nicole Chung, A Living Remedy: A Memoir
7. The Amen Effect: Ancient Wisdom to Mend Our Broken Hearts and World
By: Sharon Brous
4.54
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
From one of our country’s most prominent rabbis, an inspiring book about the power of community bas… read more
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- nonfiction
- self help
8. Somehow: Thoughts on Love
By: Anne Lamott
3.95
Format: 204 pages, Hardcover
From the bestselling author of Dusk, Night, Dawn and Help, Thanks, Wow , a joyful celebration of lo… read more
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- nonfiction
- memoir
- self help
"I don’t know"-Anne Lamott, Somehow: Thoughts on Love
"…nobody in isolation becomes who they were designed to be."-Anne Lamott, Somehow: Thoughts on Love
"Sometimes it all just sucks, as Jesus says somewhere in the Gospels (although off the top of my head I can’t recall chapter and verse."-Anne Lamott, Somehow: Thoughts on Love
"When I first got sober, a man told me that upon waking every morning, instead of reciting the standard flowery recovery prayer, he said, “Whatever,“ and at night when he turned off his lights to go t…"-Anne Lamott, Somehow: Thoughts on Love
9. Being Henry: The Fonz . . . and Beyond
By: Henry Winkler
4.14
Format: 246 pages, Hardcover
From Emmy-award winning actor, author, comedian, producer, and director Henry Winkler, a deeply tho… read more
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- nonfiction
- memoir
"It’s so funny about time - you get into these nice little grooves with people you love, and you think it’ll go on forever. But time goes so fast, and nothing goes on forever."-Henry Winkler, Being Henry: The Fonz . . . and Beyond
"If you don't nail your feet to the ground, you can just believe - and you want to believe. It's so enticing. It felt so good. You could just become a gigantic balloon in the Thanksgiving Day parade a…"-Henry Winkler, Being Henry: The Fonz . . . and Beyond
10. Honey, Baby, Mine: A Mother and Daughter Talk Life, Death, Love (and Banana Pudding)
By: Laura Dern
3.92
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER “As actors, Dern and Ladd have spent decades peeling back layers to re… read more
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- nonfiction
- memoir
11. Mostly What God Does: Reflections on Seeking and Finding His Love Everywhere
By: Savannah Guthrie
4.36
Format: 302 pages, Hardcover
Mostly what God does is love you. If we could believe this, really believe this, how different w… read more
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- nonfiction
- memoir
"He doesn't even need words from us. Just a sigh, a tear, or a whimper. What an amazing resource we have in a God who already understands our whole history, our intricate emotional fabric, our every i…"-Savannah Guthrie, Mostly What God Does: Reflections on Seeking and Finding His Love Everywhere
12. Nothing to Fear: Demystifying Death to Live More Fully
By: Julie McFadden
4.50
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
What if we didn’t consider death the worst possible outcome? What if we discussed it honestly, embr… read more
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- nonfiction
- psychology
- self help
13. Microjoys: Finding Hope (Especially) When Life Is Not Okay
By: Cyndie Spiegel
3.78
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
Bighearted and hopeful. Unflinchingly honest and healing. A profound compendium of intimate, inspir… read more
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- nonfiction
- memoir
- psychology
- self help
14. The Lives We Actually Have: 100 Blessings for Imperfect Days
By: Kate Bowler
4.43
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
Warm and witty blessings found within the struggles of our shared humanity, from the New York Times… read more
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- nonfiction
- self help
"Blessed are we who choose not to look away from systems that dehumanize, deceive, defame, and distort. We who recognize that thoughts and prayers are NOT enough. We who stand with truth over expedien…"-Kate Bowler, The Lives We Actually Have: 100 Blessings for Imperfect Days
15. The Deepest Place: Suffering and the Formation of Hope
By: Curt Thompson
4.47
Format: 237 pages, Kindle Edition
In the face of personal and global suffering, is it possible to live with hope rather than despair?… read more
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- counselling
- nonfiction
- psychology
16. Bearing the Unbearable: Love, Loss, and the Heartbreaking Path of Grief
By: Joanne Cacciatore
4.42
Format: 248 pages, Paperback
If you love, you will grieve—and nothing is more mysteriously central to becoming fully human. Dr.… read more
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- personal development
- memoir
- counselling
- psychology
- nonfiction
- self help
"Whatever comes, we let it be as it is. When we do this, we come to see, in this moment or the next, our emotions always moving. The word emotion has its roots in the Latin movere and emovere meaning …"-Joanne Cacciatore, Bearing the Unbearable: Love, Loss, and the Heartbreaking Path of Grief
"Whatever comes, we let it be as it is. When we do this, we come to see, in this moment or the next, our emotions always moving. The word emotion has its roots in the Latin movere and emovere meaning …"-Joanne Cacciatore, Bearing the Unbearable: Love, Loss, and the Heartbreaking Path of Grief
17. The Grieving Brain: The Surprising Science of How We Learn from Love and Loss
By: Mary-Frances O'Connor
4.19
Format: 236 pages, Hardcover
A renowned grief expert and neuroscientist shares groundbreaking discoveries about what happens in … read more
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- nonfiction
- psychology
- self help
"In humans as well, it is because your loved one existed that certain neurons fire together and certain proteins are folded in your brain in particular ways. It is because your loved one lived, and be…"-Mary-Frances O'Connor, The Grieving Brain: The Surprising Science of How We Learn from Love and Loss
"Grief is a heart-wrenchingly painful problem for the brain to solve, and grieving necessitates learning to live in the world with the absence of someone you love deeply, who is ingrained in your unde…"-Mary-Frances O'Connor, The Grieving Brain: The Surprising Science of How We Learn from Love and Loss
18. In My Time of Dying: How I Came Face to Face with the Idea of an Afterlife
By: Sebastian Junger
3.92
Format: 176 pages, Hardcover
A near-fatal health emergency leads to this powerful reflection on death—and what might follow—by t… read more
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- nonfiction
- memoir
"Everyone has a relationship with death whether they want one or not; refusing to think about death is its own kind of relationship. When we hear about another person's death, we are hearing a version…"-Sebastian Junger, In My Time of Dying: How I Came Face to Face with the Idea of an Afterlife
19. Briefly Perfectly Human: Making an Authentic Life by Getting Real About the End
By: Alua Arthur
4.26
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
A deeply transformative memoir that reframes how we think about death and how it can help us lead b… read more
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- nonfiction
- memoir
- psychology
- self help
20. The Origins of You: How Breaking Family Patterns Can Liberate the Way We Live and Love
By: Vienna Pharaon
4.43
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
NATIONAL BESTSELLER From licensed therapist and popular Instagram relationship expert Vienna Phara… read more
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- nonfiction
- personal development
- psychology
- self help
21. Bite by Bite: Nourishments and Jamborees
By: Aimee Nezhukumatathil
4.12
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
From the New York Times bestselling author of World of Wonders, a lyrical book of short essays abou… read more
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- nonfiction
- memoir
22. Our Polyvagal World: How Safety and Trauma Change Us
By: Stephen W. Porges
4.37
Format: 256 pages, Paperback
The creator of the Polyvagal Theory explains the principles in simple terms that are accessible to … read more
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- nonfiction
- psychology
- self help
23. Finding Meaning: The Sixth Stage of Grief
By: David Kessler
4.43
Format: 257 pages, Hardcover
In this groundbreaking new work, David Kessler—an expert on grief and the coauthor with Elisabeth K… read more
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- nonfiction
- personal development
- psychology
- self help
24. Finding the Words: Working Through Profound Loss with Hope and Purpose
By: Colin Campbell
4.49
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
A powerful account of one father’s journey through unimaginable grief, offering readers a new visio… read more
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- personal development
- memoir
- counselling
- psychology
- nonfiction
- self help
25. I Cried to Dream Again: Trafficking, Murder, and Deliverance -- A Memoir
By: Sara Kruzan
4.39
Format: 208 pages, Hardcover
There is perhaps no crime more disturbing than the abuse of a child—and no court cases as upsetting… read more
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- nonfiction
- memoir
26. Anxiety: The Missing Stage of Grief: A Revolutionary Approach to Understanding and Healing the Impact of Loss
By: Claire Bidwell Smith
4.26
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
With this groundbreaking book, discover the critical connections between anxiety and grief—and lear… read more
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- counselling
- nonfiction
- psychology
- self help
27. On Grief: Love, Loss, Memory (Atlantic Editions)
By: Jennifer Senior
4.58
Format: 80 pages, Paperback
The unflinching Pulitzer Prize–winning essay on mourning and recovery in the wake of an inconceivab… read more
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- nonfiction
28. True Gretch: What I've Learned About Life, Leadership, and Everything in Between
By: Gretchen Whitmer
4.34
Format: 176 pages, Hardcover
From trailblazing Michigan governor and rising Democratic star Gretchen Whitmer comes an unconventi… read more
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- nonfiction
- memoir
29. The AfterGrief: Finding Your Way Along the Long Arc of Loss
By: Hope Edelman
4.39
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
A validating new approach to the long-term grieving process that explains why we feel "stuck," why … read more
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- nonfiction
- psychology
- self help
30. The Depositions: New and Selected Essays on Being and Ceasing to Be
By: Thomas Lynch
3.93
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
A wry and compassionate selection of essays reflecting on mortals and mortality, from the acclaimed… read more
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- nonfiction
- memoir
"The effort to minimize the hurt by minimizing the loss, pretending that a dead body has lost it's meaning or identity, is another tune we whistle past the graveyard. the sad truths I've been taught b…"-Thomas Lynch, The Depositions: New and Selected Essays on Being and Ceasing to Be
