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When Skies Are Gray by Lindsey M. Henke is a poignant memoir that explores the profound grief and emotional journey following the loss of a child. Through candid and heartfelt storytelling, Henke shares her personal experiences of stillbirth, the challenges of navigating motherhood after loss, and the ongoing process of healing. The book delves into themes of love, resilience, and hope as it addresses the stigma surrounding parental bereavement. Henke's narrative provides an invaluable perspective for both bereaved parents and those seeking to understand the complexities of grief. This memoir serves as a testament to the enduring power of a parent's love and the possibility of finding beauty and renewal amidst sorrow.
Parental grief --- Grief
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A Space in the Heart: A Survival Guide for Grieving Parents expresses the anguish of the death of a child and offers hope for how to survive and thrive in its aftermath. Part memoir, part self-help, zero bullshit, and 100 percent from the heart, it confronts our never-ending love for our children and how that love helps us transform and heal.
Parental grief. --- Children --- Death.
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A Powerful Resource for Grieving Couples Losing a child is among the most tragic experiences one can face. The crushing grief puts immense strain on the marriage, family relationships, and friendships that few can understand. That's why this book was written. In it Candy McVicar, a grieving mom who leads a ministry for grieving parents, and Dr. Gary Chapman, relationship expert and author of The 5 Love Languages®, team up to help couples who are facing the unimaginable. They'll teach you how to: Cope with the complex feelings that come with the grief process Understand your spouse's unique grieving needs and support him/her Use the five love languages through grief There is nothing that can make the pain of losing a child go away, but healing is possible with intentional hearts and the right resources.
Parental grief. --- Infants --- Death.
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""Still Life with Timex" chronicles a mother's loss. These poems explore the unsightly aspects of grief and the survivor's guilt of outliving a child"--
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Anthropology --- Anthropologists --- Parental grief --- Fieldwork.
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Parental grief. --- Bereavement. --- Daughters --- Death.
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"Parents who suffer the death of a child are overwhelmed, often immobilized by the depth and scope of their grief. When a Child Dies is written in a simple, straightforward manner, offering information, comfort and hope for those who believe that none is possible. Claire Aagaard has written this book from a unique perspective-that of a professional grief counselor and as a parent with her own history of child loss. It is an honest yet gentle guide, offering the wisdom from her own personal journey as well as that of countless others"--
Parental grief. --- Children --- Bereavement. --- Death --- Psychological aspects.
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A chronicle of family love, unspeakable loss, and the power of healingGinny Dennehy was living the dream: a good marriage, two wonderful teenagers, a fulfilling career. Life in Whistler, B.C., seemed tailor-made for her outgoing, athletic family of four. But in 2001, the world turned upside down when her son, Kelty, committed suicide at the age of seventeen, hanging himself in the loft of their family home.Lost in a fog of grief, Ginny found the strength to go on. She poured her energy into the Kelty Patrick Dennehy Foundation, raising both funds and awareness to fight dep
Parental grief. --- Grief --- Children --- Psychological aspects. --- Death.
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"Understanding Bereaved Parents and Siblings is based on lived experiences and provides insight, ideas and inspiration on how to support the bereaved, how to talk to them about their experience and how to help people manage their own shock or grief. Part one of the book contains ten stories from parents and six from siblings sharing their experiences. Each narrator discusses their relationship with the person who died; what lead up to the death; the impact of the loss on the speaker; as well as what helped and what hindered them in their grief. Part two is aimed at professionals and draws on various topics such as grief and bereavement models, transgenerational loss, resilience, protection and creative ways of working with grief. The book will be an essential read for the bereaved and the professionals, family and friends who are supporting them"--
Parental grief --- Grief in children --- Bereavement --- Bereavement in children
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"This Oscar-winning melodrama, one of Pedro Almodóvar's most beloved films, provides a dizzying, moving exploration of the meaning of motherhood. In an instant, nurse Manuela (Cecilia Roth) loses the teenage son she raised on her own. Grief-stricken, she sets out to search for the boy's long-lost father in Barcelona, where she reawakens into a new maternal role, as the head of a surrogate family that includes a pregnant, HIV-positive nun (Penélope Cruz); an illustrious star of the stage (Marisa Paredes); and a transgender sex worker (Antonia San Juan). Beautifully performed and bursting with cinematic references, All About My Mother is a vibrant tribute to female fortitude, a one-of-a-kind family portrait, and a work of boundless compassion"--Container.
Women --- Single mothers --- Mothers and sons --- Parental grief --- Families
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