Catalog Search Results
Author
Language
English
Description
Ginny Carter was once a rising star in TV news, married to a top anchorman, with a three-year-old son and a full and happy life in Beverly Hills -- until her whole world dissolved in a single instant on the freeway two days before Christmas. In the aftermath, she pieces her life back together and tries to find meaning in her existence as a human rights worker in the worst areas around the globe. Then, on the anniversary of the fateful accident --...
Author
Language
English
Description
In 1987, Miri Ammerman returns to her hometown of Elizabeth, New Jersey, to attend a commemoration of the worst year of her life. Thirty-five years earlier, when Miri was fifteen, and in love for the first time, a succession of airplanes fell from the sky, leaving a community reeling. Against this backdrop of actual events that Blume experienced in the early 1950s, when airline travel was new and exciting and everyone dreamed of going somewhere, she...
Author
Language
English
Appears on these lists
Ashland Books @ Noon November 2019 Picks
Books @ Noon August 2020 Picks
Books @ Noon--August 2021 Picks
Dua Lipa Recommends
Books @ Noon August 2020 Picks
Books @ Noon--August 2021 Picks
Dua Lipa Recommends
Description
"February 1862. The Civil War is less than one year old. The fighting has begun in earnest, and the nation has begun to realize it is in for a long, bloody struggle. Meanwhile, President Lincoln's beloved eleven-year-old son, Willie, lies upstairs in the White House, gravely ill. In a matter of days, despite predictions of a recovery, Willie dies and is laid to rest in a Georgetown cemetery. 'My poor boy, he was too good for this earth,' the president...
5) The friend
Author
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
"A moving story of love, friendship, grief, healing, and the magical bond between a woman and her dog. When a woman unexpectedly loses her lifelong best friend and mentor, she finds herself burdened with the unwanted dog he has left behind. Her own battle against grief is intensified by the mute suffering of the dog, a huge Great Dane traumatized by the inexplicable disappearance of its master, and by the threat of eviction: dogs are prohibited in...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Kacey and Sara were best friends, then Kacey "left" and Sara is having trouble coping with her loss. She writes letters to Kacey, at the request of her counselor. People keep saying things need to get back to normal, but for Sara normal is a dream when her plans involved Kasey. She tries to understand what it all means.
Author
Language
Español
Description
«Abrazar hastaelúltimoaliento esunamuynecesitadaorientaciónyenseñanza paraquienesdebenenfrentarestosmomentos tandifíciles ydelicadosen lavida familiar,cuando un serqueridoestáen laetapa final desuexistencia.» -MarceloRittner
A lolargo de nuestra vida afrontaremos, de forma inevitable, lapérdida de lagente queamamos. Sin embargo, la despedida sigue siendo un paso decisivo que no siempre sabemos dar correctamente, pues el miedoy el desconocimiento...
Author
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
"Costa Book Award Finalist and the Waterstones (UK) Book of the Year 2016." "I loved this book. At once numinous, intimate and wise, The Essex Serpent is a marvelous novel about the workings of life, love and belief, about science and religion, secrets, mysteries, and the complicated and unexpected shifts of the human heart--and it contains some of the most beautiful evocations of place and landscape I've ever read. It is so good its pages seem lit...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Use yoga movement, breath, and sound to release pain and suffering without expectation or judgment and to reconnect to life, love, and strength. Grief Yoga is a concentrated and gentle opening and stretching of the body with a deep connection to the breath. Through meditations, clear compassionate instruction, and informative photographs, Healing Through Yoga helps readers process their grief and use it as fuel for transformative healing"--
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
A powerful exploration of grief following the death of the author's son that combines memoir, reportage, and lessons in how to heal
Everyone deals with grief in their own way. Helen MacDonald found solace in training a wild goshawk. Cheryl Strayed found comfort in hiking the Pacific Crest Trail. For Carol Smith, a Pulitzer Prize—nominated journalist struggling with the sudden death of her seven-year-old son Christopher, the way to cross the river...
Author
Language
English
Appears on these lists
2023 Rogue Reads
Books in English for Adults & Teens / Libros en inglés para adultos y adolescentes
Gold Hill Library Book Club Picks 2021
More Lists...
Books in English for Adults & Teens / Libros en inglés para adultos y adolescentes
Gold Hill Library Book Club Picks 2021
More Lists...
Description
"A literature professor tries to rediscover who she is after the sudden death of her husband, even as a series of family and political jolts force her to ask what we owe those in crisis in our families, biological or otherwise"--
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Explores the difficult issue of death for young children. Feelings and questions about this sensitive subject are looked at in a simple but realistic way. Written by a psychotherapist and counselor this book helps children to understand their loss and to come to terms with their feelings.
Author
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
"Lydia is dead. But they don't know this yet. So begins the story...about a Chinese American family living in 1970s small-town Ohio. Lydia is the favorite child of Marilyn and James Lee; their middle daughter, a girl who inherited her mother's bright blue eyes and her father's jet-black hair. Her parents are determined that Lydia will fulfill the dreams they were unable to pursue-in Marilyn's case that her daughter become a doctor rather than a homemaker,...
15) The sidekicks
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Publisher Annotation: Ryan, Harley and Miles are very different people?the swimmer, the rebel and the nerd. All they've ever had in common is Isaac, their shared best friend. When Isaac dies unexpectedly, the three boys must come to terms with their grief and the impact Isaac had on each of their lives. In his absence, Ryan, Harley and Miles discover things about one another they never saw before, and realize there may be more tying them together...
16) After you
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
Louisa Clark is no longer just an ordinary girl living an ordinary life. After the transformative six months spent with Will Traynor, she is struggling without him. When an extraordinary accident forces Lou to return home to her family, she can't help but feel she's right back where she started. Her body heals, but Lou herself knows that she needs to be kick-started back to life. Which is how she ends up in a church basement with the members of the...
18) Wishing season
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
A moving middle grade story by Anica Mrose Rissi that will appeal to readers who loved The Thing about Jellyfish and Hello, Universe, about the enduring bond between twins: Anders, who has recently died, and Lily, who has to balance her grief and confusion with a brother who isn't quite gone-and how to navigate a world that is moving forward without him.
20) The new normal
Author
Publisher
Orca Book Publishers
Language
English
Description
Tamar is finding her way through the grief of losing her younger sisters, her parents' grief and now she is losing her hair.
In Interlibrary Loan
Didn't find what you need? Items not owned by Jackson County Oregon can be requested from other Interlibrary Loan libraries to be delivered to your local library for pickup.
Didn't find it?
Can't find what you are looking for? Try our Materials Request Service. Submit Request