The founders of the Modern Loss website draw on personal experience and the insights of their numerous followers to share irreverent counsel on how to navigate grief and establish resilience in the age of social media. This book is a fresh and irreverent examination into navigating grief and resilience in the age of social media, offering comfort and community for coping with the mess of loss through candid original essays from a variety of voices,...

"Life on earth comes with losses that often go unrecognized, unacknowledged, and un-mourned. This invisible pain causes deeper emotional damage--devastation that Theresa Caputo has witnessed in many of her clients. Though they are suffering, they rarely understand where the anguish is coming from--or how to deal with it. Theresa's clients often confuse their emotional distress with depression or anxiety. But it's more than that. It's grief, deep and...

When she is named the guardian of her fifteen-year-old niece, whom she has never met, after her mother and sister are found dead, Hannah Benson returns home to bitter memories, hoping to make this new challenge work while keeping her sanity.

"Preston and Constance Whittier have built a happy life together, with a brood of six children raised in a beautiful historic Manhattan mansion. Now, with a nearly empty nest, it's easier than ever for the Whittiers to maintain their tradition of a solo romantic 'Wintermoon' ski trip. But this year's trip leads to tragedy, and suddenly the Whittiers' adult children find themselves reuniting in the family home without their parents for the first time...

An updated edition of the most respected book on hospice carefor both patients and caregivers. This warm and informative resource on hospice and other end-of-life care options now gets an update. It receives a new preface and revised guidance on elders who need more long-term care and support, recommendations on pain medications, and advice for those living extended lives with treatable, but not curable, diseases. Written by a hospice nurse, Living...

Anger in grief is natural. It's normal to feel anger and other explosive emotions such as hate, blame, terror, resentment, rage, and jealousy after the death of someone you love or another significant life loss. Yet it's challenging to experience these feelings day after day. And it can be hard knowing what to do about them. Allowing them to seethe and build up inside you is not the answer. Neither is lashing out at people who care about you. This...

Sarah is a single mother reeling from grief. Three months ago, her 21-year-old son, Cully, died in an avalanche near their home. As Sarah tries her best to go on, she has trouble keeping her grief at bay. Her father urges Sarah to go back to work at the local morning show. Her best friend convinces Sarah to sort through Cully's belongings. Slowly, she comes to terms with a world without her son. Then a girl named Kit appears on Sarah's doorstep and...