Family & Relationships, Death, Grief, Bereavement
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Squirrel At My Throat
Living and Dying Unconventionally in a Conventional World by Tanja Zientara
Tanja and Matt, two high school teachers, have full and wildly unconventional lives. They travel a lot with their two boys and, as the kids get older and take up heavy metal music, their house is rocking with crazy, wild bands almost all the...
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Sincere Condolences
What to Say When You Don't Know What to Say by Joyce Aitken
A PRACTICAL GUIDE on how to respond to other people’s Grief and Tragic Loss. Written from the author’s personal experiences after her husband’s death by suicide this book provides advice and encouragement to anyone wanting to provide truly...
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The Caretaker
by Roberta Dupont
Roberta Dupont found herself as her husband’s caretaker during the last ten years of his life. His last five years were spent in two long- term care facilities where Roberta spent four days out of every week making sure his needs were met, as...
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Before and After
One Mother's Story of Love, Loss, and Healing by Michele Trumpour
On April 24th 2015, author Michele Trumpour learned that her son Tyler had died at the age of 25 from a fentanyl overdose. And in a blink, her life was forever changed. In the course of the book, Trumpour shares the intimate story of her efforts...
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Know Me 100 Years From Now
A Tool in Life, a Gift in Death and a Legacy to Live On by Stacie-Lynne Graham
We all grieve when our loved ones die, and we so often wish we had talked to them more and learned more about them when we had them with us. You can use this book as a gift for your loved ones, to help them through their grief after you die. With...
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From A Question 2 An Answer
by Gary (Lovable) Summers
This book will be an interest to anyone who experienced the loss of a parent at a young age and who went out on their own. It will also be an interest to anyone who has served or worked in the armed forces, the electrical power industry, training...
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What the Living Do
by Maggie Dwyer
Until the age of twelve, Georgia Lee Kay-Stern believed she was Jewish — the story of her Cree birth family had been kept secret. Now she’s living on her own and attending first year university, and with her adoptive parents on sabbatical in...
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We Can Do This!
Adult Children and Aging Parents Planning for Success by Lorraine (Lorrie) Morales
Practical, conversational and authentic, this timely book by Lorraine Morales, is a must-read for the increasing number of people with aging parents. The book partners Lorrie’s journey and real-life stories with essential facts, take-aways, and...
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Not My Own
by Gail Steeves
“Other people’s actions can leave you picking up the pieces, years after they occur.” In Not My Own, Gail Steeves shares a raw perspective of what it’s like to become one of the “other people.” You know, those good people that bad things happen...
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In the Shade
Friendship, Loss, and the Bruce Trail by Marg Heidebrecht
An 885-kilometre trail, 53 hiking days over 4 years. Think mild, not wild. Reflections on the walking, the talking and, ultimately, the losing of friends. Pam and Marg stepped away from their "to do" lists and onto the Bruce Trail. Read their...
