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The End of Your Life Book Club

(Available June 4, 2013)
The End of Your Life Book Club
Written by Will Schwalbe
Format: Trade Paperback
ISBN: 9780307739780
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The End of Your Life Book Club

Written by Will Schwalbe


Format: Trade Paperback, 352 pages
On Sale: June 4, 2013
Price: $15.00

An Entertainment Weekly and BookPage Best Book of the Year

During her treatment for cancer, Mary Anne Schwalbe and her son Will spent many hours sitting in waiting rooms together. To pass the time, they would talk about the books they were reading. Once, by chance, they read the same book at...

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I Can't Stop Crying
I Can't Stop Crying
Written by John D. Martin and Frank D. Ferris
Format: Trade Paperback
ISBN: 9780771054617
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I Can't Stop Crying
Grief and Recovery, A Compassionate Guide
Written by John D. Martin and Frank D. Ferris


Format: Trade Paperback, 144 pages
On Sale: January 29, 2013
Price: $14.99

For anyone who has experienced a significant loss, this wonderfully informative and accessible book is a guide to understanding and overcoming grief.

The death of someone close -- a familiy member, spouse, or partner -- can result in feelings of overwhelming grief. At the same time, society unrealistically expects people to recover... Read more >
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I Can't Stop Crying
I Can't Stop Crying
Written by John D. Martin and Frank D. Ferris
Format: eBook
ISBN: 9780771054631
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I Can't Stop Crying
Grief and Recovery, A Compassionate Guide
Written by John D. Martin and Frank D. Ferris


Format: eBook, 128 pages
On Sale: January 29, 2013
Price: $11.99

For anyone who has experienced a significant loss, this wonderfully informative and accessible book is a guide to understanding and overcoming grief.

The death of someone close -- a familiy member, spouse, or partner -- can result in feelings of overwhelming grief. At the same time, society unrealistically expects people to recover... Read more >
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Jewish Insights on Death and Mourning
Jewish Insights on Death and Mourning
Written by Jack Riemer
Format: eBook
ISBN: 9780307828255
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Jewish Insights on Death and Mourning

Written by Jack Riemer


Format: eBook, 400 pages
On Sale: November 28, 2012
Price: $13.99

Forward by Sherwin B. Nuland

As Jack Riemer demonstrates in this collection of Jewish resources for mourning and healing, the Jewish tradition has much to offer those who seek its help in time of need. Here are personal as well as practical writings by contemporary authors about the Shivah period, Kaddish, Yizkor... Read more >
Innocent Spouse
Innocent Spouse
Written by Carol Ross Joynt
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ISBN: 9780307592118
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Innocent Spouse
A Memoir
Written by Carol Ross Joynt


Format: Trade Paperback, 288 pages
On Sale: November 20, 2012
Price: $15.00

What would you do if, just weeks after your spouse's sudden death, you found out he was keeping secrets?

Carol Ross Joynt was a successful TV producer and award-winning journalist in Washington, D.C. Her husband, Howard, owned a legendary restaurant in Georgetown. They had a young son, a happy marriage – a seeming fairy-tale life. But Howard’s sudden death changed everything...

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The End of Your Life Book Club
The End of Your Life Book Club
Written by Will Schwalbe
Format: eBook
ISBN: 9780307961112
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The End of Your Life Book Club

Written by Will Schwalbe


Format: eBook, 352 pages
On Sale: October 2, 2012
Price: $12.99

“What are you reading?”

That’s the question Will Schwalbe asks his mother, Mary Anne, as they sit in the waiting room of the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center. In 2007, Mary Anne returned from a humanitarian trip to Pakistan and Afghanistan suffering from what her doctors believed was a rare type of...

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The End of Your Life Book Club
The End of Your Life Book Club
Written by Will Schwalbe
Format: Hardcover
ISBN: 9780307594037
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The End of Your Life Book Club

Written by Will Schwalbe


Format: Hardcover, 352 pages
On Sale: October 2, 2012
Price: $25.00

“What are you reading?”

That’s the question Will Schwalbe asks his mother, Mary Anne, as they sit in the waiting room of the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center. In 2007, Mary Anne returned from a humanitarian trip to Pakistan and Afghanistan suffering from what her doctors believed was a rare type of...

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The End of Your Life Book Club
The End of Your Life Book Club
Written by Will Schwalbe, Read by Jeff Harding
Format: Unabridged Compact Disc
ISBN: 9780449806630
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The End of Your Life Book Club

Written by Will Schwalbe
Read by Jeff Harding


Format: Unabridged Compact Disc
On Sale: October 2, 2012
Price: $35.00

“What are you reading?”

That’s the question Will Schwalbe asks his mother, Mary Anne, as they sit in the waiting room of the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center. In 2007, Mary Anne returned from a humanitarian trip to Pakistan and Afghanistan suffering from what her doctors believed was a rare type of...

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The End of Your Life Book Club
The End of Your Life Book Club
Written by Will Schwalbe, Read by Jeff Harding
Format: Unabridged Audiobook Download
ISBN: 9780449806647
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The End of Your Life Book Club

Written by Will Schwalbe
Read by Jeff Harding


Format: Unabridged Audiobook Download
On Sale: October 2, 2012
Price: $20.00

“What are you reading?”

That’s the question Will Schwalbe asks his mother, Mary Anne, as they sit in the waiting room of the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center. In 2007, Mary Anne returned from a humanitarian trip to Pakistan and Afghanistan suffering from what her doctors believed was a rare type of...

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Slow Motion
Slow Motion
Written by Dani Shapiro
Format: eBook
ISBN: 9780307828002
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Slow Motion
A True Story
Written by Dani Shapiro


Format: eBook, 272 pages
On Sale: September 5, 2012
Price: $11.99

From one of the most gifted writers of her  generation comes the harrowing and exqui-sitely written true story of how a family tragedy saved her life. Dani Shapiro was a young girl from a deeply religious home who became the girlfriend of a famous and flamboyant married attorney--her best friend's stepfather. The... Read more >
Your Soul's Plan eChapters - Chapter 6: Death of a Loved One
Discovering the Real Meaning of the Life You Planned Before You Were Born
Written by Robert Schwartz


Format: eBook, 66 pages
On Sale: August 28, 2012
Price: $3.99

Would you like to understand the deeper spiritual meaning and purpose of death, grief, mourning, and bereavement?
 
Your Soul’s Plan eChapters: Death of a Loved One contains the Preface, Introduction, Chapter 1: Pre-birth Planning, and Chapter 6: Death of a Loved One from Robert Schwartz’s best-selling spirituality book, Your Soul’s Plan... Read more >
Giving Up the Ghost
Giving Up the Ghost
Written by Eric Nuzum
Format: Trade Paperback
ISBN: 9780385342438
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Giving Up the Ghost
A Story About Friendship, 80s Rock, a Lost Scrap of Paper, and What It Means to Be Haunted
Written by Eric Nuzum


Format: Trade Paperback, 320 pages
On Sale: August 7, 2012
Price: $15.00

At once hilarious and incredibly moving, Giving Up the Ghost is a memoir of lost love and second chances, and a ghost story like no other.
 
Eric Nuzum is afraid of the supernatural, and for good reason: As a high school oddball in Canton, Ohio, during the early 1980s, he became convinced... Read more >
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Giving Up the Ghost
Giving Up the Ghost
Written by Eric Nuzum
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ISBN: 9780345534682
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Giving Up the Ghost
A Story About Friendship, 80s Rock, a Lost Scrap of Paper, and What It Means to Be Haunted
Written by Eric Nuzum


Format: eBook, 320 pages
On Sale: August 7, 2012
Price: $11.99

At once hilarious and incredibly moving, Giving Up the Ghost is a memoir of lost love and second chances, and a ghost story like no other.
 
Eric Nuzum is afraid of the supernatural, and for good reason: As a high school oddball in Canton, Ohio, during the early 1980s, he became convinced... Read more >
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How It Feels When a Parent Dies
How It Feels When a Parent Dies
Written by Jill Krementz
Format: eBook
ISBN: 9780307820303
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How It Feels When a Parent Dies

Written by Jill Krementz


Format: eBook, 128 pages
On Sale: May 23, 2012
Price: $11.99

18 children from age 7 - 17, speak openly of their experiences and feelings. As they speak we see them in photos with their surviving parent and with other family members, in the midst of their everyday lives. Read more >
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Exit Laughing
Exit Laughing
Edited by Victoria Zackheim
Format: Trade Paperback
ISBN: 9781583944073
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Exit Laughing
How Humor Takes the Sting Out of Death
Edited by Victoria Zackheim


Format: Trade Paperback, 304 pages
On Sale: May 8, 2012
Price: $18.95

There’s nothing funny about dying … or is there? Malachy McCourt, Jacquelyn Mitchard, and 22 more share hilarious and moving stories of confronting death. Exit Laughing makes death more approachable as it reveals the funny side of “passing on.” As painful as it is to lose a loved one, Exit Laughing shows... Read more >
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Exit Laughing
How Humor Takes the Sting Out of Death
Edited by Victoria Zackheim


Format: eBook, 304 pages
On Sale: May 8, 2012
Price: $15.95

There’s nothing funny about dying … or is there? Malachy McCourt, Jacquelyn Mitchard, and 22 more share hilarious and moving stories of confronting death. Exit Laughing makes death more approachable as it reveals the funny side of “passing on.” As painful as it is to lose a loved one, Exit Laughing shows... Read more >
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Signs of Life
Signs of Life
Written by Natalie Taylor
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ISBN: 9780307717504
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Signs of Life
A Memoir
Written by Natalie Taylor


Format: Trade Paperback, 320 pages
On Sale: March 13, 2012
Price: $15.00

“I know. I know. No one says it but I know…” —from Signs of Life
 
Twenty-four-year-old Natalie Taylor was leading a charmed life. At the age of twenty four, she had a fulfilling job as a high school English teacher, a wonderful husband, a new house and a baby on the way... Read more >
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Wish You Were Here
Wish You Were Here
Written by Amy Welborn
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ISBN: 9780307716385
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Wish You Were Here
Travels Through Loss and Hope
Written by Amy Welborn


Format: Trade Paperback, 256 pages
On Sale: February 7, 2012
Price: $14.00

Wish You Were Here: Travels Through Loss and Hope is the story of Amy Welborn’s trip to the island of Sicily with three of her children five months after her husband’s sudden death from a heart attack. Her journey through city and countryside, small town and ancient ruins, opens unexpected doors of... Read more >
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Wish You Were Here
Wish You Were Here
Written by Amy Welborn
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ISBN: 9780307716392
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Wish You Were Here
Travels Through Loss and Hope
Written by Amy Welborn


Format: eBook, 256 pages
On Sale: February 7, 2012
Price: $9.99

Wish You Were Here: Travels Through Loss and Hope is the story of Amy Welborn’s trip to the island of Sicily with three of her children five months after her husband’s sudden death from a heart attack. Her journey through city and countryside, small town and ancient ruins, opens unexpected doors of... Read more >
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On Grief and Dying
On Grief and Dying
Written by Diane Stein
Format: eBook
ISBN: 9780307783622
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On Grief and Dying
Understanding the Soul's Journey
Written by Diane Stein


Format: eBook, 116 pages
On Sale: November 2, 2011
Price: $9.99

Drawing from the wisdom of various sources—the contemporary Goddess movement, powerful psychic techniques, and the ancient traditions of Buddhism and Greek mythology—healer and writer Diane Stein leads the reader on a remarkable journey toward loving acceptance, affirmation, and hope. ON GRIEF AND DYING offers a healing perspective and important insights on... Read more >
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It's Okay to Cry
It's Okay to Cry
Written by H. Norman Wright
Format: eBook
ISBN: 9780307552068
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It's Okay to Cry
A Parent's Guide to Helping Children Through the Losses of Life
Written by H. Norman Wright


Format: eBook, 224 pages
On Sale: October 19, 2011
Price: $7.99

Help Your Child Heal From Life’s Losses

A favorite toy breaks . . . . A pet dies . . .

It’s Okay to Cry.

Parents divorce and you’re forced to move . . .

It’s Okay to Cry.

A best friend is hurt badly . . . . A grandparent dies . ... Read more >
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A Solitary Sorrow
A Solitary Sorrow
Written by Teri Reisser and Dr. Paul Reisser
Format: eBook
ISBN: 9780307805508
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A Solitary Sorrow

Written by Teri Reisser and Dr. Paul Reisser


Format: eBook, 224 pages
On Sale: September 14, 2011
Price: $11.99

This impressive book is written by a family therapist and a physician who have counseled hundreds of post-abortive women. Honest, accurate, and practical, it offers hope and encouragement to women seeking healing after abortion. A must for post-abortive women, their friends and family, pregnancy center counselors and other who seek to... Read more >
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Half a Life
Half a Life
Written by Darin Strauss, Read by Darin Strauss
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ISBN: 9780307988607
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Half a Life
A Memoir
Written by Darin Strauss
Read by Darin Strauss


Format: Unabridged Audiobook Download
On Sale: September 13, 2011
Price: $12.00

In this powerful, unforgettable memoir, acclaimed novelist Darin Strauss examines the far-reaching consequences of the tragic moment that has shadowed his whole life. In his last month of high school, he was behind the wheel of his dad's Oldsmobile, driving with friends, heading off to play mini-golf. Then: a classmate swerved...

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Talking about Death
Talking about Death
Written by Earl A. Grollman
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ISBN: 9780807023617
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Talking about Death
A Dialogue between Parent and Child
Written by Earl A. Grollman


Format: Trade Paperback, 128 pages
On Sale: September 6, 2011
Price: $20.00

Why do people die? How do you explain the loss of a loved one to a child? This book is a compassionate guide for adults and children to read together, featuring a read-along story and answers to questions children ask about death.

Talking about Death is a classic guide for parents helping... Read more >
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Talking about Death
A Dialogue between Parent and Child
Written by Earl A. Grollman


Format: eBook
On Sale: September 6, 2011
Price: $20.00

Why do people die? How do you explain the loss of a loved one to a child? This book is a compassionate guide for adults and children to read together, featuring a read-along story and answers to questions children ask about death.

Talking about Death is a classic guide for parents helping... Read more >
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