The Kids Are All Right
A Memoir
Written by Diana Welch, Liz Welch, Amanda Welch and Dan Welch

Format: eBook
On Sale: September 29, 2009
Price: $11.99

“Perfect is boring.”

Well, 1983 certainly wasn’t boring for the Welch family. Somehow, between their handsome father’s mysterious death, their glamorous soap-opera-star mother’s cancer diagnosis, and a phalanx of lawyers intent on bankruptcy proceedings, the four Welch siblings managed to handle each new heartbreaking misfortune in the same way they dealt with... Read more >

Lifetimes
The Beautiful Way to Explain Death to Children
Written by Bryan Mellonie
Illustrated by Robert Ingpen

Format: eBook, 40 pages
On Sale: September 16, 2009
Price: $11.99

A pet . . . a friend . . . or a relative dies, and it must be explained to a child. This sensitive book is a useful tool in explaining to children that death is a part of life and that, eventually, all living things reach the end of their... Read more >

The American Book of Living and Dying
Lessons in Healing Spiritual Pain
Written by Richard F. Groves and Henriette Anne Klauser

Format: Trade Paperback, 304 pages
On Sale: August 18, 2009
Price: $16.99

For most people, the thought of dying or caring for a terminally ill friend or family member raises fears and questions as old as humanity: What is a “good death”? What appropriate preparations should be made? How do we best support our loved ones as life draws to its close? In... Read more >

Guiding Your Child Through Grief

Written by James P. Emswiler and Mary Ann Emswiler

Format: eBook, 304 pages
On Sale: July 22, 2009
Price: $13.99

Give your child the help and support needed to cope with grief and loss.

Guiding Your Child Through Grief, by the founders of the New England Center for Loss & Transition and The Cove, a highly praised program for grieving children, takes away the uncertainty and helpless feelings we commonly feel as... Read more >

Lessons for the Living
Stories of Forgiveness, Gratitude, and Courage at the End of Life
Written by Stan Goldberg

Format: Trade Paperback, 192 pages
On Sale: June 9, 2009
Price: $19.95

When Stan Goldberg was diagnosed with cancer, he chose to face his fear by helping others who were already in the process of dying: Stan signed up as a hospice volunteer and spent several years at the bedsides of the terminally ill. In this book, Stan shares the remarkable stories of... Read more >

Out of the Canyon
A True Story of Loss and Love
Written by Art Daily and Allison Daily

Format: eBook
On Sale: May 12, 2009
Price: $9.99

On a crisp winter’s day in Glenwood Canyon, Colorado, Art Daily suffered a terrible tragedy. While driving home with his family from a youth hockey game, a large boulder dislodged from the canyon wall and struck their car, killing his wife and two sons–while leaving him inexplicably untouched. In one instant... Read more >

Mommy, Please Don't Cry
There Are No Tears in Heaven
Written by Linda Deymaz
Illustrated by Laurie Snow Hein

Format: eBook, 48 pages
On Sale: May 6, 2009
Price: $11.99

Mommy, Please Don't Cry is a book of love and comfort for mothers who have experienced the deep sorrow of losing a child. Serene illustrations frame gentle words that describe heaven from a child's perspective. With room for the reader's personal reflections at the end of the book, every page is... Read more >

Jane Brody's Guide to the Great Beyond
A Practical Primer to Help You and Your Loved Ones Prepare Medically, Legally, and Emotionally for the End of Life
Written by Jane Brody

Format: Hardcover, 320 pages
On Sale: February 17, 2009
Price: $28.00

From the beloved New York Times columnist, trusted authority on health, and bestselling author comes this complete guide to everything you need to know–emotionally, spiritually, and practically–to prepare for the end of life.

An invaluable road map to putting your affairs in order–or helping your loved ones do the same–this comprehensive... Read more >

Jane Brody's Guide to the Great Beyond
A Practical Primer to Help You and Your Loved Ones Prepare Medically, Legally, and Emotionally for the End of Life
Written by Jane Brody

Format: eBook
On Sale: February 17, 2009
Price: $14.99

From the beloved New York Times columnist, trusted authority on health, and bestselling author comes this complete guide to everything you need to know–emotionally, spiritually, and practically–to prepare for the end of life.

An invaluable road map to putting your affairs in order–or helping your loved ones do the same–this comprehensive... Read more >

A Journal for Jordan
A Story of Love and Honor
Written by Dana Canedy

Format: eBook
On Sale: December 30, 2008
Price: $11.99

In 2005, First Sergeant Charles Monroe King began to write what would become a two-hundred-page journal for his son in case he did not make it home from the war in Iraq. Charles King, forty-eight, was killed on October 14, 2006, when an improvised explosive device detonated under his Humvee on... Read more >

The Gift of Grief
Finding Peace, Transformation, and Renewed Life after Great Sorrow
Written by Matthew D. Gewirtz

Format: Hardcover, 160 pages
On Sale: April 1, 2008
Price: $14.95

Death, divorce, illness, disaster, personal loss, and financial disappointment. Crisis, tragedy, and suffering are among the most universal human experiences-and they can also be our most powerful catalysts for positive change. Rabbi Matthew D. Gewirtz offers a graceful, insightful, and inspiring education on the true meaning of grief: how it breaks... Read more >

In Lieu of Flowers
A Conversation for the Living
Written by Nancy Howard Cobb

Format: eBook, 176 pages
On Sale: December 18, 2007
Price: $9.99

“Grieving is as natural as breathing, for if we have lived and loved, surely we will grieve. . . .”

Nancy Cobb meets death in the most vital of places–in the lives of everyday people–and in doing so has found a way to infuse this darkest subject with light. Her candor and... Read more >

The Goldfish Went on Vacation
A Memoir of Loss (and Learning to Tell the Truth about It)
Written by Patty Dann
Afterword by Sallie Sanborn

Format: Trade Paperback, 176 pages
On Sale: December 4, 2007
Price: $11.95

The moment when Patty Dann’s husband was diagnosed with terminal brain cancer, she felt as though the ground had dropped out beneath her. Her grief, however, was immediately interrupted by the realization that she would have to tell their three-year-old son, Jake, that his father was dying. The prognosis gave her... Read more >

Love Is a Mix Tape
Life and Loss, One Song at a Time
Written by Rob Sheffield

Format: Trade Paperback, 240 pages
On Sale: December 4, 2007
Price: $13.99

Mix tapes: We all have our favorites. Stick one into a deck, press play, and you’re instantly transported to another time in your life. For Rob Sheffield, that time was one of miraculous love and unbearable grief. A time that spanned seven years, it started when he met the girl of... Read more >

Saving Graces
Finding Solace and Strength from Friends and Strangers
Written by Elizabeth Edwards

Format: Trade Paperback, 384 pages
On Sale: August 14, 2007
Price: $14.95

She charmed America with her smart, likable, down-to-earth personality as she campaigned for her husband, then vice-presidential candidate John Edwards. She inspired millions as she valiantly fought advanced breast cancer after being diagnosed only days before the 2004 election. She touched hundreds of similarly grieving families when her own son, Wade... Read more >

Love Is a Mix Tape
Life, Loss, and What I Listened To
Written by Rob Sheffield

Format: eBook, 288 pages
On Sale: January 2, 2007
Price: $7.99

What Is love? Great minds have been grappling with this question throughout the ages, and in the modern era, they have come up with many different answers. According to Western philosopher Pat Benatar, love is a battlefield. Her paisan Frank Sinatra would add the corollary that love is a tender trap... Read more >

About Alice

Written by Calvin Trillin

Format: Hardcover, 96 pages
On Sale: December 26, 2006
Price: $14.95

In Calvin Trillin’s antic tales of family life, she was portrayed as the wife who had “a weird predilection for limiting our family to three meals a day” and the mother who thought that if you didn’t go to every performance of your child’s school play, “the county would come and... Read more >

About Alice

Written by Calvin Trillin

Format: eBook
On Sale: December 26, 2006
Price: $11.99

BONUS: This edition contains an excerpt from Calvin Trillin's Quite Enough of Calvin Trillin.

In Calvin Trillin’s antic tales of family life, she was portrayed as the wife who had “a weird predilection for limiting our family to three meals a day” and the mother who thought that if you didn’t go to... Read more >

Helping Your Children Cope with Your Cancer (Second Edition)
A Guide for Parents and Families
Written by Peter VanDerNoot
Contribution by Madelyn Case

Format: Trade Paperback, 176 pages
On Sale: October 17, 2006
Price: $15.95

Cancer is bad news. It’s frightening to even think about it. Now think how frightening it would be for your children to know you have cancer. How do you tell them? How do you deal with the trauma and the pain? How do you prepare for the emotional and psychological upheaval... Read more >

Saving Graces
Finding Solace and Strength from Friends and Strangers
Written by Elizabeth Edwards

Format: eBook, 352 pages
On Sale: September 26, 2006
Price: $11.99

She charmed America with her smart, likable, down-to-earth personality as she campaigned for her husband, then vice-presidential candidate John Edwards. She inspired millions as she valiantly fought advanced breast cancer after being diagnosed only days before the 2004 election. She touched hundreds of similarly grieving families when her own son, Wade... Read more >

It's Okay to Cry
A Parent's Guide to Helping Children Through the Losses of Life
Written by H. Norman Wright

Format: Trade Paperback, 224 pages
On Sale: June 22, 2004
Price: $17.99

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 >

It's Okay to Cry
A Parent's Guide to Helping Children Through the Losses of Life
Written by H. Norman Wright

Format: Trade Paperback, 144 pages
On Sale: June 22, 2004
Price: $10.99

Restoring Your Child to Emotional Health

When something unexpected, disappointing, or traumatic occurs, children feel a very real sense of loss. Parents or others who care need to tell them,

It’s Okay to Cry.

Children may respond to loss with fear or with anger. Most likely they are confused. They have questions... Read more >

What Children Need When They Grieve
The Four Essentials: Routine, Love, Honesty, and Security
Written by Julia Wilcox Rathkey

Format: Trade Paperback, 208 pages
On Sale: April 27, 2004
Price: $12.95

GIVE YOUR CHILDREN WHAT THEY NEED MOST

When Julia Wilcox Rathkey lost her husband, her three children lost their father. Within hours, it became sharply clear that each child--a twelve-year-old daughter and twin ten-year-old sons--would grieve the loss in a radically different way. While one harbored anger, another experienced denial, and the... Read more >

Mommy, Please Don't Cry
There Are No Tears in Heaven
Written by Linda Deymaz
Illustrated by Laurie Snow Hein

Format: Hardcover, 48 pages
On Sale: May 30, 2003
Price: $12.99

Mommy, Please Don't Cry is a book of love and comfort for mothers who have experienced the deep sorrow of losing a child. Serene illustrations frame gentle words that describe heaven from a child's perspective. With room for the reader's personal reflections at the end of the book, every page is... Read more >