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Death & Grieving

1. The Inevitable: Contemporary Writers Confront Death

   Bradford Morrow, David Shields

   What is death and how does it touch upon life? Twenty writers look for answers.More

2. The Undertaking: Life Studies from the Dismal Trade

   Thomas Lynch

   “[Lynch] brings the lessons of death to life, and turns life and death into art.” —Time Out New YorkMore

3. Comfort: A Journey Through Grief

   Ann Hood

   “Rarely do memoirs of grief combine anguish, love, and fury with such elegance.” —Entertainment WeeklyMore

4. Death's Door: Modern Dying and the Ways We Grieve

   Sandra M. Gilbert

   "The most comprehensive multidisciplinary contemplation of mortality we are likely to get."--Thomas Lynch, New York Times Book ReviewMore

5. Cognitive Grief Therapy: Constructing a Rational Meaning to Life Following Loss

   Ruth Malkinson

   A therapeutic model for maintaining bonds while moving into the future.More

6. Loss, Trauma, and Resilience: Therapeutic Work With Ambiguous Loss

   Pauline Boss

   All losses are touched with ambiguity. Yet those who suffer losses without finality bear a particular burden.More

7. Living Beyond Loss: Death in the Family

   Monica McGoldrick, Froma Walsh

   Walsh and McGoldrick have fully revised and expanded this landmark work on the impact of death on the family system.More

8. Now the Green Blade Rises: Poems

   Elizabeth Spires

   "Spires is a jewel of a poet, never self-conscious or self-indulgent."—Los Angeles TimesMore

9. The Disappearance: A Primer of Loss

   Geneviève Jurgensen, Adriana Hunter

   What do you do, how do you live, when both of your daughters are killed on the same afternoon?More

10. Death and Dignity: Making Choices and Taking Charge

    Timothy E. Quill

    "For me Dr. Quill is a hero—a physician with a head and a heart." —Betty Rollin, author of Last WishMore