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Bryce Courtenay · 449 pages
Fly a Little Higher
Laura Sobiech · 368 pages
When Sobeich found out her son Zach had only one year to live, she released him to God's will. When his mother told him to think about writing good-bye letters to family and friends, he decided instead to write songs. One of them, "Clouds," captured hearts and changed not one life but millions. This isn't a cancer story, it's about how God used a dying boy from a small town in Minnesota to touch t
Notes Left Behind
Brooke Desserich, Keith Desserich · 272 pages
Elena Desserich dreamed of becoming a teacher. Although her time on this earth was far too short to fulfill her dream, she left behind an enlightening lesson plan on life. Wise beyond her years, Elena never stopped teaching those around her to appreciate the miracle of everyday living even as the innocent six-year-old battled a rare form of brain cancer.Through personal and candid journal entries
Rare Bird: A Memoir of Loss and Love
Anna Whiston-Donaldson · 232 pages
The author shares the story of the loss of her twelve-year-old son to a flash flood, and how she and her family made their way through profound grief toward peace with the help of the presence of God.
This Lovely Life
Vicki Forman · 263 pages
Vicki Forman gave birth to Evan and Ellie, weighing just a pound at birth, at twenty-three weeks' gestation. During the delivery she begged the doctors to "let her babies go"--She knew all too well that at twenty-three weeks they could very well die and, if they survived, they would face a high risk of permanent disabilities. However, California law demanded resuscitation. Her daughter died just f
Change of Heart
Jodi Picoult · 464 pages
A spellbinding tale of a mother's tragic loss and a criminal's last chance at finding salvation from the bestselling author of Nineteen Minutes.One day June Nealon was happily anticipating a lifetime of laughter and adventure with her family, and the next, she was staring into a future that was as empty as her heart. Now her life is a waiting game. Waiting for time to heal her wounds, waiting for
Rosalie Lightning: A Graphic Memoir
Tom Hart · 261 pages
Rosalie Lightning is Eisner-nominated cartoonist Tom Hart's #1 New York Times bestselling touching and beautiful graphic memoir about the untimely death of his young daughter, Rosalie. His heart-breaking and emotional illustrations strike readers to the core, and take them along his family's journey through loss. Hart uses the graphic form to articulate his and his wife's on-going search for meani
Carrie and Me: A Mother-Daughter Love Story
Carol Burnett · 224 pages
In this beautiful and poignant tribute to her late daughter, award-winning actress and "New York Times" bestselling author Carol Burnett presents a funny and moving memoir about mothering an extraordinary young woman through the struggles and triumphs of her life.
Prayers for Bobby: A Mother's Coming to Terms with the Suicide of Her Gay Son
Leroy Aarons · 288 pages
Bobby Griffith was an all-American boy ...and he was gay. Faced with an irresolvable conflict-for both his family and his religion taught him that being gay was "wrong"-Bobby chose to take his own life.Prayers for Bobby, nominated for a 1996 Lambda Literary Award, is the story of the emotional journey that led Bobby to this tragic conclusion. But it is also the story of Bobby's mother, a fearful c
Messenger: The Legacy of Mattie TJ Stepanek by Jeni Stepanek
Jeni Stepanek · 344 pages
Choosing to SEE
Mary Beth Chapman · 292 pages
From the beginning, Mary Beth Chapman's life was not how she planned. All she wanted was a calm, peaceful life of stability and control. Instead, God gave her an award-winning singer/songwriter husband, crazy schedules, and a houseful of creatively rambunctious children. And then, she experienced the tragedy she never could have imagined. In Choosing to See, Mary Beth unveils her struggle to allow
Swimming with Maya: A Mother's Story
Eleanor Vincent · 303 pages
Night Road
Kristin Hannah · 432 pages
"For eighteen years, Jude Farraday has put her children's needs above her own, and it shows-her twins, Mia and Zach-are bright and happy teenagers. When Lexi Baill moves into their small, close knit community, no one is more welcoming than Jude. Lexi, a former foster child with a dark past, quickly becomes Mia's best friend. Then Zach falls in love with Lexi and the three become inseparable. Jud
Dance with the Devil: A Memoir of Murder and Loss
David Bagby · 320 pages
On November 2001, the body of a young doctor named Andrew Bagby was discovered in Keystone State Park outside Latrobe, Pennsylvania, by a homeless man searching dumpsters for aluminum cans. The alleged murderer was his ex-girlfriend Shirley Turner---also a doctor. For parents Dave and Kate, the pain was unbearable. Little did they know, however, that the worst was far from over. Shirley Turner---k
The Meaning of Matthew: My Son's Murder in Laramie, and a World Transformed
Judy Shepard · 288 pages
My James: The Heartrending Story of James Bulger by His Father
Ralph Bulger, Rosie Dunn · 323 pages
On 12 February 1993, three year old James Bulger wandered away from his mum Denise in a shopping mall in Bootle. Grainy images from a security camera showed him trustingly holding the hand of ten year old Jon Venables as they walked away. Venables and Robert Thompson murdered James. In this book, James' father describes how his world fell apart.
Somewhere Inside of Happy
Anna McPartlin · 387 pages
'And just like that my boy was gone.' Maisie Brennan is standing on a podium on the twentieth anniversary of the death of her son, trying to find the first breath that will help her start talking to a room full of strangers. A daunting task at the best of times, but she's also menopausal and one hot flush away from totally losing it. But as Maisie begins her story, she soon relaxes and word by wor
Hamnet
Maggie O'Farrell · 365 pages
England, 1580: The Black Death creeps across the land, an ever-present threat, infecting the healthy, the sick, the old and the young alike. The end of days is near, but life always goes on. A young Latin tutor—penniless and bullied by a violent father—falls in love with an extraordinary, eccentric young woman. Agnes is a wild creature who walks her family’s land with a falcon on her glove and
Blue Nights
Joan Didion · 188 pages
In this memoir, the author shares her observations about her daughter as well as her own thoughts and fears about having children and growing old, in a personal account that discusses her daughter's wedding and her feelings of failure as a parent. It opens on July 26, 2010, as Didion thinks back to Quintana's wedding in New York seven years before. Today would be her wedding anniversary. This fact
Immortal Bird: A Family Memoir
Doron Weber · 358 pages
The father of the young actor best known for his performances in "Deadwood" describes his son's congenital heart defect, the young man's theatrical achievements, and the family's effort to find life-saving medical answers.
I'll See You Again
Jackie Hance · 371 pages
In a powerful and intimate memoir, Jackie Hance shares her story of unbearable loss, darkest despair, and -- slowly, painfully, and miraculously -- her cautious return to hope and love after the death of her three young daughters in a traffic accident.
Goodbye, Dearest Holly: Ten Years On
Kevin Wells · 336 pages
Leaving the World
Douglas Kennedy · 548 pages
The compelling new novel from the bestselling author of The Woman in the Fifth and The Pursuit of Happiness Aged thirteen, Jane makes a vow to herself and to her feuding parents - she will never marry, have children and lead the resentful life they chose. Years later, now a Harvard professor and living with Theo, a filmmaker, Jane falls unexpectedly pregnant. She begins to warm to the idea of mot