books about: dying
books:
Dying
Dog Heaven
Cynthia Rylant
Blue Sky Press
, 1995
Thoughtful Gift for the Grieving Pet Owner
I was given this book as an adult during the loss of a pet when words were of small consolation. Written and illustrated in childrens' format, it is both uplifting and comforting to both children and adults. I have now given it several times over to pet owners who say ...
The Perks of Being a Wallflower
Stephen Chbosky
MTV
, 1999
One of my favorite books to re-read
The honesty of the character in this story is what makes it one of my favorites. He has a wonderful personality and it's always fun to hear what he had to say about his high school experience. I'd recommend this to anyone from 14-20 years old.
Do Dead People Watch You Shower?: And Other Questions You've Been All but Dying to Ask a Medium
Concetta Bertoldi
Harper Paperbacks
, 2008
Fun Read and Gives Comfort
I would like the author and other readers to know that I, for one, enjoyed this quick, fun read. It gave me comfort about my mom who died a couple of years ago. I feel because of this book I have greater understanding and some issues with my mom are resolved. Also ...
Courageous Souls: Do We Plan Our Life Challenges Before Birth?
Robert Schwartz
Whispering Winds Press
, 2006
The Big Picture
Everything always makes sense when you can see the big picture. This book provides a glimpse into why events we perceive as "bad" happen, through a varied collection of individual cases. Our lives in this "reality" are just learning experiences, to expand our ...
A Lesson Before Dying (Oprah's Book Club)
Ernest J. Gaines
Vintage
, 1997
Mockingbird II
Strong, powerful read... So strong and so powerful that you may almost put it down in the first chapter, the language used to described a black man, a fellow human, so strong and offensive that you just want to close the book, slam it to the ground, and have nothing ...
90 Minutes in Heaven: A True Story of Death & Life
Don Piper
,
Cecil Murphey
Revell
, 2004
Heavenly place
This book make me cry and laugh, easy to read,when you start this book you have to finish its a real story of a life time please don"t wait to accept Jesus in your heart he promess you, heaven for eternity!!! I love it!!! I pass this book to a lot of peoples.Don't wait ...
Final Gifts: Understanding the Special Awareness, Needs, and Communications of the Dying
Maggie Callanan
,
Patricia Kelley
Bantam
, 1997
Final Gifts: Understanding the Special Awareness, Needs, and Communications of the Dying
This is one of the finest books to help you understand the dying process both on helping the dying person and helping yourself.
As I Lay Dying
William Faulkner
Vintage
, 1991
Homegoing
One of the most important writers of the twentieth century in any country, William Faulkner could tell a rousing tale. Check your collective memory. You're sitting around the campfire and the the storyteller begins. When it is Faulkner, expect the unexpected. As I ...
The Last Lecture
Randy Pausch
,
Jeffrey Zaslow
Hyperion
, 2008
this book should be mandatory for everyone's 12th birthday
I wish I had been given or had at least read this book when I was young.I think it should be required reading for everyone.I feel blessed to have read it.
The Year of Magical Thinking
Joan Didion
Vintage
, 2007
"Let it go."
In "The Year of Magical Thinking," Joan Didion chronicles the death of her husband, author and screenwriter John Gregory Dunne. One evening, Dunne died of a severe heart attack while the couple ate dinner. The day had seemed like any other, aside from the fact that ...
On Death and Dying
Elisabeth Kubler-Ross
Scribner
, 1997
The Queen of Death
Elisabeth Kubler-Ross is undoubtedly the world's foremost expert on the subject of death and dying. I learned about her stages of grief as an undergraduate majoring in psychology some 20 years ago, and later was re-acquainted with her ideas when I did a ten-year stint ...
Thirteen Reasons Why
Jay Asher
Razorbill
, 2007
great book!
i loved it! it was very cleverly written and i could not stop reading the book until i finished it.
The Dying Animal
Philip Roth
Vintage
, 2002
A history of 20th-century sexual America
I think you have two choices when reading this book: be utterly horrified, or take it as a succinct bit of honesty about sex. Which you choose will depend, in all likelihood, on whether you're a woman or a man. Many women will see it as rank misogyny. I don't begrudge ...
Bridge to Terabithia
Katherine Paterson
HarperTeen
, 2005
Bridge to Terabithia Recommmendation
Bridge to Teribithia is a great book! It is about friendship. Jesse, the main character lives with his four sisters, momma, and papa. When Leslie moves in next door, Jesse's life was changed. Jesse and Leslie started Teribithia, an imaginary kingdom where they rule as ...
This Republic of Suffering: Death and the American Civil War
Drew Gilpin Faust
Knopf
, 2008
Death and the Civil War
A beautifully written and conceived book. The author approaches the United States and civil war from the perspective of death; a perspective I have never seen addressed. Fascinating in her descriptions of a "good death" and in the stress, grieving and emotional toil ...
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