terminally ill

Henry Wiggens, his best friend Bruce Pearson, and other members of the New York Mammoths, bonding over the course of a season that sees the team making a run at the World Series, become even closer as they rally around a teammate who is dying of cancer.

The love between wealthy Oliver Barrett IV and working-class beauty Jenny Cavilleri allows them to overcome their differences, but cannot help them when tragedy strikes.

A child recounts his special relationships with his grandfather and the difficulty of coping with his death from cancer.

Thirteen-year-old tomboy Megan McCaffery is just beginning to enjoy growing up when her mother is diagnosed with a cancerous brain tumor, turning Megan's life upside down.

Easy-to-read text reveals that dying is hard work, for the old and especially the young, and how good it is that so many people help when a person dies, from medical staff to clergy and friends to family members.

Retired police detective Mike Garrity fears spending his last few months alone after learning he has a fatal, inoperable brain tumor, until an old colleague offers Mike the chance to make an impact, leave his daughter with an inheritance, and earn her respect, even if it means risking what little is left of his own life.

Dying of cancer in a hospice, seventeen-year-old prankster Richard has big plans for his final days.

Reprint of a nineteenth-century novel about James Wait, the only black mate aboard the ship Narcissus.

The authors draw from their work as hospice nurses to share the ways in which the dying communicate their needs, and offer advice to friends and family members on how to listen for, and respond to these signals.