loss (psychology)

Deep below the university there is a broken web of ancient passageways and abandoned rooms. This is Auri's world. Full of mysteries, Auri is a broken girl trying to live in a broken world. One of the best-loved characters of the Kingkiller Chronicle series, this is her story.

As a series of increasingly bizarre events alter the perfect world of Soviet agent Anatoly Sukhanov, he begins to question the decisions he made more than twenty years ago that lead him away from his artistic lifestyle into a career that thrives on censorship.

Offers advice for families on how to deal with the grief that occurs when a loved one is lost under uncertain circumstances, such as in the case of a soldier missing in action, or a patient afflicted with Alzheimers.

After his pet rabbit dies, Josh feels sad and does not want to own another pet until an elderly neighbor's cat goes missing.

A lonely professor travels to the nation's capital in order to escape his previous life and his grief over his mother's death, and, through the letters and journals of Mary Todd Lincoln, learns some unexpected truths about America and loss.

Letting go of what we cherish is one of the hardest things we ever have to do. And that includes letting go of jobs, homes, relationships, good health, illusions, self-importance, and even loved ones. But unless we learn to say goodbye as well as hello, we are crippled by our suffering.This tender and realistic book can be your personal guide to accepting our inevitable goodbyes even as it reminds us that when we are suffering most deeply, the seed of hope still lives within us. Discover the emotions that goodbyes awaken and turn to the twenty-four specific prayers designed to help you deal with nearly every imaginable kind of loss.PRAYING OUR GOODBYES should not be kept for special occasions, however, for its poetic wisdom offers the means of enriching every day, of saying hello and goodbye to every precious moment of life.

Features over ninety short essays that offer advice on how to survive, heal, and grow after experiencing a loss.

"Her world upended by the death of a beloved artist uncle who was the only person that understood her, fourteen-year-old June is mailed a teapot by her uncle's grieving friend, with whom she forges a poignant relationship"--Provided by publisher.

A counselor explains how to transform grief into a growth experience, offering a primer for surviving tragic loss that focuses on grief as an invitation to life-deepening experiences.