loss (psychology)

Presents a comprehensive guide on grief and grieving, and offers advice on dealing with the loss, working through the holidays and anniversaries, and more.

An anthology of American poetry, featuring selections by over 130 poets, in which they explore themes of home and displacement; grouped in the categories of dislocations, American journeys, and invocations.

Attending an elite prep school in Connecticut on a scholarship with his best friend (and secret love) science genius Delaney Doyle, sixteen-year-old Cash Pruitt, from a small town in East Tennessee, struggles with emotional pain and loss until his English teacher suggests writing poetry.

Six-year-old Aoife doesn't understand what happened to her big brother Theo and why her mama is in the hospital. The problem is, no one wants to talk about Theo because he was murdered. With her imaginary friend and her neighbor's detecting skills, Aoife sets out to uncover the truth about her family.

"In this book, readers will learn to identify the many appearances of grief, ways they can cope with the loss of a loved one, and how to help others who are experiencing loss"--Provided by publisher.

Katie Wilkinson, blissfully in love, is suddenly abandoned by the man who made her happy, left with only a diary written by a new mother named Suzanne for her infant son, Nicholas--and as Katie reads, she gains a new understanding of Matt, the man who left her.

When nine-year-old Eleanor's beloved babysitter Bibi moves away to care for her ailing father, Eleanor must spend the summer adjusting to a new babysitter while mourning the loss of her old one.

"Louise and her family are sad over the loss of their beloved dog, Charlie. "Life will not be the same," Louise says, as she visits a little island that Charlie loved. But on a visit to the island after Charlie's death, something strange happens: She meets a bear. At first, she's afraid, but soon she realizes that the bear is sad, too. As Louise visits more often, she realizes that getting over loss takes time. And just when she starts to feel better, it's time for Bear to bed down for the winter"--Provided by publisher.

"Following a tragedy that further alters the course of her life, twelve-year-old Lucy Everhart decides to continue the shark research her marine biologist mother left unfinished when she died years earlier"--Provided by publisher.

Compassionate coping methods and practical tools toward healing.