Hisham Matar was 19 when his father was kidnapped and taken to prison in Libya. He would never see him again. 22 years later, after the fall of Gaddafi, Hisham was finally able to return to his homeland for the first time. In this heart-breaking, illuminating memoir he describes…
Under krigen i den Persiske Golf, hvor Irak har invaderet Kuwait, lider en ung mand af tabet af sin mor
'Techniques of Grief Therapy' offers a whole new set of innovative approaches to grief therapy to address the needs of the bereaved. This volume provides a variety of specific and practical therapeutic techniques, each conveyed in concrete detail and anchored in an illustrative …
Kort før hans død overdrages forfatteren morfarens notesbøger, og ved hjælp af disse stykkes hans livshistorie sammen i en blanding af roman og essay. Om fattige kår i opvæksten, kærligheden til faderen og de gruopvækkende oplevelser som soldat i 1. verdenskrig
Dr. Izzeldin Abuelaish of Gaza lost three daugters to an Israeli incursion in 2009. Instead of giving in to revenge or hatred, he called for people of both religions to start talking to each other.
In the summer of 1990, Cathy's brother Matty was knocked down by a car on the way home from a night out. It was two weeks before his GCSE results, which turned out to be the best in his school. Sitting by his unconscious body in hospital, holding his hand and watching his heartb…
Forfatteren Joan Didion (f. 1934) fortæller om ægteskabet med forfatteren John Gregory Dunne (1932-2003), om hans pludselige død samtidig med datterens livstruende sygdom og om at leve med sorgen
Draws on perspectives from philosophy, psychology and sociocultural studies to focus on the experiential dimension of grief, moving beyond understanding from a purely mental health and psychiatry perspective. Considers individual, shared and collective experiences of loss
