Chris Lowndes, en succesrig komponist fra Hollywood, har altid forestillet sig at hans elskede kone Laura ville være med, når han vendte hjem til Yorkshire. Men Laura er død og Chris er nødt til at skabe sig en ny tilværelse. Det isolerede hus han køber viser sig at indeholde en…
Explaining the important difference between grief and mourning, this book explores every mourner's need to acknowledge death and embrace the pain of loss. Also explored are the many factors that make each person's grief unique and the many normal thoughts and feelings mourners m…
En aldrende skuespiller mindes sin ungdom i en lille by i Irland i 1950erne, da han femten år gammel havde en kærlighedsaffære med sin bedste vens mor. Samtidig plages han af mindet om sin datters selvmord ti år før og må efterhånden erkende, at hans erindringer ikke er så pålid…
Yvonne, a recently widowed American mother of two grown children, returns to Datça, Turkey, to relive memories of a happier time, but instead is troubled by her past and finds solace in her friendship with Ahmet, a young local boy
Cain shows how a bittersweet state of mind is the quiet force that helps us transcend our personal and collective pain. If we don't acknowledge our own sorrows and longings, she says, we can end up inflicting them on others via abuse, domination, or neglect
Exploring grief: towards a sociology of sorrow
"For decades, Life and Loss has been the the book clinicians have relied on for a full and nuanced presentation of the many issues with which grieving child grapple as well as an honest exploration of the interrelationship between unresolved g, education success, and responsible…
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
This volume presents a range of counseling and therapy approaches for children who have experienced loss. Practitioners and students are given practical strategies for helping preschoolers through adolescents cope with different forms of bereavement, including death in the famil…
Grief and Bereavement in Contemporary Society is an authoritative guide to the study of and work with major themes in bereavement. Its chapters synthesize the best of research-based conceptualization and clinical wisdom across 30 of the most important topics in the field, includ…
Coping with loss
by Nolen-Hoeksema, Susan, Larson, Judith
fromPersonality and clinical psychology series
Under krigen i den Persiske Golf, hvor Irak har invaderet Kuwait, lider en ung mand af tabet af sin mor
17-årige Violet og Finch går på samme skole. Violet er populær, men bærer på en stor sorg. Finch er skolens freak og har svært ved at indordne sig. En dag mødes de i skolens klokketårn, hvor Violet vil begå selvmord ved at springe ud. Det bliver starten på et usandsynligt forhold