Caring for the Dying: The Doula Approach to a Meaningful Death
9 best books like Caring for the Dying: The Doula Approach to a Meaningful Death (Henry Fersko-Weiss): On Death and Dying, Long Live the Tribe of Fatherless Girls, Will My Cat Eat My Eyeballs?: Big Questions from Tiny Mortals About Death, Advice for Future Corpses (and Those Who Love Them): A Practical Perspective on Death and Dying, Dying Well, The Jealousy Workbook: Exercises and Insights for Managing Open Relationships, The Gentle Art of Swedish Death Cleaning: How to Free Yourself and your Family from a Lifetime of Clutter, Curly Girl, Final Gifts: Understanding the Special Awareness, Needs, and Communications of the Dying
Author | Elisabeth Kübler-Ross |
ISBN | 0684839385 |
One of the most important psychological studies of the late twentieth century, On Death and Dying grew out of Dr. Elisabeth Kübler-Ross's famous interdisciplinary seminar on death, life, and transition. In this remarkable book, Dr. Kübler-Ross first explored the now-famous five stages of death:...
Long Live the Tribe of Fatherless Girls
Author | T Kira Madden |
ISBN | 1635571855 |
Acclaimed literary essayist T Kira Madden's raw and redemptive debut memoir is about coming of age and reckoning with desire as a queer, biracial teenager amidst the fierce contradictions of Boca Raton, Florida, a place where she found cult-like privilege, shocking racial disparities, rampant...
Will My Cat Eat My Eyeballs?: Big Questions from Tiny Mortals About Death
Best-selling author and mortician Caitlin Doughty answers real questions from kids about death, dead bodies, and decomposition.
Every day, funeral director Caitlin Doughty receives dozens of questions about death. What would happen to an astronaut’s body if it were pushed out of a space...
Advice for Future Corpses (and Those Who Love Them): A Practical Perspective on Death and Dying
As the title of her current book makes clear, Sallie Tisdale is a provocative writer who likes to address uncomfortable (even taboo) subjects that many prefer to avoid. If you can get past the blunt, weirdly funny, and challenging title of this book, you’ll be okay with the contents: an interesting...
Author | Ira Byock |
ISBN | 1573226572 |
From Ira Byock, prominent palliative care physician and expert in end of life decisions, a lesson in Dying Well.
Nobody should have to die in pain. Nobody should have to die alone.
This is Ira Byock's dream, and he is dedicating his life to making it come true.
Dying Well
brings us to...
The Jealousy Workbook: Exercises and Insights for Managing Open Relationships
Author | Kathy Labriola |
ISBN | 0937609633 |
A counselor and nurse specializing in polyamorous singles, couples and groupings, Kathy Labriola has spent many years helping people to understand and manage their jealousy. This book is a compendium of the techniques and exercises she has developed, as well as tips and insights from the polyamory...
The Gentle Art of Swedish Death Cleaning: How to Free Yourself and your Family from a Lifetime of Clutter
Author | Margareta Magnusson |
ISBN | 1501173243 |
A charming, practical, and unsentimental approach to putting a home in order while reflecting on the tiny joys that make up a long life.
In Sweden there is a kind of decluttering called döstädning, dö meaning “death” and städning meaning “cleaning.” This surprising and invigorating...
Author | Lorraine Massey |
ISBN | 0761123008 |
The Curly Girl manifesto is back, now completely revised, updated, and expanded by more than a third with all-new material. Created by curly hair evangelist Lorraine Massey—the go-to curl expert featured in Allure, InStyle, Lucky, Seventeen, and The New York Times, and founder of several curly...
Final Gifts: Understanding the Special Awareness, Needs, and Communications of the Dying
Author | Maggie Callanan |
ISBN | 0553378767 |
Five years after its first publication, with more than 150,000 copies in print, Final Gifts has become a classic. In this moving and compassionate book, hospice nurses Maggie Callanan and Patricia Kelley share their intimate experiences with patients at the end of life, drawn from more than twenty...