If you haven’t already, you need to get your hands on these wonderful books as soon as possible. (Images: Instagram)
These five books are absolutely encouraging and will literally support you with a warm and beautiful hug
Grief goes far beyond the loss of a human life. It relates to ending a relationship, the loss of something very dear to us such as our career, self-esteem etc. All in all, despite being a four-letter word, grief is a heavy subject that people better understand. understand and digest. when presented in the form of a story.
On this National Bereavement Awareness Day, here are some books that talk about one loss or the other, but they do it with a lot of humor, empathy and sensitivity.
- The Collected Regrets of Clover: An uplifting tale of a full, beautiful life
Meet Clover Brooks, a death doula in New York City who has lost touch with how to live. She spends most of her time caring for people in their last days. Clover has a regret she can’t let go of. That is until she meets Claudia, a feisty older woman with one last wish. Claudia’s request sets Clover on a new adventure. Will she be able to remember how to live her own big, beautiful life? This heartwarming story is perfect for fans of Sally Page, Ruth Hogan and Clare Pooley. It’s about discovering what you really want in life and having the courage to pursue it. - Hello Beauty: THE NEW YORK TIMES INSTANT BEST SELLER
Dear friends and sisters, the four Padavano girls bring loving chaos to their tight-knit Italian-American neighborhood. William Waters grew up in a house silenced by tragedy, where his parents could hardly bear to look at him, let alone love him. So when he meets the feisty and ambitious Julia Padavano, it’s like the world around him lights up. With Julia comes her family: Sylvie, the dreamer of the family, is happiest with her nose in a book; Cecelia is a free-spirited artist; and Emeline patiently takes care of them all. But when the darkness of William’s past begins to block the light of his future, it’s Sylvie, not Julia, who becomes his closest confidante. The result is a catastrophic rift that leaves the family living on two sides of a fault line. Can they find their way back to each other? Can love make a broken family whole? - Strange Sally Diamond
Sally Diamond can’t understand why what she did was so strange. She was only doing what her father told her to do: toss him in the trash when he died. Now Sally is the center of attention, not only from the hungry media and police detectives, but also from a sinister voice from a past she can’t remember. As she begins to uncover the horrors of her childhood, Sally steps into the world for the first time, makes new friends and big decisions, and learns that people don’t always mean what they say. But who is the man observing Sally from the other side of the world? And why does her neighbor seem obsessed with her? Sally’s trust issues are about to be seriously tested. . . - The comfort book
The Consolation Book is a collection of comforts you’ve learned through hard times and suggestions to make the bad days better. Based on maxims, memoirs and the inspiring lives of others, these meditations offer new ways of seeing ourselves and the world. - When breath becomes air
At the age of thirty-six, on the verge of completing a ten-year neurosurgeon training, Paul Kalanithi was diagnosed with inoperable lung cancer. One day he was a doctor treating the dying, the next he was a patient struggling to live.
When Breath Becomes Air chronicles Kalanithi’s transformation from a medical student who questions what makes a virtuous and meaningful life into a neurosurgeon who works at the core of human identity. the brain ? and finally to a patient and a new father.
What makes life worth living when facing death? What do you do when life is catastrophically interrupted? What does it mean to have a child while your own life fades away?
Paul Kalanithi died while working on this moving book, but his words live on as a guide for all of us. When Breath Becomes Air is a life-affirming reflection on coping with our mortality and on the relationship between doctor and patient, from a gifted writer who became both.