Grief & Loss

After the death from cancer of his husband, Antony Sher, Greg Doran stepped down from his role as artistic director of the Royal Shakespeare Company. In the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare's First Folio, and inspired by the surprising history of the company's own copy, he set out to see how many of these important volumes he could find. The journey took him to Japan, where Doran met the emperor, and to New Zealand and South Africa where the legacy of Shakespeare has become entwined with the story of colonialism.

Marcelene Dyer reflects on her life as wife to Wayne Dyer, mother of seven, and her daughter's struggles with addiction. In this deeply personal memoir, Marcelene Dyer explores the joys and sorrows of her daughter Sommer’s life as an addict: a journey filled with resilience, spiritual growth...

Psychotherapist and author of Already Enough, Lisa Olivera blends her own personal experience of living with depression with therapeutic wisdom in a moving exploration of the emotional pain each of us lives with to offer readers guidance on holding the ache alongside the beauty. Emotional pain...

A searing memoir of love and grief centered around the loss of Siri Hustvedt’s husband, Paul Auster. "Genuinely moving...Hustvedt’s book is like Didion’s [The Year of Magical Thinking] in tone...a grainy and resonant book about loneliness, despair, and confusion. It’s close to a howl."...

INSTANT #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A searing portrait of a mother’s grief and strength in the wake of unthinkable tragedy. Once upon a time, I was meandering down the road of life with my husband, Jon. It was a regular and beige life, and it worked. It was a warm beige. We felt, and were...

What do I say to someone who is grieving? When someone we love is grieving, we want to help, but we often don't know what to say. "I'm sorry" feels empty. "Let me know if there's anything I can do" puts pressure on them to ask. "Time heals all" only makes things worse. But what if, instead of...

?J'ai déjà tout raconté, tout écrit. J'aurais dû m'arrêter là, garder pour moi ce qu'il nous restait à vivre. Mais Gaspard est mort. La veille de ses vingt ans. Il n'y a rien à écrire. Et pourtant, j'écris. Parce que je suis en vie. Pour ceux qui sont en vie. J'écris, au nom de tous...

Most people don’t know how to have a “good death”—but Jane Callahan does. By day, Jane is a corporate marketer and mom, but by nights and weekends, she works with the almost-dead. As an end-of-life doula, she helps the terminally ill prepare for their imminent demise. And it has revealed invaluable truths about this temporary status called life.

For anyone who has loved-and lost-deeply, My Heart Still Talks to Heaven is a hope-filled companion for exploring sorrow, searching for healing, and rediscovering joy. When Dr. Kathy L. Baker lost her son, she discovered that grief isn't about "moving on"-it's about moving through. With more than 40 years of counseling and lived experience, she offers: Heartfelt reflections from someone who understands; Journaling prompts for processing complex emotions; Prayer declarations rooted in hope and timeless wisdom; and permission to grieve at your own pace.

This loss of a parent is painful. The loss of a mother or father can be traumatic. Oblivious to our suffering, the world around us speeds on as if nothing happened. Stunned, shocked, sad, confused, and angry, we blink in disbelief. Our hearts are broken. We look for comfort. Our broken, grieving hearts need it to survive. Multiple award-winning author, hospice chaplain, and grief counselor Gary Roe is a trusted voice who has been helping wounded, grieving hearts find hope and healing for more than three decades.

In August 2022, Joe Gulla believed he was witnessing his mother's final month. Mary Ann, in the advanced stages of Alzheimer's disease, lay dying in the same Bronx hospice where she had once worked as Volunteer Director. What Gulla expected to be a final goodbye became thirty-one extraordinary days of unexpected connection, profound moments, and raw honesty about what it means to love someone through their dying process. "Last August" unfolds as an intimate daily diary, capturing one crucial month in a longer caregiving journey with unflinching authenticity.

Healing from grief doesn’t mean letting go of the love you carry—it means learning how to move forward with it. If you’re overwhelmed, unsure whether you’re grieving “the right way,” or wondering why everything still feels so heavy, this gentle guide offers comfort, clarity, and compassion. Whether your loss is recent or years old, and whether a funeral was held or not, you don’t have to navigate grief alone. Often misunderstood, grief unfolds at its own pace and asks to be met with patience, honesty, and grace.

What if your darkest moments were actually your greatest teachers? Most of us spend our lives running from pain, shame, and fear — pushing the hardest parts of ourselves into the shadows and hoping they stay there. But those hidden pieces don't disappear. They wait. And they hold the key to your deepest healing.

The Rhythm of Grief is a love story that continues after death. When Elizabeth Braun’s husband, George a devoted firefighter and EMT (Emergency Medical Technician)—is diagnosed with cancer, their life shifts overnight into caregiving, uncertainty, and the fight for more time. What follows is a deeply personal memoir of love, loss, and learning how to live again. Drawn from real-time journal entries and lived experience, this audiobook offers an honest and compassionate look at grief, widowhood, and the quiet work of rebuilding after loss.

A deeply intimate and unflinching look at a mother’s journey through grief, The Diary of a Grieving Mother is a collection of journal entries, letters, and reflections written in the aftermath of a child’s death. Samantha J. Garcia opens her heart and her diary to the world, exploring the raw, complex, and often contradictory emotions that accompany profound loss. Through hundreds of entries spanning years, readers witness grief in its many forms: sharp anger, quiet sorrow, tender remembrance, and the small, everyday acts of living that keep love alive.

Are you seeking a road map to guide you through your spiritual growth journey or your dark night of the soul experience? Are you ready to step into your full power and break free from the lack and limitation of the past? If the answer is yes, this audiobook is for you. The Palace of Light is an inspirational yet practical guide for your journey of ascension, weaving channeled messages from the Councils of Light with grounded tools, stories, and spiritual guidance to support you as you awaken.

When grief becomes a journey of endurance rather than recovery. In June of 2022, Josh Coleman's world shattered when his wife Erin, his partner of twenty years, his best friend, and the love of his life, died from injuries sustained in a tragic car accident. In an instant, the future they'd carefully built together vanished, leaving Josh to navigate a landscape he never imagined walking alone. Society tells you to "move on" and "find closure." Grief counselors speak of stages to work through. Well-meaning friends offer timelines for healing.

Prison isn’t always made of bars. It can be an addiction you can’t shake, bills you can’t pay, a loss you can’t outrun, or a lie you’ve believed for too long. We’re all prisoners to something—fear, shame, regret, circumstances beyond our control. But here’s the plot twist: freedom is possible right where you are… even in the middle of your mess. In Plot Twist, grief-walker and soul mentor Lindsay Taylor takes you on a journey to freedom through raw honesty, personal stories, and spirit-led truth. This isn’t about religion.

A young widow’s triumph over tragedy. Amy King had a sinking feeling as she reached for her ringing phone one November morning. With a single sentence, loss split her life into a before and after. “Mrs. King, your husband’s been in an accident.”

When someone you love dies, the grief is heavy enough—yet most of us also face a flood of logistics, decisions, and unanswered questions. Unbury the Burden is both a personal story and a practical guide, written by someone who has lived every step of it. Blending compassion with clarity, Hollie McEvoy shares what really happens when you become "the dedicated person": the paperwork, the funeral plans, the digital accounts, the closets full of memories.

An intimate memoir of love, loss, and enduring grief. Maura McGee's life turned upside down when, in the span of months, she found herself facing both the sudden loss of her mother and her husband Dave's shocking diagnosis of a rare and aggressive cancer. With six young kids, Maura and Dave were at a loss, unsure of how to move forward in the wake of this devastating news.

For decades, Amy Scott Rooker lived split in two: the bright, high-achieving woman everyone saw and the invisible girl inside who carried unspeakable wounds. She tried to outrun the pain with perfection—law school, prestigious jobs, an ever-shrinking body. But underneath it all, she was barely holding on. Then her mother died. With her death came rupture. The fragile order Amy had built her life around began to crumble. And in the midst of that collapse, a dragonfly appeared.

When John Crismon lost his son Caleb to stillbirth, the world didn’t stop—but his did. In this raw and reflective memoir, Crismon invites listeners into the quiet aftermath of tragedy, where grief becomes a lifelong companion and healing is anything but linear. Through honest storytelling, spiritual introspection, and the power of music, Crismon traces the invisible wounds of trauma and the slow, stubborn path toward hope. Not Okay After All is not a story of closure—it’s a testament to resilience, faith, and the courage to keep walking even when the road disappears beneath your feet.

Death is awkward, so let's talk about it with love, humor, and gratitude! What if we could learn how to live intentionally, fully awake and aware—and die consciously, with a full heart, connection, and feeling complete? The award-winning book Walking A Friend Home: A Practical Guide to Consciously Living & Dying by acclaimed author Kathy Arnos answers this essential question from every angle, promoting profound healing and unconditional love in every chapter of life—including death.

La muerte es uno de los tránsitos inevitables en la existencia humana, aunque suele estar rodeada de miedo, rechazo y evitación. ¿Por qué no abordarla con claridad, con el mejor ánimo, e incluso con espíritu aventurero? Este libro quiere hacer de la muerte la mejor experiencia posible para la persona moribunda, los cuidadores y familiares, y todos los implicados. Se trata de cambiar nuestra manera de pensar sobre la muerte utilizando el coraje y la planificación para dejar atrás la vida física en un estado de paz.