Grief Biography

An intimate and moving account of Radio 2 legend Johnnie Walker's life and passing. The story of a national treasure we won't soon forget, told by the woman who knew him best. In Both Sides Now, his devoted wife Tiggy explores the final stages of his illness, while reflecting on the stories of their life together. She remembers the best times in their life and the highs of Johnnie's career, which underpins their final and precious moments together.

What if you came home one day and found your husband dead in his favorite chair? This grief memoir explores the author’s experience of the unexpected death of her husband from sudden cardiac arrest a mere three months after his doctors had pronounced him hale and healthy. The author shares her experiences in the immediate aftermath of the abrupt shock of discovery, reminisces about the details of the couple’s late-in-life courtship and marriage, and imparts other experiences she has had along the grieving road in the years since becoming a widow.

في الثالث عشر من نوفمبر عام 2015 فقد الصحفي "أنطون لاريس" زوجته "هيلين مويال" حيث اقتحم مسلحون مسرح الباتكلان في فرنسا وقاموا بإطلاق النار بشكل عشوائي مما أدّى إلى حدوث مجزرة يذكرها العالم إلى يومنا الحاضر، هذه الحادثة دفعت "لاريس" لأن يدوِّن كتابًا عن اللحظات التي عاشها أثناء تلقيه الخبر وكيف ذهب لرؤية زوجته وكيف يتولى الاعتناء بطفلهما الذي لم يبلغ عامه الثاني بعد.

Dan Robson's father is a builder, a fixer. When he dies, nothing in his son's world feels steady anymore. Dan knows he is not the man his father was. Dan never learned the blue-collar skills he admired, because his father wanted him to pursue his dream of becoming a writer. Now that his father is gone, the acknowledgment of his sacrifices and the sheer longing to be close to him again in some way draw Dan to the tools that lie unused in the garage. So begins Dan’s year of learning the skills his father’s hands had long mastered, and trying to fill the steel-toe boots left behind.

This is a deeply personal story of a sister who lost her brother to a fentanyl overdose. Tiff Carson found her brother Cory’s struggle with addiction frustrating and impossible to understand until he chose to use his voice.

In "Not Now Please: Living through Racism, Ableism, and Grief," Elizabeth takes you on an intimate journey through the intersecting worlds of adversity, resilience, and transformation. This compelling narrative is a candid exploration of personal experiences that touch upon the deep-rooted issues of racism, ableism, and the complexities of grief.

I lost my dad five years ago, and have been chronicling my journey from the start, from loss to grief to, unfortunately for me, depression. I've tried my absolute best to put my thoughts and feelings onto paper for this process, with the hope that someone, somewhere, can find value in it. It's been a tough old road; there's no denying that. And my search for a meaningful way forward has led me to writing this book. I hope it can help those who need it.

She was only nine when her world fell apart. The struggle to understand took a lifetime.In 1960s Bristol, Susan's family was like any other with its joys and frustrations, and fierce loyalties. Then tragedy struck and left a legacy that was to last a lifetime.Susan was only nine when her mother died. A year later she was sent away to school. She didn't want to go, and didn't understand why she had to. In her struggle to cope with an uncertain world - a world where nothing seemed to make sense any more....

From the frontlines of the NHS, the story of a junior doctor's love, loss and grief through the Covid-19 crisis. In early 2020, junior doctor Roopa Farooki lost her sister to cancer. But just weeks later, she found herself plunged into another kind of crisis, fighting on the frontline of the battle taking place in her hospital, and in hospitals across the country. Everything Is True is the story of Roopa’s first 40 days of the Covid-19 crisis from the frontlines of A&E and the acute medical wards as she battles for her patients’ and colleagues’ survival.

Parenting can be a struggle, especially parenting a disabled child. In this flawlessly crafted memoir, Kramar describes championing her son, diagnosed with Sotos syndrome, through his short life. She examines the experience of loving and losing a child and reminds us that there is a way forward through the grief. Kramar’s memoir offers guidance, wisdom, and inspiration - an amazing story of redemption and hope.

There are a few things you need to know about Joel Golby. Both his parents are dead. His dad was an alcoholic. He himself has a complicated relationship with alcohol. He once went to karaoke three times in five days. He will always beat you at Monopoly, and he will always cheat. Joel makes a name for himself as a journalist who brings us distinguished articles such as 'A Man Shits on a Plane So Hard It Has to Turn Around and Come Back Again', but that says more about us than him.

Growing up in Melbourne during the sixties as a baby boomer, Yvonne's dreams were to find a life partner, build a home, raise a family, start a career and travel. The trajectory her life was changed forever when her husband took his life. Now she faces the challenges of raising their two children alone. This begins a transformative journey of self-empowerment and rediscovering what defines her identity.

On the 17th November 2019, Grey Atticus Fox was born, nine weeks early, to Georgie and Mike in a Kent hospital. Heart wrenching, cathartic, life-affirming, this is her account of the 21 days they had together and its aftermath—the search to make sense of unimaginable loss. It bears witness to both the confusion and the clarity that accompany great pain, and stands as a testament to empathy, care and humanity when life is at its hardest.

In the summer of 2002, Shannon Leone Fowler, a 28-year-old marine biologist, was backpacking with her Australian fiancé, Sean, in Thailand. They were planning to return to Australia after their excursion to Koh Pha Ngan, but their plans were tragically derailed when a box jellyfish - the most venomous animal in the world - wrapped around Sean's leg, stinging and killing him in minutes as Shannon helplessly watched.

What are the things we live for? What matters most in life when your time is short? This brave, frank and heartbreaking book shows what it means to die before your time; how to take charge of your life and fill it with wonder, hope and joy even in the face of tragedy. Ambitious and talented, Kate Gross worked at Number 10 Downing Street for two British Prime Ministers whilst only in her twenties. At thirty, she was CEO of a charity working with fragile democracies in Africa.

One man’s journey through life that is both unbelievable, yet true. From his young and invincible character to his tragic knee bending brokenness, he comes to learn that God wounds before he heals. It’s a journey that few people will ever experience, and one that comes with an incredible amount of emotional pain and suffering. In the end, he acknowledges that God’s sovereignty and providence far exceeds man’s ability to comprehend.

In memory of their young daughters - Sophie, Beth and Emily - who took their own lives, three dads set out on a 300-mile journey across the country, from the windswept Lakeland fells and Peak District dales to the open plains of the Eastern fens. Putting one foot in front of the other in spite of their pain, they capture the hearts of the nation; laughing together, crying together, fighting to be heard. This book, built around personal diary entries, grew from a place of great grief and loss, but is also about the power of speaking out, of friendship and hope (and blisters).

Ten days before Gwen Kingston turned twelve, her beloved mother - with whom she shared a birthday - died. She left behind two chests - one for Gwen and one for her brother - filled with lovingly wrapped presents and letters marking the milestones she would miss: driver's licences, graduations and every one of their birthdays until the age of thirty. Each gift a chance to reach back into the past and, for the briefest moment, hear her voice again.

Now is Not the Time for Flowers is Stacey's unflinchingly beautiful and raw memoir that addresses the big conversations that imminent death dictates, boldly taking the reader on a journey through the full spectrum of our lives and their complexities. Told through vignettes of her own life and the death of her husband, Stacey offers a movingly honest, insightful and humorous account of modern womanhood through the lenses of love, desire, motherhood, death, grief, identity, personal growth and the challenges and questions that our lives force upon us.

Într-o istorisire tensionată, ce evoluează ca o numărătoare inversă, Brigitte Giraud încearcă să înțeleagă ce a dus la accidentul de motocicletă produs pe 22 iunie 1999, care l-a costat viața pe soțul ei. Douăzeci de ani mai târziu, ea trece în revistă evenimentele și analizează pentru ultima oară întrebările rămase fără răspuns. Hazard, destin, coincidențe? Revine asupra zilelor care și-au grăbit curgerea într-un șir de dereglări imprevizibile până la producerea inevitabilului.