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South End Author Phil Gambone Presents the First Reading of “As far As I Can Tell: Tracing My Father’s WW II Route Across Europe,” Tuesday, June 18, 6:30 PM

2013 June 15
by marleen

Philip Gambone’s Tracing His Father’s Footsteps

In March 2012, South End author Phil Gambone traveled to Normandy, France, on a “feeler” expedition for a book he had been thinking about: retracing the steps his dad took as an American soldier during the Second World War in Europe. “I found myself  on the very  streets he had walked on,” Gambone said. His father’s silence about his war experience, and Gambone’s desire to delve more deeply into his family’s history, led to several more trips and a book-in-progress from which he will do his first reading on Tuesday, June 18 at the South End Library. The event starts at 6:30 PM.

Gambone has published novels and short stories including The Language We Use Up Here (1991),  Something Inside: Conversations with Gay Fiction Writers (1999),  Beijing: A Novel (2003) and Travels in a Gay Nation: Portraits of LGBTQ Americans (2010). His awards include a fellowships from the Massachusetts Cultural Council, the MacDowell Colony and the Helene Wurlitzer Foundation, among others. In addition, Gambone has taught writing at UMass, Boston College and has been twice awarded Distinguished Teaching Citations at the Harvard Extension School. He was previously on the faculty of The Park School and currently teaches English at Boston University Academy.

 

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Filmmaker Alice Stone Returns to “The South End Writes” With an Update on Her Documentary, “Angelo Unwritten” Tuesday June 11 at 6:30 PM

2013 June 8
by marleen

Filmmaker Alice Stone and the subject of her film, Angelo

South End filmmaker Alice Stone will present what may be the final installment of her feature-length documentary, “Angelo Unwritten,” on Tuesday, June 11 at 6:30 PM at the South End Library. Examining the complicated path of a Latino youngster, Angelo, who is placed in foster care with a Caucasian couple at age 12 , the film puts a compelling spotlight on what goes into the making of a family in the context of foster care. The focus has been on his biological family who couldn’t care for him,  the social workers who defended Angelo’s interests as they saw it, and the fiercely loyal foster parents who often groped in the dark for the right answers on how to raise Angelo. In that, most parents viewing the movie will find kinship with those who loved, cared for and were exasperated by Angelo.

Stone’s 2012 video clips told the tale of of Angelo having been removed from his foster home at age 17, after the teen had started getting into trouble. The foster parents asked for a routine five-day respite, but it turned into a seven-month separation, against their wishes. Angelo since rejoined his foster parents but, at age 18, is no longer technically in their custody. Nevertheless, they are trying to become a family again. The documentary will follow the family as Angelo makes his way toward high school graduation this year. A Boston Globe’s reviewer of  last year’s video clip of  Angelo Unwritten  described it as “a not uncommon tale of a child adopted out of foster care who runs into a host of difficulties growing up. The film so far is crisply edited and deeply felt, but this is just a nine-minute snippet of what looks like an epic tale that will no doubt be challenging to put together.” Filmmaker Stone recently raised funds through Kickstart for this documentary.

Alice Stone graduated from Harvard College and made the 1994 short film about women motorcyclists, She Lives to Ride. She created a reality television series, Ding Dong Feng Shui, and has written and directed four comedy shorts, two of which continue to screen at the Coolidge Corner Theater in Brookline, MA. The author of four screenplays, Stone co-wrote and edited the documentary feature Goodbye Baby (New Day Films), about international adoption from the Guatemalan perspective, and edited the feature No Turning Back, about a human rights activist. She began her career editing political music videos for Peter Gabriel, Jackson Browne and others, and was an assistant editor on  The Silence of the Lambs and The Crucible, among other projects.

 

The next and final reading of the 2012/2013 South End Writes season is:

Tuesday, June 18, 6:30 p.m.

Philip Gambone 

On June 18, the South End author of Travels in a Gay Nation; Beijng: a Novel;  and The Language We Use Up Here will present his most recent work-in-progress, As Far As I Can Tell:  Tracing the World War II Route of My Father Across Europe. Gambone has just returned from his third trip to Europe shadowing the footsteps of his father who never spoke about his war experience.

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“SE Writes” Speakers Dennis Lehane (5/14) and Alice Hoffman (5/21) Say Having Access to Public Libraries as Children Was Critical to Their Development as Writers

2013 May 27
by marleen

Dennis Lehane and Fans

In closely timed appearances at the South End Library this month, two very different but equally successful Boston-based authors singled out community libraries as institutions that gave them the unique chance to find themselves as readers, thinkers and writers.“I’m here because of the library,” was the unequivocal statement  Dennis Lehane made before a standing-room only crowd in mid-May. “It’s like A plus B is C.  If you remove B, I wouldn’t be here.” Alice Hoffman seconded he motion a week later before another standing-room only crowd at the South End branch when she said, “It gave me a special feeling when I could take out as many books as I wanted from my library in Melbourne on Long Island. That’s how I was able to choose other worlds. I was an escapist reader, as I am an escapist writer.”

Dennis Lehane choose not to read from his recent novel, Live by Night, but instead talked about what it took to turn himself into a writer.“Ten thousand hours,” he said. “That’s what it takes to become good.” Lehane said he came from a literary family. “They were storytellers,” he explained. “We’d visit relatives on weekends, and they’d tell stories. Eight weeks later, they’d tell the same stories, except they’d be different. They had tweaked them.” At a local bar where his father would take him for a ginger ale with a straw, storytelling was a blood sport with little tolerance for a slow-moving tale. “Turn the set back on Jimmy,” customers would shout when they heard an inauthentic or unfocused account. What would carry the day was the authentic tragedies of the working class he came from, leavened by humor: “I got screwed. But I keyed his car. And I slept with his sister. And told her brother about it.” Finally, Lehane said, there was nothing else he could do except make up stories and get people to believe them. ”My fear was I’d end up serving beers at Vaughn’s and someone’d say, ‘Hey Hemingway, pour me another Bud.’” Reading urban novels by writers like Richard Price –The Wanderers, Clocker– changed his life. The characters were a revelation, he said. “I knew those people, what was in their kitchens,” Lehane said. “I’d found my subject.”

Alice Hoffman and Fans

“Many authors talk about themselves but I like to escape from my life,” commented Alice Hoffman when describing her writing life a week later.  She added she realizes  ”increasingly how autobiographical my work actually is.” By way of explaining both the escape attempt and the discovery her work may be about her life after all, Hoffman took as an example an earlier novel, The Ice Queen.  “It’s about a girl struck by lightning who survived it. I may have been writing about myself, as a survivor, of cancer. But I removed myself from the circumstances of it,” she said. “Often the writer is the last to know what the book is about.”

The genus of The Dovekeepers was hearing from a guide while visiting her son, an archeologist working in Israel, that there might have been women survivors from the siege in Massada.“That’s when I knew I had a novel,” she said. “These were my themes: love, loss, survival, and women in war who need to protect their children.” Visiting Massada in the summer when it was 105 degrees and no one else was there, she found the experience “so mystical, it was as if I could almost hear the women,” she said. A nearby museum with many artifacts from those times further brought the people who lived there to life.“There’s a lack of women’s voices in history,” Hoffman observed: in The Dovekeepers the four female narrators describe their lives at Massada, and the intertwining arts of magic, herbs, medicine, and even witchcraft which, though outlawed,  was the territory of women. It took Hoffman five years to write this book. “Had I known how much research I’d needed to do for The Dovekeepers, I never would have done it,” she said. She found a mentor in Richard Elliott Friedman, a biblical scholar at the University of Georgia who happened to be a visiting scholar at Brandeis where Hoffman teaches. “It was a huge gift to have a mentor. It changed my life and my career,” she said. “Whenever I had a question, he’d say, ‘don’t worry, I’ll call my rabbi.’”

Hoffman’s next book is a “really little non-fiction book,” she said, which talks about ten things to do when you’re diagnosed with breast cancer. The author helped found the Hoffman Breast Center at Mount Auburn Hospital.

The five favorite books of Dennis Lehane and Alice Hoffman can be found under The South End Reads tab.

 

 

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Nationally Acclaimed Writer Alice Hoffman Will Read from her Latest Novel, “The Dovekeepers,” Tuesday, May 21, at 6:30 PM

2013 May 16
by marleen

Author Alice Hoffman

Alice Hoffman will visit the South End Library next Tuesday to read from her compelling 2012 novel, The Dovekeepers, which just came out in paperback. Hoffman, who lives in the Boston area, has published a total of twenty-one novels, three books of short fiction, and eight books for children and young adults. Her novel, Here on Earth, an Oprah Book Club choice, was a modern reworking of some of the themes of Emily Bronte’s masterpiece Wuthering Heights. Hoffman’s work has been published in more than twenty translations and some one hundred foreign editions. Her novels have received mention as notable books of the year by The New York TimesEntertainment WeeklyThe Los Angeles TimesLibrary Journal, and People Magazine. She wrote the original screenplay, Independence Day, a film starring Kathleen Quinlan and Diane Wiest. Her teen novel. Aquamarine, was made into a film starring Emma Roberts. Her short fiction and non-fiction have appeared in The New York TimesThe Boston Globe MagazineKenyon ReviewThe Los Angeles Times, Architectural DigestHarvard ReviewPloughshares and other magazines. The Dovekeepers, is a historical novel describing the AD70 massacre at Masada from the point of view of four women at the fortress before it fell during the Jewish-Roman war, is the most recent of the nearly two dozen novels by Hoffman. She will be introduced by another nationally acclaimed author, South End resident Sue Miller. 

Seating is limited. The event starts at 6:30 PM. Books will be available for purchase and borrowing, thanks to the staff at the South End branch. 

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The next readings of the 2012/2013 South End Writes season are:

Tuesday, June 11, 6:30 p.m.

Alice Stone,

the local filmmaker whose mesmerizing documentary, Angelo Unwritten, has followed the life of a teenager adopted out of foster care when he was twelve, will return with an update of new material gathered since December 2011.

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Tuesday, June 18, 6:30 p.m.

Philip Gambone  

will return to read from his current work-in-progress, retracing the steps of his father who, as a soldier, was sent to Europe during the Second World War.

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The Boston Public Library Has Purchased More Than 2,400 Books on Grieving and Anxiety to Help Adults and Children Cope With the Trauma and Loss After the Marathon Bombings

2013 May 16
by marleen

At a budget hearing before the Boston City Council earlier this month, BPL president Amy Ryan told the councilors that the library purchased more than 2,000 books on coping with anxiety, grieving and loss after the Marathon bombings. In addition, even though the main library at Copley Square was forced to close for a week due to its close proximity to the bombing site, all the 25 branches were open the next day. “They were crowded,” reported Ryan. “People were busy checking in with one another. Libraries are community spaces.”

According to Catherine Willis, Chief of Technical and Digital Services at the BPL, a total of 2,410 books were ordered on the subject of loss and anxiety. The cost for the books would have been more than $30,000 but the vendor gave the BPL a ‘sizeable’ discount to bring the final amount down to around $15,000. The books have begun to arrive at libraries throughout the system, including the South End Library.

South End Library’s children’s librarian Margaret Gardner collected several links for library patrons, including:

1. Tips for parents and teachers on how to deal with children’s fear of war and terrorism from the National Association of School Psychologists (NASP)

2. Talking to children about violence, also by NASP

3. Talking with kids about news, sponsored by PBS Parents

4. Times of Grief and Sadnessa list of 19 books for children from the BPL web site’s Boston PL Kids Lists.

Gardner told FOSEL that kids and teens who have been at the South End branch since the bombings have expressed themselves through art, which she plans to continue to do. Two teens created  ”the dove of peace” in the front window facing Tremont Street the first week after the bombing, and another teen artist made the two doves of peace by the circulation counter, with hand prints and words from younger children.

Below is the full list of the BPL’s books that are, or will soon be arriving at a library near you, and the number of copies available.

 

Aikman, Becky. Saturday night widows : the adventures of six friends remaking their lives 7 Adult
Albano, Anne Marie. You and your anxious child : free your child from fears and worries and create a joyful family life 5 Adult
Amend, Allison. A nearly perfect copy : a novel 11 Adult
Askew, Rilla. Kind of kin 12 Adult
Backhaus, Jeff. Hikikomori and the rental sister : a novel 12 Adult
Bacon, Armen. Griefland : an intimate portrait of love, loss, and unlikely friendship 8 Adult
Bateman, Tracey Victoria. The widow of Saunders Creek : a novel 5 Adult
Baudrillard, Jean The Spirit of Terrorism : And Other Essays 5 Adult
Beattie, Melody. The grief club : the secret to getting through all kinds of change 5 Adult
Bedford, Lisa. Survival mom : how to prepare your family for everyday disasters and worst-case scenarios 6 Adult
Berger, Susan A. The five ways we grieve : finding your personal path to healing after the loss of a loved one 3 Adult
Bessette, Alicia. A pinch of love 5 Adult
Bien, Thomas. The Buddha’s Way of Happiness : healing sorrow, transforming negative emotion & finding well-being in the present moment 2 Adult
Blaustein, Margaret. Treating traumatic stress in children and adolescents : how to foster resilience through attachment, self-regulation, and competency 2 Adult
Brach, Tara. True refuge : finding peace and freedom in your own awakened heart 11 Adult
Brantley, Jeffrey. Calming your anxious mind : how mindfulness & compassion can free you from anxiety, fear, & panic 9 Adult
Brown, Erica, 1966- Happier endings : overcoming the fear of death 14 Adult
Bstan-Êdzin-rgya-mtsho, Dalai Lama XIV, 1935- The wisdom of compassion : stories of remarkable encounters and timeless insights 13 Adult
Burns, Donna M. When kids are grieving : addressing grief and loss in school 2 Adult
Chansky, Tamar Ellsas. Freeing your child from anxiety : powerful, practical strategies to overcome your child’s fears, phobias, and worries 7 Adult
Chödrön, Pema. Comfortable with uncertainty : 108 teachings on cultivating fearlessness and compassion 3 Adult
Chödrön, Pema. The places that scare you : a guide to fearlessness in difficult times 5 Adult
Chödrön, Pema. When things fall apart : heart advice for difficult times 13 Adult
Chopra, Deepak. God : a story of Revelation 17 Adult
Cloyed, Deborah. The summer we came to life 11 Adult
Coetzee, J. M., 1940- Slow man 7 Adult
Cohen, Judith A. Treating trauma and traumatic grief in children and adolescents / A Clinician’s Guide 2 Adult
Cohen, Leah Hager. The grief of others 15 Adult
Cooper, Gwen, 1971- Love saves the day : a novel 10 Adult
Cope, Pam. Jantsen’s gift : a true story of grief, rescue, and grace 3 Adult
Dahlie, Michael. The best of youth : a novel 10 Adult
De Becker, Gavin. The gift of fear : survival signals that protect us from violence 7 Adult
De Feo, Ronald. Solo pass 6 Adult
Deits, Bob, 1933- Life after loss : a practical guide to renewing your life after experiencing major loss 5 Adult
Deraniyagala, Sonali. Wave 12 Adult
Didion, Joan. The year of magical thinking 15 Adult
Dreher, Rod. The little way of Ruthie Leming : a Southern girl, a small town, and the secret of a good life 16 Adult
Dunn, Bill. Through a season of grief : devotions for your journey from mourning to joy 5 Adult
Ellmann, Lucy, 1956- Mimi : a novel 7 Adult
Emerson, David, 1969- Overcoming trauma through yoga : reclaiming your body 4 Adult
Ericsson, Stephanie, 1953- Companion through the darkness : inner dialogues on grief 6 Adult
Evans, Richard Paul. The road to grace 5 Adult
Frankl, Viktor E. (Viktor Emil), 1905-1997. Man’s search for meaning 25 Adult
Frazier, Ian. The cursing mommy’s book of days 10 Adult
Friedman, Russell. Moving beyond loss : real answers to real questions from real people 10 Adult
Gaiman, Neil. Fragile things : short fictions and wonders 5 Adult
Gewirtz, Matthew D. The gift of grief : finding peace, transformation, and renewed life after great sorrow 2 Adult
Gil, Eliana Working with children to heal interpersonal trauma : the power of play 2 Adult
Gilbert, Kellie Coates. Mother of Pearl 5 Adult
Goldman, Linda, 1946- Great answers to difficult questions about death : what children need to know 7 Adult
Gonzales, Laurence, 1947- Surviving survival : the art and science of resilience 10 Adult
Gordon, Terry A. No storm lasts forever : transforming suffering into insight 10 Adult
Greenspan, Miriam. Healing through the dark emotions : the wisdom of grief, fear, and despair 6 Adult
Greenwood, T. (Tammy) The hungry season 6 Adult
Guthrie, Nancy O love that will not let me go : facing death with courageous confidence in God 5 Adult
Hall, Louisa, 1982- The carriage house : a novel 9 Adult
Hance, Jackie. I’ll see you again : a memoir 15 Adult
Henkin, Joshua. The world without you 12 Adult
Hickman, Martha Whitmore, 1925- Healing after loss : daily meditations for working through grief 5 Adult
Higgins, Lisa Verge. The proper care and maintenance of friendship 11 Adult
Hinton, J. Lynne. Welcome back to Pie Town 10 Adult
Hodges, Samuel J Grieving with hope : finding comfort as you journey through loss 10 Adult
Holland, Debra. The essential guide to grief and grieving 4 Adult
Hunter, John, 1954- author. World peace and other 4th-grade achievements 16 Adult
Isaacs, Florence. My deepest sympathies : meaningful sentiments for condolence notes, plus a guide to eulogies 5 Adult
Jacobson, Don When God makes lemonade : true stories that amaze and encourage 10 Adult
James, John W. The grief recovery handbook : the action program for moving beyond death, divorce, and other losses including health career, and faith 16 Adult
James, John W. When children grieve : for adults to help children deal with death, divorce, pet loss, moving, and other losses 6 Adult
Kabat-Zinn, Jon. Wherever you go, there you are : mindfulness meditation in everyday life 15 Adult
Kimball, Michael, 1967- Big Ray : a novel 6 Adult
King, Claire, 1980- The Night Rainbow 15 Adult
Kinkade, Thomas, 1958-2012. A wandering heart 5 Adult
Klein, Daniel M. Nothing serious : a novel 11 Adult
Kolf, June Cerza. When will I stop hurting? : dealing with a recent death 5 Adult
Kornfield, Jack The Art Of Forgiveness, Lovingkindess, And Peace 3 Adult
Krueger, William Kent. Ordinary grace : a novel 16 Adult
Kübler-Ross, Elisabeth. On death and dying : what the dying have to teach doctors, nurses, clergy, and their own families 12 Adult
Kübler-Ross, Elisabeth. On grief and grieving : finding the meaning of grief through the five stages of loss 4 Adult
Kultgen, Chad, 1976- The average American marriage : a novel 12 Adult
Kumar, Sameet M. Grieving mindfully : a compassionate and spiritual guide to coping with loss 2 Adult
Kushner, Harold S. The book of Job : when bad things happened to a good person 6 Adult
Kushner, Harold S. When bad things happen to good people 15 Adult
Lankford, Adam, 1979- The myth of martyrdom : what really drives suicide bombers, rampage shooters, and other self-destructive killers 5 Adult
Latiolais, Michelle. Widow : stories 10 Adult
Lavigne, Michael. The wanting 14 Adult
Lee, Ashton. The Cherry Cola Book Club 5 Adult
Lee, Deborah. The compassionate-mind guide to recovering from trauma and PTSD : using compassion-focused therapy to overcome flashbacks, shame, guilt, and fear 4 Adult
Lee, Linda Francis. Emily and Einstein / A Novel of Second Chances 10 Adult
Levine, Peter A. Trauma-proofing your kids : a parents’ guide for instilling confidence, joy and resilience 3 Adult
Levine, Peter A. Waking the tiger : healing trauma : the innate capacity to transform overwhelming experiences 14 Adult
Lewis, C. S. (Clive Staples), 1898-1963. A grief observed 16 Adult
Malchiodi, Cathy A. The art therapy sourcebook 6 Adult
Marasco, Ron. About grief : insights, setbacks, grace notes, taboos 11 Adult
Martin, John D. I can’t stop crying : it’s so hard when someone you love dies 15 Adult
Martinez, J. Michael (James Michael) Terrorist attacks on American soil : from the Civil War era to the present 4 Adult
Matta, Christy. The stress response : how dialectical behavior therapy can free you from needless anxiety, worry, anger, & other symptoms of stress 5 Adult
Miller, Serena, 1950- Hidden mercies : a novel 5 Adult
Milliken, Maureen. The afterlife survey : a Rabbi, a CEO, a dog walker, and others on the universal question – what comes next? 8 Adult
Nhá̂t H?anh, Thích. Anger : wisdom for cooling the flames 5 Adult
Nhá̂t H?anh, Thích. Fear : essential wisdom for getting through the storm 13 Adult
Nugent, Benjamin. Good kids : a novel 12 Adult
Odell, Jonathan, 1951- The healing : a novel 5 Adult
Orange, Cynthia. Shock waves : a practical guide to living with a loved one’s PTSD 4 Adult
Paisley, Michelle Yoga for a Broken Heart : A Spiritual Guide to Healing from Break-Up, Loss, Death or Divorce 2 Adult
Peretti, Frank E. Illusion : a novel 8 Adult
Podrug, Junius. The disaster survival bible 5 Adult
Punnett, Ian, 1960- How to pray when you’re pissed at God / Or Anyone Else for That Matter 10 Adult
Quick, Matthew, 1973- The silver linings playbook 29 Adult
Rando, Therese A. How to go on living when someone you love dies 5 Adult
Raney, Deborah. After all 8 Adult
Rapp, Emily. The still point of the turning world 12 Adult
Rathkey, Julia Wilcox. What children need when they grieve : the four essentials : routine, love, honesty, and security 4 Adult
Ratner, Austin. In the land of the living : a novel 12 Adult
Ritchie, Cinthia. Dolls behaving badly : a novel 11 Adult
Rogers, Michael Allen, 1949- What happens after I die? 4 Adult
Rothbaum, Barbara Olasov. Reclaiming your life from a traumatic experience : workbook 15 Adult
Rothschild, Babette. Trauma essentials : the go-to guide 2 Adult
Rupp, Joyce. My soul feels lean : poems of loss and restoration 2 Adult
Scheunemann, Frauke. Puppy love 5 Adult
Schonfeld, David J., 1959- The grieving student : a teacher’s guide 4 Adult
Schrank, Ben. Love is a canoe 12 Adult
Schuster, Marc, 1973- The grievers 8 Adult
Simons, Paullina, 1963- Children of liberty 13 Adult
Smith, Haywood, 1949- Out of warranty 9 Adult
Smolinski, Jill. Objects of my affection 5 Adult
Sorensen, Julia. Overcoming loss : activities and stories to help transform children’s grief and loss 5 Adult
Spencer, Elizabeth DuPont, 1966- The anxiety cure for kids : a guide for parents 4 Adult
Spencer, Katherine, 1955- The Way Home : Thomas Kinkade’s Angel Island 6 Adult
Stahl, Bob. Calming the rush of panic : a mindfulness-based stress reduction guide to freeing yourself from panic attacks & living a vital life 10 Adult
Stavlund, Mike. A force of will : the reshaping of faith in a year of grief 6 Adult
Stearns, Ann Kaiser. Living through personal crisis 4 Adult
Stern, Robin. Project rebirth : survival and the strength of the human spirit from 9/11 survivors 4 Adult
Stewart, Carla. Broken wings : a novel 5 Adult
Stothard, Anna. The pink hotel 12 Adult
Sussman, Ellen, 1954- The Paradise Guest House : a novel 12 Adult
Tappouni, Therese Amrhein The Gifts of Grief : Finding Light in the Darkness of Loss 8 Adult
Thoene, Bodie, 1951- When Jesus wept 9 Adult
Tipping, Colin C. Radical forgiveness : a revolutionary five-stage process to : heal relationships, let go of anger and blame, find peace in any situation 5 Adult
Tirch, Dennis D., 1968- The compassionate-mind guide to overcoming anxiety : using compassion-focused therapy to calm worry, panic, and fear 11 Adult
Trout, Nick. The patron saint of lost dogs 15 Adult
Welshons, John E. Awakening from grief : finding the way back to joy 3 Adult
West, Spencer, 1981- Standing tall : my journey 3 Adult
Westberg, Granger E Good Grief 3 Adult
Westfall, John. Getting past what you’ll never get over : help for dealing with life’s hurts 23 Adult
Whitson, Stephanie Grace. The message on the quilt 5 Adult
Wilde, Samantha. I’ll take what she has : a novel 5 Adult
Wilder, Thornton, 1897-1975. The bridge of San Luis Rey 10 Adult
Williams, Mark. Mindfulness : an eight-week plan for finding peace in a frantic world 21 Adult
Williams, Mary Beth. The PTSD workbook / Simple, Effective Techniques for Overcoming Traumatic Stress Symptoms 10 Adult
Wiseman, John “Lofty” SAS Urban Survival Handbook : How to Protect Yourself Against Terrorism, Natural Disasters, Fires, Home Invasions, and Everyday Health and Safety Hazards 4 Adult
Wolf, Elaine. Danny’s mom : a novel 7 Adult
Wolfelt, Alan D. The Mourner’s Book of Faith : 30 Days of Enlightenment 5 Adult
Wolfelt, Alan D., Ph.D. The Mourner’s Book of Courage : 30 Days of Encouragement 2 Adult
Wolfelt, Alan. Healing your grieving heart : 100 practical ideas 5 Adult
Wolfelt, Alan. The wilderness of grief : finding your way 2 Adult
Wong, David, 1975 Jan. 10- This book is full of spiders : seriously, dude, don’t touch it 8 Adult
Yancey, Philip Where Is God When It Hurts? 2 Adult
Yancey, Philip. Disappointment with God : three questions no one asks aloud 2 Adult
Yang, Jeffrey Time of grief : mourning poems 2 Adult
Chicken soup for the soul : grieving and recovery : 101 inspirational and comforting stories about surviving the loss of a loved one 3 Adult
Life after trauma : a workbook for healing 19 Adult
Poems of mourning 6 Adult
Alcorn, Randy C. Heaven for kids 5 Child / Teen
Aliki. Feelings 50 Child / Teen
Annunziata, Jane. Sometimes I’m scared 7 Child / Teen
Applegate, Katherine. The one and only Ivan 34 Child / Teen
Arnold, Elana K. Sacred 13 Child / Teen
Bergren, Lisa Tawn. God gave us heaven 5 Child / Teen
Blos, Joan W. A gathering of days : a novel 5 Child / Teen
Bodeen, S. A. (Stephanie A.), 1965- The raft 13 Child / Teen
Brody, Jessica. Unremembered 10 Child / Teen
Brown, Laurene Krasny. When dinosaurs die : a guide to understanding death 26 Child / Teen
Bunting, Eve, 1928- Rudi’s pond 13 Child / Teen
Burpo, Todd. Heaven is for real for kids 6 Child / Teen
Buscaglia, Leo F. The fall of Freddie the leaf : a story of life for all ages 31 Child / Teen
Cassidy, Sara. Windfall 2 Child / Teen
Coker, Rachel. Interrupted : a life beyond words 6 Child / Teen
Cook, Julia Grief is Like a Snowflake 10 Child / Teen
Cormier, Robert. After the first death 24 Child / Teen
Crist, James J. What to do when you’re scared & worried : a guide for kids 19 Child / Teen
Crowe, Carole. Waiting for dolphins 7 Child / Teen
Emberley, Ed. Glad monster, sad monster : a book about feelings 20 Child / Teen
Eubanks, Sonja Death and dying 4 Child / Teen
Fitzgerald, Helen. The grieving teen : a guide for teenagers and their friends 13 Child / Teen
Fritts, Mary Bahr, 1946- If Nathan were here 16 Child / Teen
Geithner, Carole. If only 8 Child / Teen
Goldman, Linda, 1946- Children also grieve : talking about death and healing 9 Child / Teen
Gootman, Marilyn E., 1944- When a friend dies : a book for teens about grieving & healing 17 Child / Teen
Graff, Lisa (Lisa Colleen), 1981- Umbrella summer 16 Child / Teen
Guanci, Anne Marie. David and the worry beast : helping children cope with anxiety 20 Child / Teen
Hainsworth, Emily. Through to you 13 Child / Teen
Hanson, Warren. The next place 7 Child / Teen
Heegaard, Marge When Someone Very Special Dies : Children Can Learn to Cope With Grief 20 Child / Teen
Heegaard, Marge When Something Terrible Happens : Children Learn to Cope With Grief 20 Child / Teen
Holmes, Margaret M., 1944- A terrible thing happened 36 Child / Teen
Huebner, Dawn. What to do when you worry too much : a kid’s guide to overcoming anxiety 14 Child / Teen
Kaplow, Julie B., 1974- Samantha Jane’s missing smile : a story about coping with the loss of a parent 5 Child / Teen
Klise, Kate. Little Rabbit and the Night Mare 15 Child / Teen
LaFleur, Suzanne M. Love, Aubrey 11 Child / Teen
Laybourne, Emmy. Monument 14 14 Child / Teen
Lewis, Beverly, 1949- What is God like? 5 Child / Teen
Lewis, Stewart. You have seven messages 14 Child / Teen
Loewen, Nancy, 1964- Saying good-bye to Uncle Joe : what to expect when someone you love dies 10 Child / Teen
Loth, Sebastian. Remembering Crystal 18 Child / Teen
Lowry, Lois. A summer to die 36 Child / Teen
Martin, Ann M., 1955- Welcome to Camden Falls 9 Child / Teen
Mayfield, Sue. Living with bereavement 5 Child / Teen
Meiners, Cheri J., 1957- When I feel afraid 12 Child / Teen
Mellonie, Bryan. Lifetimes : the beautiful way to explain death to children 28 Child / Teen
Mills, Joyce C., 1944- Gentle Willow : a story for children about dying 10 Child / Teen
Myers, Edward, 1950- Teens, loss, and grief : the ultimate teen guide 12 Child / Teen
O’Brien, Anne Sibley. A path of stars 16 Child / Teen
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