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Mar.04.2012
Grief: The Great Yearning is not a how-to but a how-done, a compilation of letters, blog posts, and journal entries Pat Bertram wrote while struggling to survive her first year of grief. This is an exquisite book, wrenching to read, and at the same time full of profound truths. "Grief: The Great...
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Oct.05.2011
Jennie Nash's "winning debut"* The Last Beach Bungalow, was followed by The Only True Genius in the Family, a "page-turning delight"**. Now she introduces us to two women who learn the lessons of grief-and of hope... A photo of her sons. A doormat from Target. Twenty-three tubs of fabric....
bonnie-g-roberts's picture
Jun.23.2011
This collection is divided into three parts: 1) A poem written by the editor of Collage in memory of Steven Owen Bailey, a young interior designer and artist, who died "too soon" and who requested that the editor "tell his story"; 2)selected journal entries of Steven Owen Bailey...
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Jun.22.2011
The River Within, from Lambda Literary Award nominee, Baxter Clare Trautman, follows three women whose bonds are strained, reforged, and ultimately strengthened as they struggle to choose between the lives they think they should have and the lives they want. 
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Jun.13.2011
Only the Sea Keeps is a collection of poems about the tsunami in Indonesia.  Sankar Roy and Judith Robinson put this book together in order to honor the survivors of the tsunami and also to raise money to help the survivors rebuild their lives.  The sales of Only the Sea Keeps, as of several years...
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Jun.13.2011
But I Didn't Say Goodbye is a book seen through the eyes of Alex, an eleven-year-old boy, whose father has died by suicide. This story is a glimpse into a child s traumatic and life changing personal experience. But I Didn't Say Goodbye introduces you to a bereaved family immediately after...
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Jun.01.2011
It Rains In February: A Wife's Memoir of Love and Loss is the true story of a husband's depression and obsession, not only with another woman, but also with ending his life. In this honest and heartfelt narrative, Leila Summers weaves a compelling tale of the year that led up to Stuart's...
jessica-barksdale-inclan's picture
May.22.2011
From the acclaimed author of The Matter of Grace and Her Daughter's Eyes-a novel about a mother of three who, abandoned by her husband, tries to run from her problems. But when she returns, it's only the beginning of her family's journey.
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May.22.2011
What do you do when you have a secret so big you can't tell a soul, not even your sister. Kate Phillips has a secret this big, and only when she is forced to, does she tell her sister Tyler--but then no one else. Not a soul. Until it is almost too late.Her Daughter's Eyes is a novel about this...