Jesse Kuhn offers a remarkable and useful tool when experiencing the death of any loved one, but especially a spouse. As I read Always Here: Death of a Spouse, I took away six key points to apply to the grief process. While many people might...

A Yankee Airman and his Southern Belle by Rita Morrin opens at 3 A.M. on December 8, 1973, with a phone call in a cold Anchorage apartment that no military wife ever wants to receive. Rita's husband Ken, an Air Force man from upstate New...

In Moon Weaver’s Autobiography of an Ordinary Polish Man, the author speaks about his childhood spent tending cows with a loving mother who tragically died of cancer when he was just nine. His memoir maps out a lifetime of trying to escape poverty by reading...

Losing a pet is always an emotional experience. Their passing from whatever cause always leaves a deep void. Jesse Kuhn brings comfort to readers who have experienced such a loss in Always Here - When a Cat Dies. The author reminds readers that cats are...

Always Here — When a Dog Dies by Jesse Kuhn is a helpful guide for anyone grieving the loss of their beloved dog. When one loses a pet, things change. Other people may not notice the change in routines, the nervous system trying to adjust...

In his self-help memoir A Caregiver's Tips, Frederic Buse recounts the years following his wife Dot’s Alzheimer’s diagnosis, after her memory loss slowly transforms their marriage into full-time caregiving inside their Pennsylvania home. A retired marine engineer, Buse describes the moment Dot no longer recognizes...

A Past That Lies Before Me by Steve Clark, PhD, recounts the unexpected collapse of a stable professional life after a series of misguided decisions led to his arrest and imprisonment. The memoir begins with the moment Clark’s life changes dramatically when the police arrive,...

Angels of Paradise is a memoir by Barbara Murphy. Barbara finds herself in prison on her birthday for the crime of kidnapping her own son. She had taken Valentin to the Bahamas to save both of them from a horrible life. In the Bahamas, she...

A Brief Letter of Love and Grief to the Cat I’ve Lost by Michael Koehn is about the part of his life he shared with his beloved Snowflake. He talks about how the death of Snowflake altered his understanding of attachment and loss. Koehn traces...

A Promise of Rest: Stories from the Commonplace by Ron Lands is a collection of vignettes that offers insight into the lives of patients with terminal illnesses, particularly those with cancer. Drawing on his extensive experience as an oncologist and palliative care physician, Lands crafts...