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Author
Publisher
Penguin Press
Pub. Date
2006.
Language
English
Description
In this deeply moving and myth-shattering work, Ann Fessler brings out into the open for the first time the astonishing untold history of the million and a half women who surrendered children for adoption due to enormous family and social pressure in the decades before Roe v. Wade. An adoptee who was herself surrendered during those years and recently made contact with her mother, Fessler brilliantly brings to life the voices of more than a hundred...
Publisher
Seal Press
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
This sensitive and candid portrayal of loss brings together experiences from famous and ordinary grief-stricken sons and daughters who have lost both parents and explores the regrets, heartache, and sometimes relief that accompany pain and healing.
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
In her most important book yet, Dr. Laura Schlessinger shows men and women that they can have a Good Life no matter how bad their Childhood was.
For each of us, there is a connection between our early family dynamics and experiences and our current attitudes and decisions. Many of the people Dr. Laura has helped did not realize how their histories impacted their adult lives, or how their choices in people, repetitive situations, and decisions even...
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown Spark
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"By the end of April 1945 in Germany, the Third Reich had fallen and invasion was underway. As the Red Army advanced, horrifying stories spread about the depravity of its soldiers. For many German people, there seemed to be nothing left but disgrace and despair. For tens of thousands of them, the only option was to choose death -- for themselves and for their children. "Promise Me You'll Shoot Yourself" recounts this little-known mass event. Using...
Author
Publisher
Citadel Press
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"As a long-time hospice volunteer, Jennie Dear has helped countless patients, families, and caregivers cope with the many challenges of the dying process. Inspired by her own personal journey with her mother's long-term illness, Dear demystifies the experience of dying for everyone whose lives it touches. She spoke to doctors, nurses, and caregivers, as well as families, friends, and the patients themselves. The result is a brilliantly researched,...
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