Kategoria BISAC: Social Science >> Death & Dying

Inspired by the website that the New York Times hailed as "redefining mourning," this book is a fresh and irreverent examination into navigating grief and resilience in the age of social media, offering comfort and community for coping with the mess of loss through candid original essays from a variety of voices, accompanied by gorgeous two-color illustrations and wry infographics.

At a time when we mourn public figures and national tragedies with hashtags, where intimate posts about loss go viral and we receive automated birthday reminders for dead friends, it's clear we...

‘Put your lipstick on, begin the day.

It will start without you anyway.’

     

‘What will I wear to your funeral?’ ‘And how do I look after your orchid?’

Kellie wanted to ask her mother so many questions while she still could. When you don’t go a day without speaking to someone you love, how do you say goodbye forever? It didn’t bear thinking about. 

When Pamela Curtain is diagnosed with cancer, her family plead with her to try everything that might give them all more time. She...

A man who had eaten his classmate was given fame and freedom instead of contempt and punishment, a man's dead body was found on one...

Endometrial disease is a chronic disorder affecting thousands of women yet remains a challenge to diagnose, treat, and manage. What therapy works best? Can a cure be found? Is sex without pain possible? Will life ever return to normal? In Living with Endometriosis, fifteen women open up and invite readers inside their very own soul-searching journey to give honest--and sometimes profound--answers to common questions. Confessing firsthand emotions, fears, and hopes, the collection of stories offers refreshing insight into the challenges of living with endometrial disease from nonclinical...

Depression. Anxiety. Bipolar. Schizophrenia. Trichotillomania. These are just a few of the many mental disorders that affect millions worldwide. What really happens when you or a loved one is diagnosed with mental illness? What therapies work best? Can a cure be found? Will life ever return to normal?

In Living with Mental Illness, ordinary people who live with different mental illnesses invite readers inside their world and open up to give honest—and sometimes profound—answers to common questions. Confessing struggles, fears, and hopes, the collection of heartfelt...

Fear. Secrecy. Pain. These are just a few of the emotions affecting those who live with dissociative identity disorder. What is it like to live with dissociated parts of oneself? Who controls the chaos? What triggers a switch? How do they feel about integration?

In Through the Eyes of DID, ordinary people who live with dissociative identity disorder invite readers inside their world and open up to give honest—and sometimes profound—answers to common questions. Confessing struggles, fears, and hopes, the collection of heartfelt stories offers firsthand...

What really happens when someone develops an eating disorder? What therapies work best? Can a cure be found? Will life ever return to normal? These are just a few of the questions that run through the minds of ordinary people and their loved ones when faced with anorexia, bulimia, and binge eating disorder.brbr

In Through the Eyes of an Eating Disorder, ordinary women open up and invite readers inside their own secretive world to give honest—and sometimes profound—answers to common questions about their journey. Confessing firsthand emotions, fears, and...