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Helping Children Through Grief

When adults experience a loss they can often pull from past experiences to help with the grieving process. This is … More

Aaron Becker, Caron Levis, children's books, death, Doris Sanford, Dr. Jillian Roberts, friendship, grief, illustrations, love, mourning, Sara Cassidy, wordless books

On Grief and Bereavement

I’m writing this on November 20th, National Bereavement Day in Canada.  If this comes as a surprise, know that this … More

Atul Gawande, bereavement, death, dying, Elisabeth Kübler-Ross, five stages of grief, grief, National Bereavement Day, Paul Kalanithi, physician assisted death, right-to-die movement, Sandra Martin, Sue Rodriguez

Troubled Waters by Sharon Shinn

Grief is a difficult subject matter, even though we all experience it at one time or another. I wasn’t really … More

Coming of age, court intrigue, drama, fantasy, grief, healing, Sharon Shinn, Troubled Waters

The Rainbow Bridge by an Unknown Author

Our final poem is dedicated to a friend who recently lost a beloved friend and companion and asked to share … More

Author Unknown, grief, National Poetry Month, Pet Loss, Poetry, poetry month

Debbie Doesn’t Do It Anymore, by Walter Mosley

I’ve been trying out a few different authors lately, including Douglas Coupland. His latest novel, Worst. Person. Ever., contains a … More

Career Change, death, Film Industry, grief, Life Transformation, Porn Queen, Pornography, Suicide, Walter Mosley

TBPL Staff Poetry Favourites “Dulce et Decorum Est” by Wilfred Owen

Bent double, like old beggars under sacks,  Knock-kneed, coughing like hags, we cursed through sludge,  Till on the haunting flares … More

battle, First World War, grief, loss, mustard gas, National Poetry Month, Poetry, poetry month, TBPL Staff Favourites, Wilfred Owen

The Wife’s Tale

The author of The Girls has a new book – The Wife’s Tale. What would you do if your husband … More

contemporary, food, grief, Lori Lansens, Los Angeles, men and women relationships, obese women, Ontario, separation, women's fiction

The Cross Gardener by Jason Wright

A friend of mine suggested I read “The Cross Gardener” by Jason Wright. Boy does she know my reading taste. … More

adoption, contemporary, crossing over, death, drama, family, grief, Jason Wright, love, orphans, roadside crosses, widowers

The End of the Alphabet by C. S. Richardson

Think: rainy Sunday afternoon, over-stuffed armchair, nice bottle of red, box of Swiss chocolates and, most importantly, a rather large … More

alphabet, C. S. Richardson, Canadian Fiction, contemporary, death and dying, England, grief, relationships, terminal illness, travel

Home Safe by Elizabeth Berg

“When someone has died, it’s a lot harder to get rid of something they gave you – everything has terrible … More

contemporary, Elizabeth Berg, family, grief, relationship

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