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Death is the last taboo in our society, and grief is still profoundly misunderstood. So many of us feel awkward and uncertain around death, and shy away from talking honestly with family and friends. 'Grief Works' is a compassionate guide that will inform and engage anyone who is grieving, from the 'expected' death of a parent to the sudden unexpected death of a small child, and provide clear advice for those seeking to comfort the bereaved.With deeply...
2) Kite spirit
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Pub. Date
2013
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A girl spends the summer holidays in the Lake District to try and get over her best friend's suicide.
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Pub. Date
2021
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Mrs Death has had enough. She is exhausted from spending eternity doing her job and now she seeks someone to unburden her conscience to. Wolf Willeford, a troubled young writer, is well acquainted with death, but until now hadn?t met Death in person - a black, working-class woman who shape-shifts and does her work unseen. Enthralled by her stories, Wolf becomes Mrs Death?s scribe, and begins to write her memoirs. Using their desk as a vessel and conduit,...
5) Conker
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When Nick goes to collect conkers from Cotter's yard, he finds a half-starved dog chained up. Nick leaves with the conkers but plans to rescue the dog later. When he returns the dog is gone. He blames himself, but when he returns home there's a surprise.
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50Minutes.com
Pub. Date
2017
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Find out everything you need to know about dealing with bereavement in just 50 minutes with this straightforward guide. The loss of a loved one can leave us feeling devastated, isolated and adrift, and in this situation it is often hard to see the light at the end of the tunnel. As bereavement affects everyone differently, this guide contains clear, practical advice to allow you to work through your grief at your own pace and adapt to the change in...
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Hot Key Books
Pub. Date
2016
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'Funny, big-hearted and bittersweet, it's an absolute gem of a book.' Buzzfeed 'Krystal Sutherland is 100% the YA Taylor Swift!' Maximum Pop A bittersweet, funny, sad story of friendship, first love, and heartache, all rolled into one spellbinding tale for fans of John Green, Rainbow Rowell and E. Lockhart. Henry Page, a hopeless romantic and film buff, is smitten as soon as Grace Town walks into his classroom. But Grace - who looks in need of a good...
8) Clownfish
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Pub. Date
2018
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A young boy finds solace at the local aquarium when coming to terms with the death of his dad.
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Francesca Stubbs holds our hand as we take a walk through death and old age. Fran takes us to drinks with her dear friends, dropping off mouth-watering suppers for Claude, her ex-husband, warm and cosy in his infirmity, and visits her daughter, Poppet, holed up as the waters rise in a sodden West Country, as well as texting her son Christopher in Tenerife, dealing with the estate of his shockingly deceased girlfriend. The questions of what constitutes...
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Duckworth
Pub. Date
2004
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Royal tombs in Great Britain have long been neglected as archaeological monuments. This book examines the royal sepulchres of the rulers of the country down to the Georgian era, providing biographical notes on the tomb's owner and the circumstances of death.
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Raven Books
Pub. Date
2022
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Fuelled by a childhood fascination with death, journalist Hayley Campbell searches for answers from the people who choose to make a living by working with the dead. Along the way, Campbell encounters funeral directors, embalmers, a man who dissects cadavers for anatomy students, and a former executioner who is responsible for ending 62 lives. She holds a brain at an autopsy, visits a cryonics facility in Michigan, and goes for late-night Chinese with...
13) Black flowers
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Neil Dawson has grown up wanting to be like his father - a writer. When his father commits suicide, he is devastated. But through his grief, Neil knows something isn't right. Looking through his father's papers, he finds a copy of an old novel. Opening it will take Neil into an investigation full of danger, pain and subterfuge.
15) Mortal monarchs
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Publisher
Wildfire
Pub. Date
2022
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How the monarchs of England and Scotland met their deaths has been a wonderful mixture of violence, infections, overindulgence and occasional regicide. In 'Mortal Monarchs', medical historian Dr Suzie Edge examines 1,000 years of royal deaths to uncover the plots, accusations, rivalries, and ever-present threat of poison that the kings and queens of old faced.
16) Thunderhead
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Walker Bks
Pub. Date
2018
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Citra's life is threatened as conflict within the scythes grow, and the Thunderhead is made aware of a world-changing discovery.
17) The Toll
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Walker Bks
Pub. Date
2019
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Rowan, Citra and the Thunderhead gather forces to bring about an ultimate solution to the scythe problem.
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Jess and Leslie, competitors at first, then unlikely friends who create a magical land called Terabithia, are the unforgettable protagonists in one of the most celebrated children's novels of all time. This classic has been adapted into a live-action picture from Walt Disney Pictures and Walden Media.
20) Mind the gap
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Barrington Stoke
Pub. Date
2017
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A boy tries to help his friend get through his grief after the death of his father.