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Embracing Life After Loss: A Gentle Guide for Growing through Grief
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication number: 2019931489
ISBN: (print) 978-1-64250-006-6, (ebook) 978-1-64250-007-3
BISAC category code: SEL010000, SELF-HELP / Death, Grief, Bereavement
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To hospices everywhere,
who do incredible work with the dying,
the grieving, and their families.
I always try to balance the light with the heavy; a few tears of human spirit, in with the sequins and the fringes.
—Bette Midler, American entertainer
Table of Contents
With a Little Help from Your Friends