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Love Notes To Grievers

Love Notes To Grievers

Let go of expectations and timelines.

Book, Book Group Selection, Book Review, Farewell Library, Library, WisdomCaren MartineauJanuary 22, 2024Author, Memoir, Self Help, Family, Grief, Healing, Grief Workers, love, Loss, Non Fiction, Poetry, philosophy, Relationships, Essay, Teacher

All About Love: New Visions

All About Love: New Visions

Love is an action

Library, Book Review, Book, WisdomCaren MartineauFebruary 23, 2023Non Fiction, philosophy, love, Best Seller, Toni Morrison, Thomas Merton, Grief, Death, Culture, Author

Left on Tenth

Left on Tenth

From fine to awfulness to love to hope

Wisdom, Library, Book Review, BookCaren MartineauJanuary 6, 2023Biography, Memoir, Medical Memoir, Author, Best Seller, Caregiver, Dying, Death, Farewell Library, Grief, Loss, Non Fiction, NYTimes bestseller, Romance, Relationships, Transformation

When Breath Becomes Air

When Breath Becomes Air

Living in the face of death

Book, LibraryCaren MartineauNovember 8, 2022Memoir, Science, Death, Father, Author, Dying, Medical, Best Seller, NYTimes bestseller

Tell the Wolves I'm Home

Tell the Wolves I'm Home

A literary gut punch in the very best way

Wisdom, Library, BookCaren MartineauNovember 8, 2022Author, Death, Caregiver, 1980s, AIDs, Young Adult, Historical Fiction, LGBTQ, Parents, Economics, Career, Taxes

The Smell of Rain on Dust

The Smell of Rain on Dust

Shaman elder looks at grief as “a spiritual enzyme”

Wisdom, Library, BookCaren MartineauNovember 8, 2022Indigenous Cultures, Native American, Shaman, Tribes, Elders, Teacher, Author, Ancestral, Grief, Rituals, Celebration, Death, Grief Workers

Atlas of the Heart

Atlas of the Heart

Defining our emotional landscape

Book, Library, WisdomCaren MartineauNovember 8, 2022Self Help, Psychology, Relationships, TED Talk, Author, Best Seller, NYTimes bestseller

Holy the Firm

Holy the Firm

A beautiful bedside companion and offering to those of us who witness suffering and ask, “Why?”.

Wisdom, Library, BookCaren MartineauOctober 3, 2022Grief, Christian, Dying, Death, Death with Dignity, Masterpiece, Metaphysical, Author, Best Seller

The Death of Ivan Illyich

The Death of Ivan Illyich

Novella offers much to consider. Especially for death workers, it’s a must read!

Wisdom, Library, BookCaren MartineauOctober 3, 2022Author, Grief, Classic, Novel, Tolstoy, Masterpiece

To Bless the Space Between Us

To Bless the Space Between Us

A tremendous wealth of universal comfort lies between these covers.

Wisdom, Library, BookCaren MartineauOctober 3, 2022Poetry, Essay, Author, Best Seller, Poet, Grief, Blessings, Death

The Measure

The Measure

This excellent little novel will keep you on your toes, keep you thinking and wrench your heart in the most lovely ways.

Wisdom, Library, BookCaren MartineauOctober 3, 2022Best Seller, NYTimes bestseller, Fantasy, Death, Dying, Mortality, Culture, Society, Author

A Memoir of Love and Loss

A Memoir of Love and Loss

I’m still puffy-eyed from all the crying…

Wisdom, Library, BookCaren MartineauOctober 3, 2022Best Seller, NYTimes bestseller, Death, Dying, Alzheimer's, Death with Dignity, Author, Memoir, Loss, Medical, Memory Loss