https://herts.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?QRY=BSOPAC%3A%20GRIEF&QRYTEXT=Anywhere%3A%20grief%20(Keywords)&SETLVL=SET&CF=BIB&SORTS=DTE.DATE1.DESC&NRECS=20 Spydus Search Results en © 2022 Civica Pty Limited. All rights reserved. https://herts.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=5575914&CF=BIB Grief can be complicated and painful. Our memories, relationships, good times and worries are unique, and these all affect how we experience a loss. No two people will experience grief in the same way because all of our relationships are specific to us. But there are frameworks for understanding our reactions when someone dies. Lots of people have found it helpful to understand these frameworks, as knowing what's going on with grief can help us find ways to cope with the loss, let go of some of the pain, and find ways to still have a good future. Based on years of research, this book includes some first-hand experiences from people who have been through grief, to show how the ideas could work in real life. However, this is not another person's story. It is a guide to understanding your own. Grief can be complicated and painful. Our memories, relationships, good times and worries are unique, and these all affect how we experience a loss. No two people will experience grief in the same way because all of our relationships are specific to us. But there are frameworks for understanding our reactions when someone dies. Lots of people have found it helpful to understand these frameworks, as knowing what's going on with grief can help us find ways to cope with the loss, let go of some of the pain, and find ways to still have a good future. Based on years of research, this book includes some first-hand experiences from people who have been through grief, to show how the ideas could work in real life. However, this is not another person's story. It is a guide to understanding your own.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Trickey, David<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>London : Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2024.<br />175 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 22 cm<br /><br />11 copies <br /> https://herts.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=5558897&CF=BIB Lonely Planet explores over 30 customs around death, grief and rebirth in cultures and communities around the world and highlights some of the lessons we can all learn from them. With first-person narratives, local people tell the stories of their culture's customs in their own voices. Photography and illustration brings the fascinating pages to life. Through such topics as the tangihanga mourning tradition of New Zealand's Maori people, Irish wakes and the annual Day of the Dead across Mexico, this book explores what it means to mourn loved ones. Lonely Planet explores over 30 customs around death, grief and rebirth in cultures and communities around the world and highlights some of the lessons we can all learn from them. With first-person narratives, local people tell the stories of their culture's customs in their own voices. Photography and illustration brings the fascinating pages to life. Through such topics as the tangihanga mourning tradition of New Zealand's Maori people, Irish wakes and the annual Day of the Dead across Mexico, this book explores what it means to mourn loved ones.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>Carlton : Lonely Planet, 2024.<br />272 pages ; 22 cm<br /><br />Cheshunt Library - (Hertfordshire County Council) - Non fiction - 306.9 - On order<br />Hitchin Library - (Hertfordshire County Council) - Non fiction - 306.9 - On order<br />North Watford Library - (Hertfordshire County Council) - Non fiction - 306.9 - On order<br /> https://herts.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=5625379&CF=BIB A week-long grief retreat on a beautiful country estate with no phones and no wifi isn't ex-tarot reader Blue's usual getaway. But ever since her mother's death she's been carrying a secret. Could this finally help her let it go? When she arrives, it's raining, and there's something strange about the house. Only a few guests have made it through the weather. As the owners, Molly and Joshua Park, try desperately to cling to normality, the storm worsens until they're stranded in the house - cut off from the outside world. And after one of the guests disappears in the night, Blue wonders who around her, the Parks and the guests, is telling the truth about why they're there - and whose grief might be hiding a deeper secret. The floodwater rises. Everyone is keeping secrets - but only one is a killer. Can Blue escape with her life, and her sanity? A week-long grief retreat on a beautiful country estate with no phones and no wifi isn't ex-tarot reader Blue's usual getaway. But ever since her mother's death she's been carrying a secret. Could this finally help her let it go? When she arrives, it's raining, and there's something strange about the house. Only a few guests have made it through the weather. As the owners, Molly and Joshua Park, try desperately to cling to normality, the storm worsens until they're stranded in the house - cut off from the outside world. And after one of the guests disappears in the night, Blue wonders who around her, the Parks and the guests, is telling the truth about why they're there - and whose grief might be hiding a deeper secret. The floodwater rises. Everyone is keeping secrets - but only one is a killer. Can Blue escape with her life, and her sanity?<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Thorne, Rebecca<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>London : Raven Books, 2024.<br />384 pages ; 24 cm<br /><br />Borehamwood Library - (Hertfordshire County Council) - Fiction - Thriller - Onloan - Due: 28 May 2024 - 536004371<br />Stevenage Central Library - (Hertfordshire County Council) - Fiction - Thriller - Available - 536004383<br /> https://herts.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=5625428&CF=BIB Meet Sofie. The history of her sexuality begins when she loses her virginity to Walter the recruitment consultant. So, naturally, she thought that things could only improve from there. But she was wrong. It seems Sofie's been wrong about a lot of things. First, she thought she was into men: wrong. Then she met Frida and thought she was set for life: wrong again. Turns out, facing up to everything she thought she knew about herself requires a lot of trial and error. Will Sofie ever be able to untangle the impossible knot of sex, love, loneliness, family relationships and grief that constitutes a life? Does it even matter? 'The History of My Sexuality' is a frank, funny, exuberant journey through the highs and lows of your 20s, and making peace with getting it wrong again and again. Meet Sofie. The history of her sexuality begins when she loses her virginity to Walter the recruitment consultant. So, naturally, she thought that things could only improve from there. But she was wrong. It seems Sofie's been wrong about a lot of things. First, she thought she was into men: wrong. Then she met Frida and thought she was set for life: wrong again. Turns out, facing up to everything she thought she knew about herself requires a lot of trial and error. Will Sofie ever be able to untangle the impossible knot of sex, love, loneliness, family relationships and grief that constitutes a life? Does it even matter? 'The History of My Sexuality' is a frank, funny, exuberant journey through the highs and lows of your 20s, and making peace with getting it wrong again and again.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Lakmaker, Tobi, 1994-<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>London : Granta Books, 2024.<br />192 pages ; 22 cm<br /><br />11 copies <br /> https://herts.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=5625846&CF=BIB 1943. With her best friend having recently joined the Land Army and her mother lost in grief after the death of her father early in the war, Gloria is lonely. When she finds an unlikely kindred spirit in Jerome, an American soldier stationed in her Cotswolds village, Gloria begins to fall in love. But conflict between the soldiers and the villagers lead to an impossible choice with devastating consequences. Present day. After their dreams of starting a family are crushed, Philippa and her husband Marco need a fresh start. Focusing on repairing the crumbling walls and leaking roof of the Cotswolds house they impulsively bought seems easier work than repairing their relationship. When Philippa finds a hidden memorial hidden deep in the garden, the discovery only pushes them further apart. 1943. With her best friend having recently joined the Land Army and her mother lost in grief after the death of her father early in the war, Gloria is lonely. When she finds an unlikely kindred spirit in Jerome, an American soldier stationed in her Cotswolds village, Gloria begins to fall in love. But conflict between the soldiers and the villagers lead to an impossible choice with devastating consequences. Present day. After their dreams of starting a family are crushed, Philippa and her husband Marco need a fresh start. Focusing on repairing the crumbling walls and leaking roof of the Cotswolds house they impulsively bought seems easier work than repairing their relationship. When Philippa finds a hidden memorial hidden deep in the garden, the discovery only pushes them further apart.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Barrett, Kerry, 1973-<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>London : HQ, 2024.<br />290 pages ; 20 cm<br /><br />Harpenden Library - (Hertfordshire County Council) - Fiction - General fiction pbk - Onloan - Due: 07 May 2024 - 53601643X<br />Hitchin Library - (Hertfordshire County Council) - Fiction - General fiction pbk - Available - 536016441<br />Letchworth Library - (Hertfordshire County Council) - Fiction - General fiction pbk - Onloan - Due: 03 May 2024 - 536016453<br />Marshalswick Library - (Hertfordshire County Council) - Fiction - General fiction pbk - Available - 536016465<br />Rickmansworth Library - (Hertfordshire County Council) - Fiction - General fiction pbk - Available - 536016477<br />St Albans Library - (Hertfordshire County Council) - Fiction - General fiction pbk - Available - 536016489<br />Tring Library - (Hertfordshire County Council) - Fiction - General fiction pbk - Available - 536016490<br />Welwyn Garden City Library and Information Service - (Hertfordshire County Council) - Fiction - General fiction pbk - Available - 536016509<br /> https://herts.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=5638061&CF=BIB 'You Are Not Alone' doesn't offer you an exit, just suggestions on how to navigate grief. To help you as you learn grief's brutal but beautiful lesson; that grief will change and grow and diminish and reappear, it will be with you forever, you will learn to build a life around it, to carry it. It will be OK, you will be OK. Somehow, you will be. You are not alone. Cariad was just 15 years old when her father died. At the time, death was still a taboo, and grief even more so. No one was talking about what it really felt like, the tears, the laughter, the pain - the truth of grief. Years later, she found she needed a place where she could finally be honest about this strange human emotion, so she created the Griefcast podcast, starting a conversation about one of the most significant moments of all our lives: the end. 'You Are Not Alone' doesn't offer you an exit, just suggestions on how to navigate grief. To help you as you learn grief's brutal but beautiful lesson; that grief will change and grow and diminish and reappear, it will be with you forever, you will learn to build a life around it, to carry it. It will be OK, you will be OK. Somehow, you will be. You are not alone. Cariad was just 15 years old when her father died. At the time, death was still a taboo, and grief even more so. No one was talking about what it really felt like, the tears, the laughter, the pain - the truth of grief. Years later, she found she needed a place where she could finally be honest about this strange human emotion, so she created the Griefcast podcast, starting a conversation about one of the most significant moments of all our lives: the end.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Lloyd, Cariad, 1982-<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>London : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2024.<br />xvi, 286 pages : illustration (black and white) ; 20 cm<br /><br />Berkhamsted Library - (Hertfordshire County Council) - Non fiction - 155.937 - Available - 536043637<br />Oxhey Library - (Hertfordshire County Council) - Non fiction - 155.937 - Available - 536043649<br />Radlett Library - (Hertfordshire County Council) - Non fiction - 155.937 - Available - 536043650<br />St Albans Library - (Hertfordshire County Council) - Non fiction - 155.937 - Onloan - Due: 13 May 2024 - 536043662<br />Watford Central Library - (Hertfordshire County Council) - Non fiction - 155.937 - Onloan - Due: 15 May 2024 - 536043674<br />Woodhall Library - (Hertfordshire County Council) - Non fiction - 155.937 - Available - 536043686<br /> https://herts.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=5638605&CF=BIB Three years after her fiancé was murdered, Gemma Morgan is, at last, starting to move on with her life. But just as she thinks everything is back on track, she realises the new man in her life seems to be hiding something big from her. Gemma's hurled right back into her pit of despair, but is it just paranoia playing tricks on her? Or is he? Only this time, it isn't grief that consumes her - it's fearing for her life. Three years after her fiancé was murdered, Gemma Morgan is, at last, starting to move on with her life. But just as she thinks everything is back on track, she realises the new man in her life seems to be hiding something big from her. Gemma's hurled right back into her pit of despair, but is it just paranoia playing tricks on her? Or is he? Only this time, it isn't grief that consumes her - it's fearing for her life.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Blood, Ali<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>London : Avon, 2024.<br />375 pages ; 20 cm<br /><br />Hitchin Library - (Hertfordshire County Council) - Fiction - Thriller paperback - Available - 536451152<br />Hoddesdon Library - (Hertfordshire County Council) - Fiction - Thriller paperback - Available - 536451164<br />Oxhey Library - (Hertfordshire County Council) - Fiction - Thriller paperback - Onloan - Due: 25 May 2024 - 536451176<br />Radlett Library - (Hertfordshire County Council) - Fiction - Thriller paperback - Available - 536451188<br />St Albans Library - (Hertfordshire County Council) - Fiction - Thriller paperback - Onloan - Due: 10 May 2024 - 53645119X<br />Tring Library - (Hertfordshire County Council) - Fiction - Thriller paperback - Available - 536451208<br /> https://herts.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=5638873&CF=BIB Marina and Hugh were once madly in love. But after the loss of their beautiful little daughter, grief has created a distance between them that feels impossible to bridge. Marina knows leaving Italy is the only way they will be able to move on, but Thorncliffe Hall, Hugh's family home in England, is so grey and unwelcoming. Just when life feels like it may never regain colour, Marina and Hugh come across a striking china coffee pot in a London shop window, adorned with a fox flying through the night sky. The coffee pot comes attached with a mystery, one that is connected with Hugh's own family many years ago. By digging into the past, Marina is about to discover a story far beyond her wildest dreams. But will the past help her heal the present? Marina and Hugh were once madly in love. But after the loss of their beautiful little daughter, grief has created a distance between them that feels impossible to bridge. Marina knows leaving Italy is the only way they will be able to move on, but Thorncliffe Hall, Hugh's family home in England, is so grey and unwelcoming. Just when life feels like it may never regain colour, Marina and Hugh come across a striking china coffee pot in a London shop window, adorned with a fox flying through the night sky. The coffee pot comes attached with a mystery, one that is connected with Hugh's own family many years ago. By digging into the past, Marina is about to discover a story far beyond her wildest dreams. But will the past help her heal the present?<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Montague, Caroline<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>London : Orion Books, 2024.<br />448 pages ; 20 cm<br /><br />11 copies <br /> https://herts.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=5639709&CF=BIB In the wake of an insignificant battle between two long-forgotten kingdoms in fourteenth-century southern India, a nine-year-old girl has a divine encounter that will change the course of history. After witnessing the death of her mother, the grief-stricken Pampa Kampana becomes a vessel for a goddess, who tells her that she will be instrumental in the rise of a great city called Bisnaga - literally 'victory city' - the wonder of the world. Over the next two hundred and fifty years, Pampa Kampana's life becomes deeply interwoven with Bisnaga's as she attempts to make good on the task that the goddess set for her: to give women equal agency in a patriarchal world. But all stories have a way of getting away from their creator, and as years pass, rulers come and go, battles are won and lost, and allegiances shift, Bisnaga is no exception. In the wake of an insignificant battle between two long-forgotten kingdoms in fourteenth-century southern India, a nine-year-old girl has a divine encounter that will change the course of history. After witnessing the death of her mother, the grief-stricken Pampa Kampana becomes a vessel for a goddess, who tells her that she will be instrumental in the rise of a great city called Bisnaga - literally 'victory city' - the wonder of the world. Over the next two hundred and fifty years, Pampa Kampana's life becomes deeply interwoven with Bisnaga's as she attempts to make good on the task that the goddess set for her: to give women equal agency in a patriarchal world. But all stories have a way of getting away from their creator, and as years pass, rulers come and go, battles are won and lost, and allegiances shift, Bisnaga is no exception.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Rushdie, Salman<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>Dublin : Vintage, 2024.<br />376 pages ; 20 cm<br /><br />22 copies <br /> https://herts.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=5640327&CF=BIB Billie and Tom have just found out their father has died. Dislocated from each other and unable to talk about the trauma in their family's past, Billie decides the best thing to do is get on a plane to her brother in Paris. Maybe there they can find a way to heal? As their story veers between present bereavement and flashbacks to growing up, we see the siblings search for common ground and attempt to repair old wounds. Following the tracks of their grief, Billie and Tom find themselves - unexpectedly - lost in the catacombs of Paris, confronting both each other and their own demons. Billie and Tom have just found out their father has died. Dislocated from each other and unable to talk about the trauma in their family's past, Billie decides the best thing to do is get on a plane to her brother in Paris. Maybe there they can find a way to heal? As their story veers between present bereavement and flashbacks to growing up, we see the siblings search for common ground and attempt to repair old wounds. Following the tracks of their grief, Billie and Tom find themselves - unexpectedly - lost in the catacombs of Paris, confronting both each other and their own demons.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>West-Knights, Imogen<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>London : Fleet, 2024.<br />304 pages ; 20 cm<br /><br />Hemel Hempstead Library - (Hertfordshire County Council) - Fiction - General fiction pbk - Available - 536410519<br />Hitchin Library - (Hertfordshire County Council) - Fiction - General fiction pbk - Onloan - Due: 16 May 2024 - 536410520<br />Letchworth Library - (Hertfordshire County Council) - Fiction - General fiction pbk - Available - 536410532<br />Rickmansworth Library - (Hertfordshire County Council) - Fiction - General fiction pbk - Available - 536410544<br /> https://herts.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=5648375&CF=BIB Be careful what you wish for. Mum died recently. It was quick and unexpected. On the cusp of adulthood, and without mum to guide us my sister, Skye and I are left with decisions which will change our lives forever. As identical twins, we'd normally choose to stick together like glue, but anger and grief gets the better of us and we pull in different directions. Skye wants us to desert our broken family for university. I want us to huddle together at home with our grief-stricken dad and our younger sister, Jade. At an impasse, each of us makes our own choices, stubbornly refusing to give way. Finding myself alone and without the other half of me, I'm desperately lonely. I need a friend. Someone to talk to. Someone who understands. But, when I find that special someone, I know I've made a terrible mistake and trusted the wrong person. Be careful what you wish for. Mum died recently. It was quick and unexpected. On the cusp of adulthood, and without mum to guide us my sister, Skye and I are left with decisions which will change our lives forever. As identical twins, we'd normally choose to stick together like glue, but anger and grief gets the better of us and we pull in different directions. Skye wants us to desert our broken family for university. I want us to huddle together at home with our grief-stricken dad and our younger sister, Jade. At an impasse, each of us makes our own choices, stubbornly refusing to give way. Finding myself alone and without the other half of me, I'm desperately lonely. I need a friend. Someone to talk to. Someone who understands. But, when I find that special someone, I know I've made a terrible mistake and trusted the wrong person.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Saxon, Diane<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>London : Boldwood Books, 2024.<br />1 volume (large print) ; 24 cm<br /><br />Berkhamsted Library - (Hertfordshire County Council) - Large Print - Thriller paperback - Available - 535351455<br /> https://herts.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=5648377&CF=BIB Be careful what you wish for. Mum died recently. It was quick and unexpected. On the cusp of adulthood, and without mum to guide us my sister, Skye and I are left with decisions which will change our lives forever. As identical twins, we'd normally choose to stick together like glue, but anger and grief gets the better of us and we pull in different directions. Skye wants us to desert our broken family for university. I want us to huddle together at home with our grief-stricken dad and our younger sister, Jade. At an impasse, each of us makes our own choices, stubbornly refusing to give way. Finding myself alone and without the other half of me, I'm desperately lonely. I need a friend. Someone to talk to. Someone who understands. But, when I find that special someone, I know I've made a terrible mistake and trusted the wrong person. Be careful what you wish for. Mum died recently. It was quick and unexpected. On the cusp of adulthood, and without mum to guide us my sister, Skye and I are left with decisions which will change our lives forever. As identical twins, we'd normally choose to stick together like glue, but anger and grief gets the better of us and we pull in different directions. Skye wants us to desert our broken family for university. I want us to huddle together at home with our grief-stricken dad and our younger sister, Jade. At an impasse, each of us makes our own choices, stubbornly refusing to give way. Finding myself alone and without the other half of me, I'm desperately lonely. I need a friend. Someone to talk to. Someone who understands. But, when I find that special someone, I know I've made a terrible mistake and trusted the wrong person.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Saxon, Diane<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>London : Boldwood Books, 2024.<br />1 volume<br /><br />Hoddesdon Library - (Hertfordshire County Council) - Fiction - Thriller paperback - Available - 536508650<br />Royston Library - (Hertfordshire County Council) - Fiction - Thriller paperback - Onloan - Due: 15 May 2024 - 536508662<br />Ware Library - (Hertfordshire County Council) - Fiction - Thriller paperback - Onloan - Due: 06 Jun 2024 - 536508674<br /> https://herts.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=5652175&CF=BIB In 'Bibliotherapy', bibliotherapist and counsellor Bijal Shah draws on her personal experience, work with clients and research to explore the healing power of reading. From the history of how therapeutic reading evolved - and the important role played by great writers such as the Stoics, Montaigne, Eliot and Wordsworth in its popularisation - to first-hand stories from clients who have struggled with grief, relationships and illness, this book explores just how comforting and life-changing reading can be. Bijal imparts practical advice and explains how bibliotherapy really works, while offering an A to Z reading list of books for every mood and taste. This is a wonderful, sumptuous celebration of reading that will invite you to see books as more than just an escape, but a legitimate form of self-care. In 'Bibliotherapy', bibliotherapist and counsellor Bijal Shah draws on her personal experience, work with clients and research to explore the healing power of reading. From the history of how therapeutic reading evolved - and the important role played by great writers such as the Stoics, Montaigne, Eliot and Wordsworth in its popularisation - to first-hand stories from clients who have struggled with grief, relationships and illness, this book explores just how comforting and life-changing reading can be. Bijal imparts practical advice and explains how bibliotherapy really works, while offering an A to Z reading list of books for every mood and taste. This is a wonderful, sumptuous celebration of reading that will invite you to see books as more than just an escape, but a legitimate form of self-care.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Shah, Bijal<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>London : Piatkus, 2024.<br />320 pages ; 21 cm<br /><br />Berkhamsted Library - (Hertfordshire County Council) - Non fiction - 615.85162 - Available - 536473135<br />Hemel Hempstead Library - (Hertfordshire County Council) - Non fiction - 615.85162 - Available - 536473147<br />Hoddesdon Library - (Hertfordshire County Council) - Non fiction - 615.85162 - Onloan - Due: 04 Jun 2024 - 536473159<br />Watford Central Library - (Hertfordshire County Council) - Non fiction - 615.85162 - Available - 536473160<br />Welwyn Garden City Library and Information Service - (Hertfordshire County Council) - Non fiction - 615.85162 - Available - 536473172<br /> https://herts.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=5655618&CF=BIB When Meg and Marc lost their daughter, their family collapsed in on itself. Nobody could understand the trauma that they carried so it made sense when they turned to a therapist, Janette to help process their grief. Desperate for some distance from their grief, they relocate to a small town where they know no one. They're sure it's a happy coincidence that Janette has moved there too, and at first it feels reassuring to have a friendly face nearby. But in those dark, desperate days after the accident, they shared everything with her. Secrets they haven't even told each other. And it seems Janette doesn't want to just be their therapist anymore. Or even their friend. When Meg and Marc lost their daughter, their family collapsed in on itself. Nobody could understand the trauma that they carried so it made sense when they turned to a therapist, Janette to help process their grief. Desperate for some distance from their grief, they relocate to a small town where they know no one. They're sure it's a happy coincidence that Janette has moved there too, and at first it feels reassuring to have a friendly face nearby. But in those dark, desperate days after the accident, they shared everything with her. Secrets they haven't even told each other. And it seems Janette doesn't want to just be their therapist anymore. Or even their friend.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>McGrath, Mel, 1964-<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>London : HQ, 2024.<br />404 pages ; 20 cm<br /><br />Baldock Library - (Hertfordshire County Council) - Fiction - Thriller paperback - Available - 53653573X<br />Cheshunt Library - (Hertfordshire County Council) - Fiction - Thriller paperback - Onloan - Due: 29 Apr 2024 - 536535741<br />Hatfield Library - (Hertfordshire County Council) - Fiction - Thriller paperback - Available - 536535753<br />Hertford Library - (Hertfordshire County Council) - Fiction - Thriller paperback - Available - 536535765<br />Hoddesdon Library - (Hertfordshire County Council) - Fiction - Thriller paperback - Onloan - Due: 07 May 2024 - 536535777<br />Marshalswick Library - (Hertfordshire County Council) - Fiction - Thriller paperback - Available - 536536825<br />North Watford Library - (Hertfordshire County Council) - Fiction - Thriller paperback - Available - 536535789<br />Stevenage Central Library - (Hertfordshire County Council) - Fiction - Thriller paperback - Available - 536535790<br />Waltham Cross Library - (Hertfordshire County Council) - Fiction - Thriller paperback - Available - 536536837<br />Welwyn Garden City Library and Information Service - (Hertfordshire County Council) - Fiction - Thriller paperback - Onloan - Due: 15 May 2024 - 536535809<br /> https://herts.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=5655687&CF=BIB Grief is universal, but it's also as unique to each of us as the person we've lost. It can be overwhelming, exhausting, lonely, unreasonable, there when we least expect it and seemingly never-ending. Wherever you are with your grief and whoever you're grieving for, 'I Promise It Won't Always Hurt Like This' is here to support you. To tell you, until you believe it, that things will get easier. When Clare Mackintosh lost her five-week-old son, she searched for help in books. All of them wanted to tell her what she should be feeling and when she should be feeling it, but the truth - as she soon found out - is that there are no neat, labelled stages for grief, or crash grief-diets to relieve us of our pain. What we need when we're grieving is time and understanding. This book is the book she needed then. Grief is universal, but it's also as unique to each of us as the person we've lost. It can be overwhelming, exhausting, lonely, unreasonable, there when we least expect it and seemingly never-ending. Wherever you are with your grief and whoever you're grieving for, 'I Promise It Won't Always Hurt Like This' is here to support you. To tell you, until you believe it, that things will get easier. When Clare Mackintosh lost her five-week-old son, she searched for help in books. All of them wanted to tell her what she should be feeling and when she should be feeling it, but the truth - as she soon found out - is that there are no neat, labelled stages for grief, or crash grief-diets to relieve us of our pain. What we need when we're grieving is time and understanding. This book is the book she needed then.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Mackintosh, Clare<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>London : Sphere, 2024.<br />288 pages ; 22 cm<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">1 reserve</span><br /><br />Bishops Stortford Library - (Hertfordshire County Council) - Non fiction - 155.937 - Onloan - Due: 10 May 2024 - 536511296<br />Harpenden Library - (Hertfordshire County Council) - Non fiction - 155.937 - Onloan - Due: 17 May 2024 - 53663177X<br />Hertford Library - (Hertfordshire County Council) - Non fiction - 155.937 - Onloan - Due: 16 May 2024 - 536511304<br />Welwyn Garden City Library and Information Service - (Hertfordshire County Council) - Non fiction - 155.937 - In-transit from The Stock Services unit to Croxley Green Library (Set: 25 Apr 2024) - 536511316<br /> https://herts.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=5656491&CF=BIB Foreign correspondent Christine Toomey spent years renovating her glorious, long-abandoned hill-top home in Le Marche, Italy, as a haven of rest from covering crises around the world. But in 2016, the peace and beauty of this beloved landscape were thrown into chaos when a series of powerful earthquakes struck the heart of the Apennines. Wracked with grief for a place still reverberating with seismic aftershocks, Christine set out on a journey of discovery through the history of a landscape that gave birth to so much of Western culture and civilisation. Foreign correspondent Christine Toomey spent years renovating her glorious, long-abandoned hill-top home in Le Marche, Italy, as a haven of rest from covering crises around the world. But in 2016, the peace and beauty of this beloved landscape were thrown into chaos when a series of powerful earthquakes struck the heart of the Apennines. Wracked with grief for a place still reverberating with seismic aftershocks, Christine set out on a journey of discovery through the history of a landscape that gave birth to so much of Western culture and civilisation.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Toomey, Christine<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>London : Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2024.<br />272 pages ; 20 cm<br /><br />Bishops Stortford Library - (Hertfordshire County Council) - Non fiction - 551.220945 - Onloan - Due: 07 May 2024 - 536569563<br />Letchworth Library - (Hertfordshire County Council) - Non fiction - 551.220945 - Onloan - Due: 13 May 2024 - 536569575<br />Rickmansworth Library - (Hertfordshire County Council) - Non fiction - 551.220945 - Available - 536569587<br />Watford Central Library - (Hertfordshire County Council) - Non fiction - 551.220945 - Onloan - Due: 04 May 2024 - 536569599<br /> https://herts.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=5656977&CF=BIB Rocks and mountains have withstood aeons of life on our planet - gradually eroding, shifting, solidifying, and weathering. We might spend a little less time on earth, but humans are also weathering: evolving and changing as we're transformed by the shifting climates of our lives and experiences. So, what might these ancient natural forms have to teach us about resilience and change? In a stunning exploration of our own connection to these enduring forms, outdoor psychotherapist and geologist Ruth Allen takes us on a journey through deep time and ancient landscapes, showing how geology can offer us a new way of thinking about our own grief, change and boundaries. In a world shaken by physical, political, and medical disasters, Weathering argues for a deeper understanding of the ground beneath our feet to better serve ourselves and the world we live in. Rocks and mountains have withstood aeons of life on our planet - gradually eroding, shifting, solidifying, and weathering. We might spend a little less time on earth, but humans are also weathering: evolving and changing as we're transformed by the shifting climates of our lives and experiences. So, what might these ancient natural forms have to teach us about resilience and change? In a stunning exploration of our own connection to these enduring forms, outdoor psychotherapist and geologist Ruth Allen takes us on a journey through deep time and ancient landscapes, showing how geology can offer us a new way of thinking about our own grief, change and boundaries. In a world shaken by physical, political, and medical disasters, Weathering argues for a deeper understanding of the ground beneath our feet to better serve ourselves and the world we live in.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Allen, Ruth (Psychotherapist)<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>London : Ebury Press, 2024.<br />271 pages ; 23 cm<br /><br />Bishops Stortford Library - (Hertfordshire County Council) - Non fiction - 615.8515 - Available - 536576336<br />Harpenden Library - (Hertfordshire County Council) - Non fiction - 615.8515 - Onloan - Due: 04 May 2024 - 536576348<br />Hitchin Library - (Hertfordshire County Council) - Non fiction - 615.8515 - Available - 53657635X<br />Stevenage Central Library - (Hertfordshire County Council) - Non fiction - 615.8515 - Available - 536576361<br />Welwyn Garden City Library and Information Service - (Hertfordshire County Council) - Non fiction - 615.8515 - Available - 536576373<br /> https://herts.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=5657014&CF=BIB After the mysterious death of her beloved sister, Tess is grief-stricken and lonely. Forced to rent out Rosie's old room to pay the bills, Tess discovers a distraction: going through the possessions of the guests. When handsome and inscrutable Arran takes the room, Tess finds his diary. The entries are about an unnamed woman. But in her compulsion to know more, there's something Tess fails to notice. She's being watched. Everyone has their secrets - and this one is closer to home. After the mysterious death of her beloved sister, Tess is grief-stricken and lonely. Forced to rent out Rosie's old room to pay the bills, Tess discovers a distraction: going through the possessions of the guests. When handsome and inscrutable Arran takes the room, Tess finds his diary. The entries are about an unnamed woman. But in her compulsion to know more, there's something Tess fails to notice. She's being watched. Everyone has their secrets - and this one is closer to home.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Sylva, Tasha<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>London : Welbeck, 2024.<br />416 pages ; 20 cm<br /><br />Berkhamsted Library - (Hertfordshire County Council) - Fiction - General fiction pbk - Onloan - Due: 08 May 2024 - 536568218<br />Bishops Stortford Library - (Hertfordshire County Council) - Fiction - General fiction pbk - Onloan - Due: 15 May 2024 - 53656822X<br />Hemel Hempstead Library - (Hertfordshire County Council) - Fiction - General fiction pbk - Available - 536568231<br />Rickmansworth Library - (Hertfordshire County Council) - Fiction - General fiction pbk - Available - 536568243<br /> https://herts.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=5657080&CF=BIB Is it possible to overcome pain by learning to be happy? This is the question psychologist and speaker Karen Guggenheim asked herself after the sudden death of her husband in 2013. Overwhelmed by this unexpected loss, Karen decided to use her grief as a motivator to look inwards and embark on a transformative journey of post-traumatic growth, which led her to become the co-founder of the World Happiness Summit. Drawing from her personal experiences and research in psychology and neuroscience, Karen reveals that happiness can be taught and learned, and that, through small daily changes, we can all bring more compassion and positivity into our days to feel better about ourselves and others. This book is a practical and accessible guide to dealing with adversity, showing us that it is possible to grow from our challenges and lead more fulfilling and purposeful lives. Is it possible to overcome pain by learning to be happy? This is the question psychologist and speaker Karen Guggenheim asked herself after the sudden death of her husband in 2013. Overwhelmed by this unexpected loss, Karen decided to use her grief as a motivator to look inwards and embark on a transformative journey of post-traumatic growth, which led her to become the co-founder of the World Happiness Summit. Drawing from her personal experiences and research in psychology and neuroscience, Karen reveals that happiness can be taught and learned, and that, through small daily changes, we can all bring more compassion and positivity into our days to feel better about ourselves and others. This book is a practical and accessible guide to dealing with adversity, showing us that it is possible to grow from our challenges and lead more fulfilling and purposeful lives.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Guggenheim, Karen<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>London : Rider Books, 2024.<br />224 pages ; 22 cm<br /><br />Harpenden Library - (Hertfordshire County Council) - Non fiction - 158.1 - Onloan - Due: 28 May 2024 - 536543517<br />Watford Central Library - (Hertfordshire County Council) - Non fiction - 158.1 - Available - 536543529<br /> https://herts.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=5658058&CF=BIB At only 17, Lucy's world went to black. Due to a rare condition called incontinentia pigmenti, Lucy lost her eyesight in an instant and suddenly had to learn how to navigate her life all over again. While incredibly difficult and traumatic, this also marked the beginning of Lucy's extraordinary journey to finding self-acceptance and happiness. Lucy's motto in life is that she is 'blind, not broken'. In her book, she shows how anyone can adopt this same motto by demonstrating how the challenges we face in life need not break us but can instead inspire us to lead full, rich lives. Each chapter contains inspirational tips, practical motivation and coping mechanisms, which can be applied to people of every ability who are grieving a loss or experiencing a sudden change. At only 17, Lucy's world went to black. Due to a rare condition called incontinentia pigmenti, Lucy lost her eyesight in an instant and suddenly had to learn how to navigate her life all over again. While incredibly difficult and traumatic, this also marked the beginning of Lucy's extraordinary journey to finding self-acceptance and happiness. Lucy's motto in life is that she is 'blind, not broken'. In her book, she shows how anyone can adopt this same motto by demonstrating how the challenges we face in life need not break us but can instead inspire us to lead full, rich lives. Each chapter contains inspirational tips, practical motivation and coping mechanisms, which can be applied to people of every ability who are grieving a loss or experiencing a sudden change.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Edwards, Lucy<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>London : Hamlyn, 2024.<br />256 pages ; 23 cm<br /><br />Hemel Hempstead Library - (Hertfordshire County Council) - Non fiction - 362.4109 - In-transit from Central Stocks Unit to Hemel Hempstead Library (Set: 25 Apr 2024) - 536638426<br />St Albans Library - (Hertfordshire County Council) - Non fiction - 362.4109 - In-transit from Central Stocks Unit to St Albans Library (Set: 25 Apr 2024) - 536638438<br />Stevenage Central Library - (Hertfordshire County Council) - Non fiction - 362.4109 - In-transit from Central Stocks Unit to Stevenage Central Library (Set: 25 Apr 2024) - 53663844X<br /> https://herts.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=5658232&CF=BIB My son's death will never make sense to me. But it has taught me that it's possible to find meaning, collectively and individually, in the loss of what we love. And in finding them, transform. Resilience is a seed that we all bear inside us. It germinates in emergencies. It sets down roots in astonishing and unexpected ways. And if we notice it, and tend to it, it blooms. Liz Jensen's son, a zoologist, conservationist, and ecological activist, was twenty-five when he collapsed and died unexpectedly. She fell apart. As she grieved, forest fires raged, coral reefs deteriorated, CO2 emissions rose and fossil fuels burned. 'Your Wild and Precious Life' is the story of how a mother rebuilt herself, reoriented her life and rediscovered the enchantment of the living world. My son's death will never make sense to me. But it has taught me that it's possible to find meaning, collectively and individually, in the loss of what we love. And in finding them, transform. Resilience is a seed that we all bear inside us. It germinates in emergencies. It sets down roots in astonishing and unexpected ways. And if we notice it, and tend to it, it blooms. Liz Jensen's son, a zoologist, conservationist, and ecological activist, was twenty-five when he collapsed and died unexpectedly. She fell apart. As she grieved, forest fires raged, coral reefs deteriorated, CO2 emissions rose and fossil fuels burned. 'Your Wild and Precious Life' is the story of how a mother rebuilt herself, reoriented her life and rediscovered the enchantment of the living world.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Jensen, Liz, 1959-<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>Edinburgh : Canongate, 2024.<br />xvi, 222 pages ; 23 cm<br /><br />Berkhamsted Library - (Hertfordshire County Council) - Non fiction - 155.937 - Available - 536511527<br />Harpenden Library - (Hertfordshire County Council) - Non fiction - 155.937 - Available - 536632070<br />Hoddesdon Library - (Hertfordshire County Council) - Non fiction - 155.937 - Onloan - Due: 07 May 2024 - 536511377<br />Tring Library - (Hertfordshire County Council) - Non fiction - 155.937 - Available - 536511539<br />Ware Library - (Hertfordshire County Council) - Non fiction - 155.937 - Available - 536511540<br />Watford Central Library - (Hertfordshire County Council) - Non fiction - 155.937 - Available - 536511389<br /> https://herts.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=5658286&CF=BIB Grace lives alone in Ballybrady, a tiny village on the beautiful east coast of Northern Ireland. She fills her days with swimming, fishing, quilting, and baiting the tourists who arrive from the city with more money than sense. She hasn't left the village since a traumatic stay in London as a young woman at the end of the 1980s. One of the tourists is Evan, taking an enforced holiday from his family and work in Belfast after breaking down after the death of his daughter in infancy. He has come to try to process his grief and make himself desirable again as a husband, a father and a business partner. But he hasn't been there a week until he gets trapped by lockdown. When Grace saves his life in a kayaking accident - if it was an accident - and Evan's troubled son arrives to stay, all three are drawn together in a way that forces a reckoning with their personal traumas and draws them back into society. Grace lives alone in Ballybrady, a tiny village on the beautiful east coast of Northern Ireland. She fills her days with swimming, fishing, quilting, and baiting the tourists who arrive from the city with more money than sense. She hasn't left the village since a traumatic stay in London as a young woman at the end of the 1980s. One of the tourists is Evan, taking an enforced holiday from his family and work in Belfast after breaking down after the death of his daughter in infancy. He has come to try to process his grief and make himself desirable again as a husband, a father and a business partner. But he hasn't been there a week until he gets trapped by lockdown. When Grace saves his life in a kayaking accident - if it was an accident - and Evan's troubled son arrives to stay, all three are drawn together in a way that forces a reckoning with their personal traumas and draws them back into society.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Maguire, Roisin<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>London : Serpent's Tail, 2024.<br />304 pages ; 22 cm<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">1 reserve</span><br /><br />Hatfield Library - (Hertfordshire County Council) - Fiction - General fiction - Onloan - Due: 03 May 2024 - 536371640<br />North Watford Library - (Hertfordshire County Council) - Fiction - General fiction - In-transit from North Watford Library to Royston Library (Set: 24 Apr 2024) - 536371652<br />Watford Central Library - (Hertfordshire County Council) - Fiction - General fiction - In-transit from St Albans Library to Watford Central Library (Set: 25 Apr 2024) - 536371664<br /> https://herts.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=5658689&CF=BIB Cyprus, 1954. One sultry summer night, a young woman abruptly ends a love affair. It's an impulsive act of revenge but it's one that will reverberate through the lives of everyone involved. Finsbury Park, London, 1988. Evgenia has just been given the news that nobody wants to hear. She's dying, but there's still time to put things right before she passes away. Her best friend, Emiliana, is burdened with a secret that she's kept for far too long. It's time to confess to her son but he is searching for closure of his own. Around the corner, Melina is lost. Her father has just died of a broken heart and it's all because of her. Beneath the lies, grief and family secrets, however, waits a truth that can mend the broken parts of all their lives. Cyprus, 1954. One sultry summer night, a young woman abruptly ends a love affair. It's an impulsive act of revenge but it's one that will reverberate through the lives of everyone involved. Finsbury Park, London, 1988. Evgenia has just been given the news that nobody wants to hear. She's dying, but there's still time to put things right before she passes away. Her best friend, Emiliana, is burdened with a secret that she's kept for far too long. It's time to confess to her son but he is searching for closure of his own. Around the corner, Melina is lost. Her father has just died of a broken heart and it's all because of her. Beneath the lies, grief and family secrets, however, waits a truth that can mend the broken parts of all their lives.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Karras, Mary<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>London : Two Roads, 2024.<br />352 pages ; 20 cm<br /><br />Hemel Hempstead Library - (Hertfordshire County Council) - Fiction - General fiction pbk - Onloan - Due: 18 May 2024 - 536545138<br />St Albans Library - (Hertfordshire County Council) - Fiction - General fiction pbk - Available - 536545057<br />Stevenage Central Library - (Hertfordshire County Council) - Fiction - General fiction pbk - Onloan - Due: 29 Apr 2024 - 536545069<br />Watford Central Library - (Hertfordshire County Council) - Fiction - General fiction pbk - Onloan - Due: 12 May 2024 - 536545070<br />Welwyn Garden City Library and Information Service - (Hertfordshire County Council) - Fiction - General fiction pbk - Onloan - Due: 16 May 2024 - 536545082<br /> https://herts.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=5658799&CF=BIB Women have always gardened, but our stories have been buried with our work. Alice Vincent is on a quest to change that. To understand what encourages women to go out, work the soil, plant seeds and nurture them, even when so many other responsibilities sit upon their shoulders. To recover the histories that have been lost among the soil. 'Why Women Grow' is a much-needed exploration of why women turn to the earth, as gardeners, growers and custodians. This book emerged from a deeply rooted desire to share the stories of women who are silenced and overlooked. In doing so, Alice fosters connections with gardeners that unfurl into a tender exploration of women's lives, their gardens and what the ground has offered them, with conversations spanning creation and loss, celebration and grief, power, protest, identity and renaissance. Women have always gardened, but our stories have been buried with our work. Alice Vincent is on a quest to change that. To understand what encourages women to go out, work the soil, plant seeds and nurture them, even when so many other responsibilities sit upon their shoulders. To recover the histories that have been lost among the soil. 'Why Women Grow' is a much-needed exploration of why women turn to the earth, as gardeners, growers and custodians. This book emerged from a deeply rooted desire to share the stories of women who are silenced and overlooked. In doing so, Alice fosters connections with gardeners that unfurl into a tender exploration of women's lives, their gardens and what the ground has offered them, with conversations spanning creation and loss, celebration and grief, power, protest, identity and renaissance.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Vincent, Alice<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>Edinburgh : Canongate, 2024.<br />304 pages ; 20 cm<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">1 reserve</span><br /><br />Abbots Langley Library - (Hertfordshire County Council) - Non fiction - 635.082 - On order<br />Baldock Library - (Hertfordshire County Council) - Non fiction - 635.082 - On order<br />Berkhamsted Library - (Hertfordshire County Council) - Non fiction - 635.082 - On order<br />Bushey Library - (Hertfordshire County Council) - Non fiction - 635.082 - On order<br /> https://herts.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=5658898&CF=BIB When Sam and Ellie unexpectedly meet again after a decade apart, their reunion crackles with unresolved emotions. Once inseparable childhood best friends, a painful argument severed their bond, leaving Sam consumed by lingering anger and Ellie desperate for understanding. Determined to guide Sam through his grief, Ellie pours her heart onto paper and through shared memories, dreams, and regrets, they rekindle a connection that refuses to be silenced. The only catch is - he has no idea the anonymous letters are coming from her. And as their real-life encounters intensify, the line between friendship and love blurs, leaving Ellie caught between the secret allure of her anonymous letters and the desire for complete honesty with Sam. When Sam and Ellie unexpectedly meet again after a decade apart, their reunion crackles with unresolved emotions. Once inseparable childhood best friends, a painful argument severed their bond, leaving Sam consumed by lingering anger and Ellie desperate for understanding. Determined to guide Sam through his grief, Ellie pours her heart onto paper and through shared memories, dreams, and regrets, they rekindle a connection that refuses to be silenced. The only catch is - he has no idea the anonymous letters are coming from her. And as their real-life encounters intensify, the line between friendship and love blurs, leaving Ellie caught between the secret allure of her anonymous letters and the desire for complete honesty with Sam.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Robinson, Tammy, 1976-<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>Anstey : Aurora Large Print, 2024.<br />1 volume (large print) ; 23 cm<br /><br />Oakmere Library - (Hertfordshire County Council) - Large Print - General fiction pbk - Onloan - Due: 28 May 2024 - 535351021<br /> https://herts.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=5659085&CF=BIB Nobody gets through life free from the pain of loss. However, despite its ubiquity, we aren't very good at holding space for and consciously processing what grief does to us. It is deeply rupturing and, if left unchecked, it can begin to seriously damage our mental health. You may be deep in the darkness of a loss from which it feels like you'll never recover, but the human spirit has the potential to notice itself, to heal itself and to adapt - anchored in love, connection and resilience. In order to navigate grief, we must embrace life, growth and our communities. In 'The Loss Prescription' Dr Chloe Paidoussis-Mitchell offers a roadmap for grief recovery. With abundant hope and practical tools, readers will learn how to work through their loss and develop compassion and empathy for themselves. This book is a expert source of healing inspiration that will guide you back to a place of security and safety. Nobody gets through life free from the pain of loss. However, despite its ubiquity, we aren't very good at holding space for and consciously processing what grief does to us. It is deeply rupturing and, if left unchecked, it can begin to seriously damage our mental health. You may be deep in the darkness of a loss from which it feels like you'll never recover, but the human spirit has the potential to notice itself, to heal itself and to adapt - anchored in love, connection and resilience. In order to navigate grief, we must embrace life, growth and our communities. In 'The Loss Prescription' Dr Chloe Paidoussis-Mitchell offers a roadmap for grief recovery. With abundant hope and practical tools, readers will learn how to work through their loss and develop compassion and empathy for themselves. This book is a expert source of healing inspiration that will guide you back to a place of security and safety.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Paidoussis-Mitchell, Chloe<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>London : Harper Thorsons, 2024.<br />320 pages ; 23 cm<br /><br />Hatfield Library - (Hertfordshire County Council) - Non fiction - 155.93 - Available - 536537114<br />North Watford Library - (Hertfordshire County Council) - Non fiction - 155.93 - Available - 536537126<br />Welwyn Garden City Library and Information Service - (Hertfordshire County Council) - Non fiction - 155.93 - Available - 536537138<br /> https://herts.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=5659190&CF=BIB Freya is still searching. For four years, she's been looking for a way to fill the empty space her brother's death left behind. Ready for another distraction, Freya decides to swim every tidal pool in Britain in a year with her friend Miri. The adventure takes them from a pool hidden in the cliffs of fishing-village Polperro to the quarry lagoon of Abereiddi via Trinkie Wick where locals meet each year to give the pool wall a fresh lick of paint. As Freya travels further from London, she finds herself closer to memories of her brother. With every swim, and every stranger they meet in the water, the challenge becomes more than just a way to explore the coast, but a journey of self-discovery. 'The Tidal Year' is a true story about the healing power of wild swimming and the space it creates for reflection, rewilding, and hope. Freya is still searching. For four years, she's been looking for a way to fill the empty space her brother's death left behind. Ready for another distraction, Freya decides to swim every tidal pool in Britain in a year with her friend Miri. The adventure takes them from a pool hidden in the cliffs of fishing-village Polperro to the quarry lagoon of Abereiddi via Trinkie Wick where locals meet each year to give the pool wall a fresh lick of paint. As Freya travels further from London, she finds herself closer to memories of her brother. With every swim, and every stranger they meet in the water, the challenge becomes more than just a way to explore the coast, but a journey of self-discovery. 'The Tidal Year' is a true story about the healing power of wild swimming and the space it creates for reflection, rewilding, and hope.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Bromley, Freya<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>London : Coronet, 2024.<br />448 pages ; 20 cm<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">1 reserve</span><br /><br />Hitchin Library - (Hertfordshire County Council) - Non fiction - B BRO - On order<br />Royston Library - (Hertfordshire County Council) - Non fiction - B BRO - On order<br />Stevenage Central Library - (Hertfordshire County Council) - Non fiction - B BRO - On order<br /> https://herts.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=5659508&CF=BIB In August 2021, Anthony Seldon set out on a gruelling 35-day pilgrimage from the Swiss border to the English Channel, following the historic route of the Western Front. From sumptuous towns in the east of France to the haunting trenches of the Somme and Ypres, the walk took in many important sites from World War I, as well as some of Europe's most beautiful scenery. 'The Path of Peace' is the extraordinary story of Anthony's epic walk, combining memoir, nature writing and travel, and touching on grief, loss and the legacy of war in a profoundly moving act of remembrance. In August 2021, Anthony Seldon set out on a gruelling 35-day pilgrimage from the Swiss border to the English Channel, following the historic route of the Western Front. From sumptuous towns in the east of France to the haunting trenches of the Somme and Ypres, the walk took in many important sites from World War I, as well as some of Europe's most beautiful scenery. 'The Path of Peace' is the extraordinary story of Anthony's epic walk, combining memoir, nature writing and travel, and touching on grief, loss and the legacy of war in a profoundly moving act of remembrance.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Seldon, Anthony<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>Rearsby : Clipper Audiobooks, 2024.<br />11 CDs (764 min.) : digital, stereo<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">1 reserve</span><br /><br />Berkhamsted Library - (Hertfordshire County Council) - Talking book 10+ CDs or hours - 796.510944 - Check item (Set: 13 Feb 2024) - On reserve shelf at Berkhamsted Library - 533565150<br /> https://herts.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=5661991&CF=BIB London, 1918. Ellen Beckford and her sister Mary are living under their father's shadow. Before their beloved mother died, they had dreamed of bright futures, but torn apart by grief, Harold Beckford barely lets his daughters out of his sight. Then Harold is injured during a break-in at his office at London's docklands, and can no longer work. And with prices rising and food scarce, Ellen has no choice but to defy her father's rules and seek employment. She finds a position at London's renowned Foyles bookshop, and the other shop girls quickly take her under their wing. But there are dark times ahead. Ellen's father is accused of gathering intelligence from the docklands for the enemy, and the police seem determined to see him shot for spying. With the help of her new friends, can Ellen clear her father's name and save her family from destitution? London, 1918. Ellen Beckford and her sister Mary are living under their father's shadow. Before their beloved mother died, they had dreamed of bright futures, but torn apart by grief, Harold Beckford barely lets his daughters out of his sight. Then Harold is injured during a break-in at his office at London's docklands, and can no longer work. And with prices rising and food scarce, Ellen has no choice but to defy her father's rules and seek employment. She finds a position at London's renowned Foyles bookshop, and the other shop girls quickly take her under their wing. But there are dark times ahead. Ellen's father is accused of gathering intelligence from the docklands for the enemy, and the police seem determined to see him shot for spying. With the help of her new friends, can Ellen clear her father's name and save her family from destitution?<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Roberts, Elaine (Novelist)<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>London : Boldwood Books, 2024.<br />1 volume (large print) ; 24 cm<br /><br />Watford Central Library - (Hertfordshire County Council) - Large Print - General fiction pbk - Available - 535352178<br /> https://herts.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=5668027&CF=BIB York, 1852. When Caroline Lawson becomes a young widow, her grief is deepened by the loss of her farm. A rash decision to travel to York to find work doesn't turn out as she expected. With money running low, Caroline fears she will soon have no choice but the workhouse. However, she is not without hope, and with her new friends, feisty Trixie, and her two little sisters and the unique Mussy, Caroline learns she is stronger than she realised and that even in the worst of times, friendship is all you need. When tragedy strikes again, and secrets are revealed, Caroline knows she must protect her friends and get them out of the dangerous city to the countryside she loves, but will she find there the happiness she once had? York, 1852. When Caroline Lawson becomes a young widow, her grief is deepened by the loss of her farm. A rash decision to travel to York to find work doesn't turn out as she expected. With money running low, Caroline fears she will soon have no choice but the workhouse. However, she is not without hope, and with her new friends, feisty Trixie, and her two little sisters and the unique Mussy, Caroline learns she is stronger than she realised and that even in the worst of times, friendship is all you need. When tragedy strikes again, and secrets are revealed, Caroline knows she must protect her friends and get them out of the dangerous city to the countryside she loves, but will she find there the happiness she once had?<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Brear, AnneMarie<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>Long Preston : Dales, 2024.<br />300 pages (large print) ; 24 cm<br /><br />Oakmere Library - (Hertfordshire County Council) - Large Print - Historical paperback - Onloan - Due: 08 Jun 2024 - 535352446<br />