Death, Dying & Grieving

A heartfelt expression of a personal encounter with grief and how a wise old tree healed and soothed the authors broken edges. Tales from the Wishbone Tree is a personal, story about love, loss and survival. Former award-winning journalist, editor and complementary health practitioner, Helly Eaton, moved to rural West Dorset.

A NEW YORK TIMES BOOK CRITICS TOP 10 BOOK OF THE YEAR

In its loving, fierce specificity, this book on how to die is also a blessedly saccharine-free guide for how to live (The New York Times Book Review).

After studying to become a therapist and crisis intervention counseloreven doing her masters thesis on the stages of bereavementChristina Rasmussen thought she understood grief. But it wasnt until losing her husband to cancer in her early 30s that she truly grasped the depths of sorrow and pain that accompany loss.

Where do we go when we die? Or is there nowhere to go? Is death something we can do or is it just something that happens to us?

On the morning of May 11, 2015, Erin Davis, one of Canadas most beloved radio personalities, suffered a devastating blow when her daughter Lauren, who had marked a joyous Mothers Day with her husband and young son only hours before, failed to awaken to her babys cries.

Death is like a dark and painful secret. It challenges how we think about ourselves and makes us feel vulnerable. In this book, Henry Fersko-Weiss encourages us to face our fear and engage in an open, honest dialog about death. By doing so, we give the last gift we can give to our loved ones and ourselves.