Heartbroken

Author : Lisa Unger
Publisher : Crown
Page : 386 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2012-06-26
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780307465221

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Heartbroken by Lisa Unger Pdf

A shattering thriller about three women, strangers, on a heart-wrenching collision course none of them could have seen coming. Long after anyone expected Kate to do anything with her life, she did. Using the journals left behind by her aunt and grandmother, she wrote a novel based on a very real generation-old love story that ended in tragedy. On the other side of town, Emily is about to set fire to her life. She’s in a dead-end job and is involved with the wrong man; she can feel herself being drawn into darkness, with horrific consequences. With nowhere to go, she finds herself on the run. Without knowing each other, and with lives that couldn't be more different, Kate and Emily head to the same point on the map: Heart Island, an idyllic place in the middle of a lake in the Adirondacks, owned for generations by Birdie Burke's family. The harsh and unyielding Birdie is at one with this island, which has a terrifying history all its own. She, too, has consequences to face. Heartbroken is a tense, mesmerizing novel about the limits of dysfunctional families, of an island haunted by dark memories and restless ghosts, and of the all-too-real demons we must battle. Wonderfully suspenseful, exquisitely crafted, and written with raw, emotional power, this is Lisa Unger at her very best. Praise for Heartbroken “Stellar. . . . Heartbroken should be on everyone’s summer to-read list. For best results, read it alone on an island on a dark and stormy night.”—USA Today (4 stars) “Heartbroken has all the makings of a high-wire thriller. But it’s the twisted psyches of its main characters that really unsettle. . . . Unger expertly shows how quiet betrayals can rupture a life as deeply as an act of violence.”—People (3 ½ stars) “A can’t-put-down thriller interlaced with insightful family drama and echoes of Wuthering Heights.”—Family Circle “Lisa Unger is one of the few women to first break into the genre of thrillers, then to dominate it.”—Minneapolis Star Tribune “Lisa Unger masterfully writes of the joys and frustrations of family life in her latest novel. . . . What makes [it] shine is the struggle of multidimensional characters with issues that all of us face but sometimes don’t want to acknowledge.”—Associated Press

Author : David B. Biebel
Publisher : Hope Publishing House
Page : 166 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 1932717013

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How to Help a Heartbroken Friend by David B. Biebel Pdf

Biebel helps readers understand the emotional and spiritual trauma that hurting friends are experiencing and suggests practical ways in which they can be comforted. A great tool for church leaders, laypersons, or others in leadership who want to reach out to hurting people, but don't know how. Targeted mailings.

Author : Laura Pratt
Publisher : Random House Canada
Page : 305 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2023-01-10
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 9781039005778

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Heartbroken by Laura Pratt Pdf

Imbued with longing, erudition and hard-earned wisdom, Heartbroken dares to delve into a universal ordeal—perhaps the one that makes us the most human of all. When Laura Pratt’s long-distance partner of six years tells her “it’s over” at a busy downtown train station, she is sent reeling, the breakup coming out of the blue. He, meanwhile, closes himself off, refusing to acknowledge Laura and her requests for explanation. In the following days, months and then years, Laura struggles to make sense of this sudden ending, alone and filled with questions. A journalist, she seeks to understand the freefall that is heartbreak and how so many before her survived it, drawing on forces across time and form, and uncovers literary, philosophical, scientific and psychological accounts of the mysterious alchemy of how we human beings fall in love in the first place, and why, when it ends, some of us take longer to get over it, or never do. She weaves this background of cultural history with her own bracing story of passionate love and its loss, and offers some hope for arriving—changed, broadened, grateful—on the other side.

Author : Gary Roe
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 262 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2021-08-21
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1950382397

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Heartbroken by Gary Roe Pdf

He was your love. She was your partner. Now your heart is broken. What do you do with all the pain, confusion, and anger? What will life be like? Who are you now? Your heart needs answers. Heartbroken can help. Bestselling author, speaker, and grief specialist Gary Roe is a well-respected and sought after voice in grief recovery who has been bringing hope and healing to grieving hearts for more than three decades. Gary has walked with hundreds of widows and widowers through this painful valley. From their stories he has composed this warm, practical work that will touch your heart and comfort your soul. In this deeply personal, easy-to-read book, you will discover how to: Manage the up-and-down, roller-coaster emotions of grief (sadness, shock, anger, anxiety, fear, guilt, frustration, depression, etc.). Deal with feeling misunderstood, judged, and even rejected by those around you. Navigate all the relationship shifts and upheavals that occur with a close loss (relatives, friends, coworkers, neighbors, other widowed spouses). Find the support you need to grieve in healthy ways, heal, and grow. Live with purpose and meaning, even while hurting. Face the future with hope. As you read, you will discover three key truths: You're far from alone, though you might often feel lonely. You're not crazy, but you are in a crazy situation compared to your old life. You will make it through this, even though you might wonder how. The loss of a husband or wife is traumatic. You will never be the same, but you can heal and grow. Let Heartbroken join you on your grief journey. You'll be glad you did. Heartbroken is a USA Best Book Awards Finalist and a National Indie Excellence Book Awards Finalist.

Author : Lodro Rinzler
Publisher : Shambhala Publications
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2016-12-13
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780834840515

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Love Hurts by Lodro Rinzler Pdf

Buddhism has a lot to say about suffering—and there are likely few times we suffer more intensely than when we break up with a romantic partner. It feels like you may never recover sometimes. But Lodro Rinzler has wonderfully good news for those suffering heartbreak: the 2,500-year-old teachings of the Buddha are the ultimate antidote for emotional pain. And you don’t need to be a Buddhist for them to apply to you. In this short and compact first-aid kit for a broken heart, he walks you through the cause and cure of suffering, with much practical advice for self-care as you work to survive a breakup. The wisdom he presents applies to any kind of emotional suffering.

Author : Kristine Carlson
Publisher : HarperOne
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2010-04-06
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 006173229X

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Heartbroken Open by Kristine Carlson Pdf

When Richard Carlson--author of the bestselling "Don't Sweat the Small Stuff"--died suddenly at age 45, his wife Kris was left to find her way through grief and the new self she found beneath it. Here, she tells how she journeyed through loss to self-discovery.

Author : Guy Winch
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2018-02-13
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781501120138

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How to Fix a Broken Heart by Guy Winch Pdf

Imagine if we treated broken hearts with the same respect and concern we have for broken arms? Psychologist Guy Winch urges us to rethink the way we deal with emotional pain, offering warm, wise, and witty advice for the broken-hearted. Real heartbreak is unmistakable. We think of nothing else. We feel nothing else. We care about nothing else. Yet while we wouldn’t expect someone to return to daily activities immediately after suffering a broken limb, heartbroken people are expected to function normally in their lives, despite the emotional pain they feel. Now psychologist Guy Winch imagines how different things would be if we paid more attention to this unique emotion—if only we can understand how heartbreak works, we can begin to fix it. Through compelling research and new scientific studies, Winch reveals how and why heartbreak impacts our brain and our behavior in dramatic and unexpected ways, regardless of our age. Emotional pain lowers our ability to reason, to think creatively, to problem solve, and to function at our best. In How to Fix a Broken Heart he focuses on two types of emotional pain—romantic heartbreak and the heartbreak that results from the loss of a cherished pet. These experiences are both accompanied by severe grief responses, yet they are not deemed as important as, for example, a formal divorce or the loss of a close relative. As a result, we are often deprived of the recognition, support, and compassion afforded to those whose heartbreak is considered more significant. Our heart might be broken, but we do not have to break with it. Winch reveals that recovering from heartbreak always starts with a decision, a determination to move on when our mind is fighting to keep us stuck. We can take control of our lives and our minds and put ourselves on the path to healing. Winch offers a toolkit on how to handle and cope with a broken heart and how to, eventually, move on.

Author : Donald Lepp
Publisher : Word Alive Press
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2020-07-31
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781486619696

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Heart Broken by Donald Lepp Pdf

Author : Jaime Clemmer
Publisher : Cfi
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2021-05-11
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1462140165

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Heartbroken, But Not Broken by Jaime Clemmer Pdf

We live in a culture that seldom speaks openly about grief. In some instances, we are even embarrassed to show our sorrow. Why are we ashamed to cry? Why do we feel that sharing sadness is unacceptable? How can we effectively mourn with those who mourn if no one is willing to share their heartache? In Heartbroken, But Not Broken, Jaime Clemmer offers readers an intimate recounting of the aftermath of her son's sudden death. She shares the details of her unfettered grief to offer license to anyone struggling to tell their own story. She invites you to walk with her. Her path is complicated and sacred, as is the case with most grievers. We can effectively mourn with those who mourn and comfort those who are in need of comfort. We can be present for people in their sorrow. Jaime's Heartbroken, But Not Broken can show you how. Her story is a testament to us all that tears are not a source of embarrassment, and sorrow is not something to be hidden.

Author : Florence Williams
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
Page : 263 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2022-02-01
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781324003496

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Heartbreak: A Personal and Scientific Journey by Florence Williams Pdf

Winner of the 2023 PEN/E.O. Wilson Literary Science Writing Award A Smithsonian Best Science Book of 2022 • A Prospect Magazine Top Memoir of 2022 • A KCRW Life Examined Best Book of 2022 "Keen observer [and] deft writer" (David Quammen) Florence Williams explores the fascinating, cutting-edge science of heartbreak while seeking creative ways to mend her own. When her twenty-five-year marriage suddenly falls apart, journalist Florence Williams expects the loss to hurt. But when she starts feeling physically sick, losing weight and sleep, she sets out in pursuit of rational explanation. She travels to the frontiers of the science of “social pain” to learn why heartbreak hurts so much—and why so much of the conventional wisdom about it is wrong. Soon Williams finds herself on a surprising path that leads her from neurogenomic research laboratories to trying MDMA in a Portland therapist’s living room, from divorce workshops to the mountains and rivers that restore her. She tests her blood for genetic markers of grief, undergoes electrical shocks while looking at pictures of her ex, and discovers that our immune cells listen to loneliness. Searching for insight as well as personal strategies to game her way back to health, she seeks out new relationships and ventures into the wilderness in search of an extraordinary antidote: awe. With warmth, daring, wit, and candor, Williams offers a gripping account of grief and healing. Heartbreak is a remarkable merging of science and self-discovery that will change the way we think about loneliness, health, and what it means to fall in and out of love.

Author : Elisabeth Kübler-Ross,David Kessler
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2014-08-12
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 9781476775555

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On Grief and Grieving by Elisabeth Kübler-Ross,David Kessler Pdf

The authors explain how Kubler-Rosss famous "Five Stages of Dying" apply directly to mourners themselves. In this, her final book, completed shortly before her death, the authors own experiences and spiritual insight explain how the grief process helps survivors live with loss.

Author : Gabrielle G
Publisher : Gritt Family
Page : 300 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2020-02-13
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1999039246

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Heartbroken by Gabrielle G Pdf

I've avoided my hometown for twenty-seven years for one reason. Aaron Gritt. Now that I'm back in Springs Falls, I've done my best to not run into him.If I happen to, let's hope he isn't as hot as he was at eighteen. But the universe is funny that way. My life is proof of it-secrets and all.So I'm not surprised when he stands in my classroom before me as the parent of one of my students. Forgiving him when he walked away had always been hard, but not as hard as it is to finally tell him the truth.*** Can you forget your first love? I didn't. Even if I didn't recognize her right away, the girl with a star-shaped birthmark was always somewhere on my mind. But she isn't the competitive and driven seventeen-year-old captain of the girls hockey team I loved anymore.I don't know what happened but she has lost her fire and never made it into the pros like she dreamt of.Now I know why, and it's my turn to decide if I can forgive her. A second-chance, small town romance novel you won't be able to put down.

Author : David Whyte
Publisher : Canongate Books
Page : 116 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2019-11-07
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781786897640

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Consolations by David Whyte Pdf

In Consolations David Whyte unpacks aspects of being human that many of us spend our lives trying vainly to avoid - loss, heartbreak, vulnerability, fear - boldly reinterpreting them, fully embracing their complexity, never shying away from paradox in his relentless search for meaning. Beginning with 'Alone' and closing with 'Withdrawal', each piece in this life-affirming book is a meditation on meaning and context, an invitation to shift and broaden our perspectives on life: pain and joy, honesty and anger, confession and vulnerability, the experience of feeling overwhelmed and the desire to run away from it all. Through this lens, procrastination may be a necessary ripening; hiding an act of freedom; and shyness something that accompanies the first stage of revelation. Consolations invites readers into a poetic and thoughtful consideration of words whose meaning and interpretation influence the paths we choose and the way we traverse them throughout our lives.

Author : Stephanie Garber
Publisher : Flatiron Books
Page : 357 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2021-09-28
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 9781250268389

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Once Upon a Broken Heart by Stephanie Garber Pdf

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER! ONCE UPON A BROKEN HEART marks the launch of a new series from Stephanie Garber about love, curses, and the lengths that people will go to for happily ever after For as long as she can remember, Evangeline Fox has believed in true love and happy endings . . . until she learns that the love of her life will marry another. Desperate to stop the wedding and to heal her wounded heart, Evangeline strikes a deal with the charismatic, but wicked, Prince of Hearts. In exchange for his help, he asks for three kisses, to be given at the time and place of his choosing. But after Evangeline’s first promised kiss, she learns that bargaining with an immortal is a dangerous game — and that the Prince of Hearts wants far more from her than she’d pledged. He has plans for Evangeline, plans that will either end in the greatest happily ever after, or the most exquisite tragedy.

Author : Matthew Ellis Mpe,Diana Cuddeback Lcsw,Ellen Krohne
Publisher : Ellen Krohne
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2019-07-15
Category : Self-Help
ISBN : 1733298304

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Heartbroken: Grief and Hope Inside the Opioid Crisis by Matthew Ellis Mpe,Diana Cuddeback Lcsw,Ellen Krohne Pdf

Heartbroken is a unique blend of the history of opioid addiction in the U.S., the honesty and courage of families affected and strategies to provide healing and hope. Seven parents share their diverse journeys through the opioid crisis and the traumatic grief of losing a child to drug addiction, in the hope of shining a light into the darkness that can enter any of our families.And, maybe, just maybe, keep another child and their family from this heartbreak. Heartbroken - Grief and Hope Inside the Opioid Crisis: -The Opioid Crisis: How opioid use in the U.S. developed into the crisis we know today -Addiction: Seven parents share their intimate stories through addiction and loss -Grief: Techniques to help us support those grieving loss through drug addiction -Hope: Specific ways we can help to stem the opioid crisis and reduce the stigma of addiction and addiction loss -Prevention: What parents, and all of us, need to know about preventing drug misuse