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| "What
to Do When A Loved One Dies" is a no-nonsense
yet compassionate journey through what, for most
of us, will be a confusing and emotionally challenging
time. I found every section of this book full of
practical information that anyone would find extremely
helpful when faced with the death, or impending
death, of a loved one. Dr.
Shaw's considerable knowledge of the subject as
well as her concern for the individual shines
through on nearly every page of her book. With
sections as diverse as "The Death of a Child,"
and "Grief," to "Preparing Children
for the Death of A Loved One" or "The
Death of a Pet" and even "What to Wear
to an Interview" there is, bound within the
pages of this work, something everyone will find
useful.
- Burial-Cremation
Consumer Guide
- A
Self-Help Reference Guide for Learning How to
Reduce the Cost of Dying
- Be
Your Own Undertaker
- A.
R. Bowman / Paperback / Published 1992
- Burial-Cremation
Consumer Guide
- A
Self-Help Reference Guide for Learning How to
Reduce the Cost of Dying
Regina Lee / Paperback / Published 1993
- Caring
for Your Own Dead : Final Act of Love
- Lisa
Carlson / Paperback / Published 1998
- Creating
Your Own Funeral Or Memorial Service - A Workbook
- Stephanie
West Allen / Paperback / 1988
- Dealing
Creatively With Death : A Manual of Death Education
and Simple Burial
- Ernest
Morgan, Jenifer Morgan (Editor) / Paperback
/ Published 1994
- Death
to Dust
- The
perfect book for simple explanations of a very
disturbing subject.
- Grave
Exodus : Tending to Our Dead in the Twenty-First
Century
- Xavier
A. Cronin / Hardcover / Published 1996
- Profits
of Death : An Insider Exposes the Death Care
Industries
- Darryl
J. Roberts / Paperback / Published 1997
- The
Affordable Funeral : Going in Style, Not in
Debt
- Roe
E. Markin / Paperback / Published 1996
- The
American Way of Death Revisited
- Jessica
Mitford / Hardcover / Published 1998
- The
American Way of Death
- Jessica
Mitford / Hardcover / Published 1993
- The
Death Care Industries in the United States
- Ronald
G. E. Smith / Hardcover / Published 1996
- The
Funeral Homes Industry
- Marketdata
Enterprises Inc / Pamphlet / Published 1997
- The
High Cost of Dying : A Guide to Funeral Planning
- Gregory
W. Young / Hardcover / Published 1994
- The
Undertaking : Life Studies from the Dismal Trade
- Thomas
Lynch / Paperback / Published 1997
- What
Happens When You Die : From Your Last Breath
to the First Spadeful
- Robert
T. Hatch / Paperback / Published 1995
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