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Healing children's grief : surviving a parent's death from cancer

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Christ, Gracy Hyslop. New York, NY: Oxford University Press , 2000.

Audience: Patient or Public

Call Number: BF575 C554 2000

Availability: 1 copy, 1 available

Relates the stories of 88 families and their 157 children (ages 3 to 17) who participated in a parent-guidance intervention through the terminal illness and death of one of the parents from cancer. Provides a detailed examination of how children and adolescents cope with this loss.

Author: Christ, Gracy Hyslop

Place of Publication: New York, NY

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Publication Date: 2000

Subjects: Grief - popular works; Parent-Child Relations - popular works; Adaptation, Psychological; Attitude to Death - popular works

Abstract: Relates the stories of 88 families and their 157 children (ages 3 to 17) who participated in a parent-guidance intervention through the terminal illness and death of one of the parents from cancer. Provides a detailed examination of how children and adolescents cope with this loss.

ISBN: 0195105915

Language: English

Material Type: Book

Audience: Patient or Public

Location: Vancouver Library

Call Number: BF575 C554 2000

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How to help children through a parent's serious illness

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McCue, Kathleen, Bonn, Ron. New York, NY: St. Martin's Press , 1994.

Audience: Patient or Public

Call Number: BF575 M133 1994

Availability: 1 copy, 1 available

Written for parents diagnosed with any life-threatening or serious illness about addressing preschool, school-age, and adolescent children?s needs.

Author: McCue, Kathleen; Bonn, Ron

Place of Publication: New York, NY

Publisher: St. Martin's Press

Publication Date: 1994

Physical Description: xvii, 221 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.

Subjects: Parent-Child Relations - popular works; Death - popular works; Family Therapy - popular works

Abstract: Written for parents diagnosed with any life-threatening or serious illness about addressing preschool, school-age, and adolescent children?s needs.

ISBN: 0312113501

Language: English

Material Type: Book

Audience: Patient or Public

Location: Abbotsford Cancer Info Ctr

Call Number: BF575 M133 1994

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Saying goodbye to Daddy

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Vigna, Judith. Morton Grove, Ill.: Albert Whitman & Company , 1991.

Audience: Patient or Public

Call Number: BF575 V678 1991

Availability: 1 copy, 1 available

Frightened, lonely, and angry after her father is killed in a car accident, Clare is helped through the grieving process by her mother and grandfather

Author: Vigna, Judith

Place of Publication: Morton Grove, Ill.

Publisher: Albert Whitman & Company

Publication Date: 1991

Physical Description: [32] p. : col. ill. ; 24 cm

Subjects: Death - popular works; Grief - popular works; Parent-Child Relations - popular works

Abstract: Frightened, lonely, and angry after her father is killed in a car accident, Clare is helped through the grieving process by her mother and grandfather

ISBN: 0807572535

Language: English

Material Type: Book

Audience: Patient or Public

Location: Victoria Cancer Info Ctr

Call Number: BF575 V678 1991

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Can I still kiss you? : answering your children's questions about cancer

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Russell, Neil. Deerfield Beach, Fl.: Health Communications, Inc. , 2001.

Audience: Patient or Public

Call Number: QZ201 R965 2001

Availability: 2 copies, 2 available

A series of questions and answers dealing with diagnosis, surgery, radiation and chemotherapy during and after treatment.

Author: Russell, Neil

Place of Publication: Deerfield Beach, Fl.

Publisher: Health Communications, Inc.

Publication Date: 2001

Subjects: Neoplasms - psychology - popular works - biography; Parent-Child Relations - popular works

Abstract: A series of questions and answers dealing with diagnosis, surgery, radiation and chemotherapy during and after treatment.

ISBN: 1558749284

Language: English

Material Type: Book

Audience: Patient or Public

Location: Vancouver Cancer Info Ctr; Victoria Cancer Info Ctr

Call Number: QZ201 R965 2001

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Good mourning : a kid's support guide for grief and mourning death : for kids by a kid

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Peden, Seldon, Whimsical Designs by CJ (ill.). [United States]: 1st Word Publishing, LLC , [2021].

Audience: Patient or Public

Call Number: BF575 C5 G7 P371 2021

Availability: 2 copies, 2 available

"The Good Mourning is a kid's support guide for grief and mourning death. The book helps other boys and girls deal with the loss of a parent, grandparent, other close relative, or friend"--Amazon

Author: Peden, Seldon; Whimsical Designs by CJ (ill.)

Place of Publication: [United States]

Publisher: 1st Word Publishing, LLC

Publication Date: [2021]

Physical Description: 1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 26 cm

Subjects: Popular Work; Personal Narratives; Juvenile Literature; Bereavement; Grief

Abstract: "The Good Mourning is a kid's support guide for grief and mourning death. The book helps other boys and girls deal with the loss of a parent, grandparent, other close relative, or friend"--Amazon

ISBN: 9780578855738

Language: English

Material Type: Book

Audience: Patient or Public

Location: Victoria Cancer Info Ctr; Vancouver Library

Call Number: BF575 C5 G7 P371 2021

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Healing our wounded hearts : a real life story about loss in the voice of a teenager

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Hahn, Olivia. [Victoria, BC]: Self publishing , [2023].

Audience: Patient or Public

Call Number: BF575 G7 H148h 2023

Availability: 2 copies, 2 available

"Children and Teens are expected to grieve the same as adults. In fact there are similarities but our brains are not fully [developed] yet but we often have bigger and stronger emotions. My name is Olivia Hahn, I lost my mother to cancer when I was 15 and I am deeply grieving. This book is written …

Author: Hahn, Olivia

Place of Publication: [Victoria, BC]

Publisher: Self publishing

Publication Date: [2023]

Physical Description: [111 unnumbered pages] : ill. ; 23 cm

Subjects: Grief; Loss; Love; Adolescent; Parental Death; Parent-Child Relations; Life Change Events; Neoplasms - psychology; Juvenile Literature; Personal Narratives; Popular Work

Abstract: "Children and Teens are expected to grieve the same as adults. In fact there are similarities but our brains are not fully [developed] yet but we often have bigger and stronger emotions. My name is Olivia Hahn, I lost my mother to cancer when I was 15 and I am deeply grieving. This book is written in the voice of a teenager as a teenager and is an account of finding my voice through all this loss" -- Back cover.

ISBN: 9798385789801

Language: English

Material Type: Book

Audience: Patient or Public

Location: Victoria Cancer Info Ctr

Call Number: BF575 G7 H148h 2023

Website Notes: This resource was purchased with a donation from the Order of the Eastern Star.

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All the kings horses, all the kings men

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Purves, Donna. New York, NY: Writer's Showcase Press , 2002.

Audience: Patient or Public

Call Number: QZ201 P986 2002

Availability: 1 copy, 1 available

Author: Purves, Donna

Place of Publication: New York, NY

Publisher: Writer's Showcase Press

Publication Date: 2002

Subjects: Osteosarcoma - personal narratives - popular works; Parent-Child Relations - popular works

ISBN: 9780595215799; 0595215793

Language: English

Material Type: Book

Audience: Patient or Public

Location: Vancouver Library

Call Number: QZ201 P986 2002

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My mother's breast : daughters face their mothers' cancer

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Tarkan, Laurie. Dallas, Tx.: Taylor Publishing Company , 1999.

Audience: Patient or Public

Call Number: WP870 T87 1999

Availability: 3 copies, 3 available

Compiles personal accounts from daughters of mothers who have had breast cancer. The daughters share their feelings of anxiety, loss, fear, courage, inspiration, compassion and joy.

Author: Tarkan, Laurie

Place of Publication: Dallas, Tx.

Publisher: Taylor Publishing Company

Publication Date: 1999

Subjects: Breast Neoplasms - psychology - popular works; Breast Neoplasms - personal narratives - popular works; Parent-Child Relations - popular works

Abstract: Compiles personal accounts from daughters of mothers who have had breast cancer. The daughters share their feelings of anxiety, loss, fear, courage, inspiration, compassion and joy.

ISBN: 878332278

Language: English

Material Type: Book

Audience: Patient or Public

Location: Vancouver Library; Vancouver Cancer Info Ctr; Victoria Cancer Info Ctr

Call Number: WP870 T87 1999

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Borrowed time : living with cancer with someone you love

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Edge, Fred. Lantzville, B.C.: Oolichan Books , 1995.

Audience: Patient or Public

Call Number: QZ201 E23 1995

Availability: 2 copies, 2 available

A personal account of the author?s journey through his wife?s battle with cancer.

Author: Edge, Fred

Place of Publication: Lantzville, B.C.

Publisher: Oolichan Books

Publication Date: 1995

Physical Description: 241 p. : ill. ; 21 cm,

Subjects: Neoplasms; Personal Narratives; Popular Work

Abstract: A personal account of the author?s journey through his wife?s battle with cancer.

ISBN: 0889821488

Language: English

Material Type: Book

Audience: Patient or Public

Location: Vancouver Cancer Info Ctr; Abbotsford Cancer Info Ctr

Call Number: QZ201 E23 1995

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Graceful endings : navigating the journey of loss and grief

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Kavelin-Popov, Linda. Kensington, MD: Virtues Project International , 2012.

Audience: Patient or Public

Call Number: BF575 G7 K11 2012

Availability: 2 copies, 2 available

Author: Kavelin-Popov, Linda

Place of Publication: Kensington, MD

Publisher: Virtues Project International

Publication Date: 2012

Physical Description: 255 p. ; 22 cm.

Subjects: Terminally Ill; Bereavement - psychology; Grief - psychology; Caregivers; Personal Narratives; Popular Work

ISBN: 9781479165315; 1617221899

Language: English

Material Type: Book

Audience: Patient or Public

Location: Victoria Cancer Info Ctr

Call Number: BF575 G7 K11 2012

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Marlene's special hair day

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Driscoll, Marlene. [Kelowna, BC]: Self publishing , 2008.

Audience: Patient or Public

Call Number: QZ200 D781 2008

Availability: 1 copy, 1 available

Author: Driscoll, Marlene

Place of Publication: [Kelowna, BC]

Publisher: Self publishing

Publication Date: 2008

Physical Description: 19 p. : col. ill. ; 23 cm.

Subjects: Physical Appearance, Body - drug effects; Body Image - psychology; Antineoplastic Agents - adverse effects; Hair; Self Care; Personal Narratives; Pictorial Works; Popular Work

Language: English

Material Type: Book

Audience: Patient or Public

Location: Kelowna Library

Call Number: QZ200 D781 2008

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Forever optimistic : fighting brain cancer, finding your best path, and leading a life with purpose

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Brams, Robert S., Coons, Christopher A. New York, NY: Skyhorse Publishing , 2021.

Audience: Patient or Public

Call Number: WL358 B815 2021

Availability: 3 copies, 3 available

Author: Brams, Robert S.; Coons, Christopher A.

Place of Publication: New York, NY

Publisher: Skyhorse Publishing

Publication Date: 2021

Physical Description: xii, 170 p. : col. ill. ; 24 cm

Subjects: Brain Neoplasms; Life Change Events; Adaptation, Psychological; Optimism; Personal Narratives; Popular Work

ISBN: 9781510766167

Language: English

Material Type: Book

Audience: Patient or Public

Location: Vancouver Library; Victoria Cancer Info Ctr; Kelowna Cancer Info Ctr

Call Number: WL358 B815 2021

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Cancer - I won! : a personal journal of grief, survival and triumph

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Ettenberg, Zosia. [Victoria, BC?]: Trafford Publishing , 2008.

Audience: Patient or Public

Call Number: QZ201 E85c 2008

Availability: 1 copy, 1 available

Author: Ettenberg, Zosia

Place of Publication: [Victoria, BC?]

Publisher: Trafford Publishing

Publication Date: 2008

Physical Description: viii, 65 p. ; 22 cm.

Subjects: Neoplasms - psychology; Adaptation, Psychological; Breast Neoplasms - psychology; Survival; Grief; Life Change Events; Personal Narratives; Popular Work

ISBN: 9781425174484; 1425174485

Language: English

Material Type: Book

Audience: Patient or Public

Location: Vancouver Cancer Info Ctr

Call Number: QZ201 E85c 2008

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Where love grows : a journey through the experience of illness and grief of metastatic breast cancer

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Clancy, Georgia Anne. Bloomington, IN: Balboa Press , 2017.

Audience: Patient or Public

Call Number: WP870 C587 2017

Availability: 1 copy, 1 available

Author: Clancy, Georgia Anne

Place of Publication: Bloomington, IN

Publisher: Balboa Press

Publication Date: 2017

Physical Description: v, 85 p. ; ill. ; 22 cm.

Subjects: Breast Neoplasms; Neoplasm Metastasis; Breast Neoplasms - psychology; Grief; Adaptation, Psychological; Spirituality; Personal Narratives; Popular Work

ISBN: 9781504384612; 150438461X

Language: English

Material Type: Book

Audience: Patient or Public

Location: Victoria Cancer Info Ctr

Call Number: WP870 C587 2017

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Journal : a mother and daughter's recovery from breast cancer

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Clark, Annabel, Redgrave, Lynn, Lerner, Barron. New York, NY: Umbrage Editions , 2004.

Audience: Patient or Public

Call Number: WP870 C592 2004

Availability: 1 copy, 1 available

Alternate Title: Mother and daughter's recovery from breast cancer

Author: Clark, Annabel; Redgrave, Lynn; Lerner, Barron

Place of Publication: New York, NY

Publisher: Umbrage Editions

Publication Date: 2004

Physical Description: 109 p. : ill. ; 29 cm.

Subjects: Breast Neoplasms - psychology; Parent-Child Relations; Adaptation, Psychological; Pictorial Works; Personal Narratives

ISBN: 9781884167430; 1884167438

Language: English

Material Type: Book

Audience: Patient or Public

Location: Victoria Cancer Info Ctr

Call Number: WP870 C592 2004

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When breath becomes air

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Kalanithi, Paul. New York, NY: Random House , 2016.

Audience: Patient or Public

Call Number: BF789 D4 K14 2016

Availability: 3 copies, 3 available

Author: Kalanithi, Paul

Place of Publication: New York, NY

Publisher: Random House

Publication Date: 2016

Physical Description: xix, 228 p. : ill. ; 20 cm.

Subjects: Neoplasms - psychology; Attitude to Death; Lung Neoplasms - psychology; Personal Narratives; Autobiography; Quality of Life; Family Relations; Terminally Ill; Neurosurgeons; Popular Work

ISBN: 9780812988406; 081298840X

Language: English

Material Type: Book

Audience: Patient or Public

Location: Vancouver Library; Abbotsford Cancer Info Ctr; Victoria Cancer Info Ctr

Call Number: BF789 D4 K14 2016

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Dead mom walking : a memoir of miracle cures and other disasters

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Matlow, Rachel. [Toronto, ON]: Viking , 2020.

Audience: Patient or Public

Call Number: QZ201 M433 2020

Availability: 1 copy, 1 available

"When her mother is diagnosed with cancer, Rachel Matlow is concerned but hopeful. It's Stage 1, so her mom will get surgery and everything will go back to normal. But growing up in Rachel's family, there was no normal... Dead Mom Walking is the hilarious and heartfelt story of what happens when t…

Author: Matlow, Rachel

Place of Publication: [Toronto, ON]

Publisher: Viking

Publication Date: 2020

Physical Description: 310 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.

Subjects: Neoplasms; Parent-Child Relations; Family Relations; Humor; Personal Narratives; Popular Work

Abstract: "When her mother is diagnosed with cancer, Rachel Matlow is concerned but hopeful. It's Stage 1, so her mom will get surgery and everything will go back to normal. But growing up in Rachel's family, there was no normal... Dead Mom Walking is the hilarious and heartfelt story of what happens when two people who've always written their own script go head to head with each other, and with life's least forgiving plot device." - Provided by publisher