Jeannine Gawthrop Memorial Library
Located at Hospice House

This comprehensive and up-to-date resource can be accessed from 9:00 –5:00 weekdays at Hospice House, 1729 Boundary Avenue. Book categories include, but are not limited to the following (see book reviews on some new titles below):

	Death of a parent/spouse/sibling/children
	Gender differences in grief
	Counseling/Therapy
	Clinical information related to a variety of diseases
	Alternative therapies
	Spirituality
	Children and Grief
	Teens and Grief
	Inspirational readings
	Spiritual and Religious
	Caregiving at the End of Life
	Funerals, obituaries, planning a Celebration of Life
	Legal issues
	Personal Growth.

Executive Director Wendy Pratt peruses one of
Nanaimo Hospice Library's many reference books.

FROM THE BOOKSHELF

Companion Through The Darkness: Inner Dialogues on Grief
by Stephanie Ericsson
As a result of her own experience with many kinds of loss, Stephanie offers an intimate, profoundly touching guide for those in grief, legitimizing the complex and often taboo emotions we all feel when loss transforms our lives.

The Compassionate Presence: Meeting and Greeting a Love That Will Not End
by Stephen R. Schwartz
A profound and poetic contribution to the literature of self-renewal and spiritual growth. It offers the reader a way to shift from an intellectual relationship to spiritual teachings, toward a process that leads to the discovery that everything we feel has wisdom, no matter what we have come to believe.

Facing Death Embracing Life
by David Kuhl, MD
A guide for people living with a terminal illness. In clear and compassionate language this world renowned palliative physician leads us through the emotional, psychological, and practical questions that confront us when we are facing death. He offers advice, comfort, and a series of heart searching questions that will enable the reader to talk about what is often difficult to express.

Bridge to Terabithia
by Katherine Paterson
Jess Aarons’ greatest ambition was to be the fastest runner in his grade. He practiced all summer and couldn’t wait to see his classmates’ faces when he beat them all, only to be beaten by Leslie, the new girl in town; an unlikely beginning to an inseparable friendship. Then tragedy strikes. Only when Jess comes to grips with this tragedy does he finally understand the strength and courage Leslie has given him. [Teens' section]

My Grandfather Loved the Stars
by Julie Lawson
This book begins, “My grandfather loved the stars. He also loved fishing and camping and digging for clams He loved skating and birthdays. And he loved me.”[Children’s section]