Books for When Things Fall Apart

The Butterfly Promise

A Memoir

By: Kristin Joy Lavin
Narrated by: Kristin Joy Lavin
Length: 5 hours 25 minutes

I wasn’t surprised when my grandma promised me she’d contact me from the after-life. Born during the Progressive Era in Greenwich Village, Gram was one enlightened lady. Believing in psychic abilities and life after death became a test of faith for me during a very dark time. Longing for a spiritual connection to her and to something deeper and... Read more

Healing After Loss

Daily Meditations for Working Through Grief

By: Martha Whitmore Hickman
Narrated by: Lorna Raver
Length: 9 hours 45 minutes

After the loss of a loved one, once the services are over and the relatives and friends have gone home, we are left to enter a strange new land, where someone who has given meaning to our life is gone. Drawing on her own experience as well as that of others, author Martha Whitmore Hickman presents a year's worth of meditations for people dealing... Read more

Crying in H Mart

A Memoir

By: Michelle Zauner
Narrated by: Michelle Zauner
Length: 7 hours 22 minutes

“Growing up in Eugene, Oregon, Michelle felt embarrassed and harassed by her Korean mother's expectations. She takes the first opportunity to move away from their strained relationship and develop her music career in Philadelphia. But she's called back when her mother is diagnosed with late stage cancer. Crying in H Mart dives into Asian-American... Read more

The Gentle Art of Swedish Death Cleaning

How to Free Yourself and Your Family from a Lifetime of Clutter

By: Margareta Magnusson
Narrated by: Juliet Stevenson
Length: 2 hours 37 minutes

The original, official, bestselling guide to Swedish death cleaning—a charming, practical, and unsentimental approach to putting a home in order while reflecting on the tiny joys that make up a long life.

In Sweden there is a kind of decluttering called döstädning, dö meaning “death” and städning meaning “cleaning.” This surprising and... Read more

Where Did You Go?

A Life-Changing Journey to Connect with Those We've Lost

By: Christina Rasmussen
Narrated by: Erin Moon
Length: 6 hours 28 minutes

An acclaimed grief educator and the author of Second Firsts teaches listeners how everyday people can communicate with loved ones who have passed away in this groundbreaking science-driven guide to connecting with the afterlife.Christina Rasmussen has helped countless people break out of the ""waiting room"" of grief and rebuild their lives... Read more

Little Matches

A Memoir of Finding Light in the Dark

By: Maryanne O'Hara
Narrated by: Maryanne O'Hara
Length: 9 hours 56 minutes

“Gripping and true in all ways. This fine, affecting memoir will stay with me for a very long time.”—Meg Wolitzer, author of The Female Persuasion“In this vividly written memoir novelist O’Hara shares a painful but ultimately beautiful account of her daughter Caitlin’s life with cystic fibrosis. . . . Her compelling story will resonate with... Read more

The Light Between Us

Stories from Heaven. Lessons for the Living.

By: Laura Lynne Jackson
Narrated by: Laura Lynne Jackson
Length: 7 hours 59 minutes

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • For readers of Proof of Heaven, the astonishing story of a woman with an extraordinary psychic gift—and a powerful message from the Other Side that can help us to live more beautifully in the here and now.

Laura Lynne Jackson is a wife, a mother, a high school English teacher—and a psychic medium. Where most believe an... Read more

After the Rain

Gentle Reminders for Healing, Courage, and Self-Love

By: Alexandra Elle
Narrated by: Alexandra Elle
Length: 3 hours 14 minutes

In After the Rain, celebrated self-care storyteller Alexandra Elle delivers 15 lessons on how to overcome obstacles, build confidence, and cultivate abundance.

Part memoir and part guide, Elle shares stirring stories from her own remarkable journey from self-doubt to self-love.

This soulful collection is filled with illuminating reflections on... Read more

Wintering

The Power of Rest and Retreat in Difficult Times

By: Katherine May
Narrated by: Rebecca Lee
Length: 6 hours 53 minutes

“I listened to Wintering with one foot in November and the other in December, just as winter weather was arriving where I live, and arguably the best time of year to read this book. In my circle of mentally ill friends and family—myself included—it seems like people have been preparing for winter more than usual this year (2021), trying their... Read more

Group

How One Therapist and a Circle of Strangers Saved My Life

By: Christie Tate
Narrated by: Christie Tate
Length: 10 hours 6 minutes

“I cannot recommend this book enough! Group reads like a novel while also being incredibly insightful. Christie Tate is able to articulate a reality that I, and I’m sure others, haven’t quite been able to express to those closest to us. This book will help people realize that there are things they haven’t let themselves face yet, but it will also... Read more