Illness Fiction

Stories, poems, and fairy tales to help you relax, reduce stress and anxiety, calm your racing thoughts, and fall asleep with ease. Bedtime Stories for Peaceful Sleep is an audiobook to bring peace and calm into your life. Here, you’ll find a collection of charming bedtime stories, poems, and fairy tales, written purely for your relaxation. The stories are suitable for children and adults alike, written in a way to tickle your imagination. There’s nothing scary or violent, nothing creepy or mysterious. These are not meditations; there is no hypnosis here.

On a cold December morning, Dr. Katz awoke to a voice screaming in her head, “Look in the mirror, damn it!” Dutifully she went to the mirror and was shocked to see a growth on the right side of her neck. Suddenly, the months of pain, insomnia, fatigue, and night sweats she had brushed off as menopause and pandemic fatigue morphed into something much more frightening. Cancer.

7 Gute-Nacht-Geschichten mit der perfekten Einschlafdauer. Kann Ihr Kind nicht einschlafen? Die besten Einschlafgeschichten sowie die zauberhafte Stimme von Sebastian Lohse machen dieses Hörbuch zum idealen abendlichen Begleiter. Die Märchen eignen sich wunderbar als Ergänzung zum abendlichen Einschlafritual. Sie schenken Gelassenheit, positive Energie und sorgen für einen erholsamen Schlaf. Eine entspannende Reise ins Land der Träume. Das Hörbuch mit Einschlafgarantie.

Albert Espinosa never wanted to write a book about cancer - so he didn’t. Instead, he shares his most touching, funny, tragic, and happy memories in the hopes that others, healthy and sick alike, can draw the same strength and vitality from them.

Just as Daniel is trying to fit in at his new school, his mum, the head teacher, stops taking her medicine. As she starts behaving more and more weirdly, Daniel realizes that his mum is ill - and he is the only person who can help her.

Smetti di avere il mal di testa, è un audiolibro che ti da l’opportunità di saperne di più, per allontanare definitivamente un problema come il mal di testa...

A soothing sleep story, following John's hang-gliding journey over Rio de Janeiro.

Branca está enferma de hepatite. Desde hai nove días está na cama e ten que gardar repouso absoluto durante cinco ou seis semanas. Unha eternidade! Encima ten que pasar o seu aniversario así, e é un aniversario importante: trece anos. Ese día regálanlle un álbum de fotos e súa nai proponlle que o complete para non se aburrir. E así, pouquiño a pouco, Branca vai lembrando distintos episodios da súa vida que nos permiten ir coñecendo como é e como foi esta rapariga de trece anos.

Prologue to an Epitaph is an exciting, moving account in which the author relays a compelling narrative from four different viewpoints - the diametrically opposing perspectives of a neonatal intensive care unit nurse, the teen mother, her younger brother, and the preemie herself.

The Great Death arrived with the man from downriver, the one who came with the light-colored strangers and had little red spots covering his body. Thirteen-year-old Millie and her younger sister, Maura, are fascinated by the guests, but soon sickness takes over their village. As they watch the people they know and love die, the sisters remain unaffected and begin to realize that they will have to find a new home.

Warning: This book may cause drowsiness. Peaceful Tales, Volume 2 - three more lighthearted stories that were written specifically to help you fall gently to sleep. After listening to the first volume myself, nearly every night for well over a year, I decided I needed some new stories to read and listen to.

Ein Hörbuch für alle Hypochonder und Comedy-Fans: Diese geistreichen und witzigen Dialoge zwischen der "Hypochonderin" Cordula Stratmann und der Ernährungswissenschaftlerin Marion Grillparzer sind nicht nur für (eingebildete) Kranke lehrreich und lustig gleichermaßen und streifen dabei eine Vielzahl an Themen, denen man im Alltag begegnet. Wer also schon immer mal wissen wollte, was eine Überdosis Lakritze für Folgen haben kann, der findet hier Antworten.

Sono sicura che le poesie che ho scritto in questa raccolta le troverai semplici, piacevoli e interessanti; la loro lettura, sarà in grado di farti porre interrogativi che ti aiuteranno a riflettere su emozioni, sensazioni vissute e desiderate, e infine su questa realtà che, diciamocela tutta, ci ha disabituati a guardare in noi stessi.

Moa föds med ett litet hål i hjärtat. Som liten opereras hon och under många år fungerar allt som det ska. Tills det plötsligt inte gör det längre. Hjärtat börjar slå hårt, Moa blir trött och andfådd av att gå och till slut tvingas hon läggas in på sjukhus. När hon äntligen får komma tillbaka till skolan har allting förändrats. Hennes bästa vän Amelia har hittat någon annan att hänga med, Siri, och Moa känner sig vilsen och ensam. När Moa får reda på att Amelia ska se deras största idol Samuel live, tillsammans med Siri, blir Moa fruktansvärt avundsjuk.

This heart-wrenching story traces the lives of a dementia victim and his caring family as they descend through the devastating journey and ultimate end that is caused by Alzheimer's disease. Using personal experience and that of others, the author explores in graphic detail the pain and confusion of Pat, the victim, and the selfless love of his wife Carol and daughter Mandy. The book is intended to help prepare listeners, who may well become carers, know what to expect and to raise general awareness of a condition that receives little attention compared to its impact on the lives of men and women throughout the world.

Fourteen-year-old Finn is a loner, living with his dad and his amazing dog, Dylan. This summer Finn is hoping for a job where he doesn’t have to talk to anyone except his buddy, Matthew. Then he meets Johanna, who’s living next door. She’s a graduate student in her 20s, cool and funny, and she treats Finn as an equal. Dylan thinks she’s great too. Johanna’s dealing with breast cancer, and Matthew and Finn help take care of her - and come to care for her.

Follow the lives of several mentally ill patients in a psychiatric facility and what life holds for them in the outside world. Those who smile the most often times have experienced the most pain. Others separate themselves in the feeling of being misunderstood or in search for themselves. In both occasions, the difference between relapsing and feeling okay is being held by a thread. We want to shed the light on the stigma of mental disorders and raise awareness that anyone around us could be experiencing some form or another of these disorders.

¿Qué tal si la hora de dormir dejara de ser una pesadilla? Diseñado para ser escuchado, este libro contiene 9 historias relajantes para antes de ir a dormir que te ayudarán a dormir con un profundo, relajante y natural sueño. Una selección de palabras calmantes que pueden funcionar como un auxiliar del sueño sin m edicamentos, para conseguir la máxima relajación y pasividad.

Genießen Sie eine Auswahl charmanter Geschichten aus dem Buch "Warum pinkeln Sie in meinen Blumentopf?", gelesen von Dr. Claudia Bignion und Rainer Obrowski. Texter: Claudia Bignion, Rainer Obrowski, Stefan Steinhart, Tamara Schneemayer, Björn Sünder, Axel Ludewig, Petra Ruckmich und Sandrina Höfler. Eine Produktion von Asparuh Tashev, mit Musik von Dirk Werner. Empathisch, ehrlich, alltagstauglich.

Peaceful Tales - three lighthearted stories that are designed to help you fall asleep quickly and naturally. All YOU need to do is lie back, close your eyes, and listen. What could be easier? Remember being read to sleep as a child? Wasn't it one of your favorite things? Well, who says you have to be a kid for it to work? Not me.