Nora Krug The Washington Post

Mora Gregg, a retired librarian in Toronto, was simply dusting a bookshelf in her one-bedroom apartment last month when she happened upon a lovingly worn copy of the 1929 children's book "The Postman," by Charlotte Kuh. Gregg's mother had checked it out of a Silver Spring, Md., library in 1946, when Gregg was a toddler.

"When Breath Becomes Air," Paul Kalanithi's memoir of his final years as he faced lung cancer at age 37, was published posthumously, in 2016, to critical acclaim and commercial success. "The Bright Hour," Nina Riggs' memoir of her final years as she faced breast cancer at age 39, was published posthumously, in 2017, to critical acclaim and commerci...

Mindfulness and meditation can help you cope with this special brand of holiday stress.

Mora Gregg, a retired librarian in Toronto, was simply dusting a bookshelf in her one-bedroom apartment last month when she happened upon a lovingly worn copy of the 1929 children's book "The Postman," by Charlotte Kuh. Gregg's mother had checked it out of a Silver Spring, Md., library in 1946, when Gregg was a toddler.

"When Breath Becomes Air," Paul Kalanithi's memoir of his final years as he faced lung cancer at age 37, was published posthumously, in 2016, to critical acclaim and commercial success. "The Bright Hour," Nina Riggs' memoir of her final years as she faced breast cancer at age 39, was published posthumously, in 2017, to critical acclaim and commerci...

Mindfulness and meditation can help you cope with this special brand of holiday stress.