Suggested Reading
Here is a list of books on various loss topics that you may find helpful.
How to Go On Living When Someone You Love Dies
by Therese Rando | Lexington Books
How to Survive the Loss of a Love
by Peter McWilliams, Melba Colgrove and Harold Bloomfield | Prelude Press
by Harriet Sarnoff Schiff | Penguin Books
FatherLoss; How Sons of All Ages Come to Terms with the Deaths of Their Dads
by Neil Chethik | Hyperion Press
Healing a Parent’s Grieving Heart; 100 Practical Ideas After Your Child Dies
by Alan D. Wolfelt, PhD | Companion Press
What on Earth Do You Do When Someone Dies?
by Trevor Romain | Free Spirit Publishing | (Note: Written for children; appropriate for everyone)
Making Loss Matter: Creating Meaning in Difficult Times
by Rabbi David Wolpe | Riverhead Books
Tear Soup: A Recipe for Healing After Loss
by Pat Schwiebert & Chuck DeKlyen | Grief Watch
by Michael Rosen | Candlewick
Hope, Make, Heal: 20 Crafts to Mend the Heart
by Maya Pagan Donenfeld | Roost Books
For Children
by Etan Boritzer | Veronica Lane Books
Our Special Garden: Understanding Cremation
by Karen L. Carney| Dragonfly Publishing
Tell Me Papa: A Family Book About Children’s Questions About Death and Funerals
by Dr. Marvin Johnson & Joy Johnson| Center for Thanatology Research
The Big Chair: A Story of Grief and Discovery
by Beth Rotondo| Stillpoint Press
For Understanding Children and Their Grief
35 Ways to Help a Grieving Child
by The Dougy Center
The Grieving Child: A Parents Guide
by Helen Fitzgerald| Touchstone
Helping Children Cope with the Loss of a Loved One: A Guide for Grownups (also available in Spanish)
by William C. Kroen, PhD| Free Spirit Publishing
Coping with the Death of a Child
How to Survive the Loss of a Child
by C.M. Sanders| Harmony
by Sandy Peckinpah| Balboa Press
For Suicide
by John H. Hewett| Westminster John Knox Press