Recommendations

Start an Audible Plus Free Trial today, Audible Plus is brand new all-you-can-listen membership that offers access to thousands of titles, including a vast array
of audiobooks, podcasts and originals that span genres, lengths, and formats. There are many books on grief, loss and healing available to chose from. 
Please do yourself a favor and get a library card if you don't already have one!  If you live in the library district for one of the
Treasure Valley's LYNX! Consortium libraries (Nampa, Meridian, Boise, Caldwell, Ada County, Kuna, Garden City, Eagle) you can get a free library card
​with a picture ID and proof of address. Once you have a card you can use that card at any of the LYNX! Consortium libraries to check out and return items. 

There are a plethora of invaluable grief and other resources available to you with a library card including books, internet/computer access, DVDs,
BluRays, Audiobook CDs, magazines, kits, video games, music CDs, database access, streaming services for music & video, eBooks, eAudiobooks, etc.

​The libraries in the Treasure Valley also host a myriad of free events and programs for all ages (no card required to attend) that may provide healthy ways
to connect, educate & distract during your grief journey.  Some libraries host Death Cafes, support groups, estate planning classes, health classes and more.
I highly encourage you to check out and use your local library system as a tool on your healing path. 

​Find links to the consortium libraries here: http://lynx.lili.org/
​The Grievers Library 
The Grievers Library is located in Seattle, WA, and is run solely by volunteers and supported entirely by donations. It is a pilot project of Friends for Survival
which is a national, non-profit bereavement organization available to anyone who is grieving a suicide death. Grievers Library book boxes are stocked with
a curated assortment of FREE, grief-related books for children, teens and adults. Their boxes are located and regularly maintained in five neighborhoods
in Seattle: NW, NE, SW, SE & Central Seattle. In order to serve grievers world-wide, they have curated a broad selection of grief books hyper-linked to
"WorldCat" a global database containing two billion titles compiled from over 10,000 public libraries. Surprisingly, some of the most popular grief books
are not widely available. They recommend that you examine all of the titles on a specific list to locate free books near you. For grievers, sometimes
reading a book can seem overwhelming. Or, even getting up out of a chair. They understand this, so they have curated a collection of  "EZ" reads--excerpts
from books, blogs + research papers--that take 3 to 5 minutes of focus. These passages, written by grief experts and grievers, are chosen to provide insights
into the grieving process. Grievers Library brings together those who seek grief support and those who seek to support grievers through the sharing of free
books and resources on grief and loss. Everyone is welcome to participate in this volunteer-based community project.
Read an article about The Grievers Library here: A Grievers Mini Library Filled With Solace​
To find out more and get involved, visit: https://www.grieverslibrary.org/

Magazines

Get Griefy Magazine
Get Griefy Magazine seeks to redefine the conversation around grief, providing authentic stories, expert insights, and practical resources that empower its
readers to navigate their grief journey with resilience and purpose. Get Griefy Magazine is more than a publication; it is a lifeline for those on the path of healing.
​This is a free digial magazine!
​https://www.getgriefymagazine.com/
The Grief Diaries: A Magazine of Art & Writing About Loss
Poetry, fiction, nonfiction, photography, reviews, and artwork that relate in some way to grief, loss, or mourning. The term “grief” is open to interpretation.
They permanently ceased publication at the end of 2020, but hopeful their archive will be available long after that. 
http://www.thegriefdiaries.org/
Still Standing Magazine, LLC. 
This online magazine shares stories from around the world of writers surviving the aftermath of loss, infertility – and includes information on how others can help. This is a page for all grieving parents. If you grieve the loss of your child, no matter the circumstances, you are welcome.
https://stillstandingmag.com/

Grief Book Clubs

Faith & Grief Book Club
Each month the group will read & discuss suggested books about grief.
Book selections are memoirs based on the authors own grief journey and books by grief research experts. 
​To register and receive the link to join, visit https://www.faithandgrief.org/bookclub/​
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Grief Book Club
​Reviews about books, movies & TV shows that focus on grief and loss.
https://medium.com/grief-book-club
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Grievers & Readers Book Club 
Sharing books about loss, grief & healing, creating connection through literature, & helping you build your grief library.
https://www.instagram.com/grieversnreadersbookclub/
Willow House Virtual Book Club
Join Willow House for conversations around grief, death, transitions and healing. Book selections range from non-fiction, fiction, memoir, poetry and essay.
Book club members are invited to vote for each meeting’s book selection through Instagram polls and ​Facebook posts. Open to all adult. 
For more info and to register visit: https://willowhouse.org/virtual-book-club/


Books & Audiobooks



​A to Z Healing Toolbox: A Practical Guide for Navigating Grief and Trauma with Intention - By Susan Hannifin-MacNab
The A to Z Healing Toolbox is an award winning book of 26 powerful, practical tools for navigating grief and trauma with intention.
This guidebook contains a plethora of life-changing suggestions, powerful daily action steps, independent writing prompts, and
​inspirational stories from others who have experienced grief or trauma through personal crisis, illness, or death.
The Adventures of Peighten and Gingerbread: Coping Strategies for Children to Help with Grief and Loss - By Feryn Heath
This heartwarming picture book follows the journey of Peighten and her loyal dog, Gingerbread, as they help kids understand grief
and provide simple, positive strategies for managing those big emotions. Designed for ages 3-9, this story is perfect for families
facing the difficult conversation of loss—whether it's a loved one or a pet.What makes this book extra special? It includes a
**therapeutic workbook** filled with activities and prompts to help children explore their feelings and develop healthy coping skills. Whether you're a parent, caregiver, or educator, The Adventures of Peighten and Gingerbread offers an invaluable tool for
​guiding children through grief in a compassionate and supportive way. Let's support young hearts on their healing journeys! 
https://peightenandgingerbread.com/
The AfterGrief: Finding Your Way Along the Long Arc of Loss - By Hope Edelman
Drawing on her own encounters with the ripple effects of early loss, as well as on interviews with dozens of researchers, therapists,
and regular people who’ve been bereaved, New York Times bestselling author Hope Edelman offers profound advice for reassessing loss
and adjusting the stories we tell ourselves about its impact on our identities. With guidance for reframing a story of loss, finding
equilibrium within it, and even experiencing renewed growth and purpose in its wake, she demonstrates that though grief is a
lifelong process, it doesn’t have to be a lifelong struggle.

​​After Your Child's Suicide: How to Find More Peace, Purpose and Happiness - By Rebecca Tervo
When Rebecca Tervo awoke on January 29, 2012 it seemed like just another lazy Sunday morning. What she didn’t realize was that her life and the life of her family had already been changed forever. Her 17 year old son, Trevor, was already dead of suicide in an adjacent room, she just didn’t know it yet. Rebecca learned how to create a happy and meaningful life through some dark days after Trevor’s death. She now uses those same tools with her clients in her coaching practice. This book is a starting point for you if you are a parent who has lost a child to suicide. It will guide you through the use of just some of the tools that helped Rebecca create the life she has today. Please see Rebecca’s website at rebeccatervo.com or thehealingheartjourney.com for further tools and guidance.


Aftermath: Picking Up the Pieces After a Suicide - By Gary Roe
In this book, multiple award-winning author and grief counselor, Gary Roe seeks to journey along side you through the uncharted, dangerous waters of suicide loss. His words are a source of comfort, perspective and hope for healing, traveling through the aftermath of tragedy with you to help you pick up the pieces and begin to rebuild your heart and life.
Almost a Mother: Love, Loss, and Finding Your People When Your Baby Dies - By Christy Wopat
Christy’s captivating memoir about her hopes, dreams, loss, grief, and ultimately, her healing, is a poignantly powerful and
brutally honest account of what happens when tragedy hits. We never think it’s going to happen to us. We never think it will happen today. But it does, and it happened to Christy. In an effort to find solace, Christy tried Googling, “What do I do when my baby dies?”
Unfortunately, there just aren’t any good resources out there—at least not any that are truly honest, not sugar-coated with clichés.
“Almost a Mother” is Christy’s way of reaching those out to those who have experienced a horrible loss of any kind, of any magnitude,
​in the hope of building a community of support and love. 
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​Always Ours - By Christy Wopat
Erin and Mae are sisters who are eagerly waiting to meet their new baby brother, James. When the girls find out that he has died
before he even got to come home, they are confused and sad. With her teacher's help and a heart full of bravery and love, Mae embarks
on a journey to find a way to honor and cherish ​a family member that couldn't stay. She and her sister help us see that even after
our family members are gone, they will always be ours.
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An Angel Gave Us Our Angel - By Kristin McQuaid
An Angel Gave Us Our Angel is a book written for children to help better understand the loss of a sibling through miscarriage, stillbirth, or infant loss via a surrogate. The mother of this book cannot have children on her own, so the family will “borrow a belly” to allow their baby to grow. This is not always the most straightforward subject for young children to understand, so the book makes it simple to learn about surrogacy/gestational carriers and battle through the unthinkable - infant loss. The story is narrated by the family dog Gunner, who has been counting down the days to meet his little sister. Gunner walks us through many emotions that any child or family member may experience or is currently experiencing. The author, whose baby was stillborn on July 14, 2021, wanted the reader to learn that there is hope through all the tears, pain, and sadness. She hopes that those we lost too soon can still bring us comfort and peace through tough times.
And I Love You Still... A Thoughtful Guide and Remembrance Journal for Healing the Loss of a Pet - By Julianne Corbin, PhD
Written by Psychologist and renowned expert on the Human-Animal Bond and Pet Bereavement, Dr. Corbin brings the consulting
room to your fingertips in the ground breaking and one of a kind book. Drawing on 20 years of clinical, research, and personal
experience Dr. Corbin calls attention to the difficulties unique to the loss of a beloved companion animal and provides an interactive
and compassionate guide to help you process your loss and work towards coming to a place of peace and healing. If you are interested
in journal therapy and looking for a professionally written AND compassionate resource to help understand and reconcile the
grief associated with the loss of your ​companion animal then this book is for you.
​And Then You Were Gone - By Becky Avella
Pregnancy loss can leave an unbearable sadness and hole in your heart that feels impossible to mend. And Then You Were Gone
chronicles one woman’s journey to healing after four miscarriages at different stages of pregnancy. Through honest personal reflection
and in-depth Bible study, this book will point grieving hearts back to hope and joy. Written from the perspective of someone who has
truly been there, this book will reveal the way to lasting healing. And Then You Were Gone is also a must-have resource for family
members, counselors, and clergy who fear doing or saying the wrong thing. It will deepen your understanding of pregnancy loss
and will provide tools and insight for effectively supporting grieving families.

​Anxiety: The Missing Stage of Grief - By Claire Bidwell Smith, LCPC
Taking a big step beyond Elisabeth Kübler-Ross’ widely accepted five stages, Anxiety: The Missing Stage of Grief explains the
intimate connection between death and grief and how they specifically cause anxiety–unpacking everything from our age-old fears
about mortality to the bare vulnerability a loss can make us feel.  With concrete tools and coping strategies for panic attacks,
getting a handle on anxious thoughts, and more, Anxiety: The Missing Stage of Grief  bridges these two emotions in a way
that is deeply empathetic and eminently practical.
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 The Art of Living With Grief - By Claudia Chappel
The Art of Living with Grief is a short and bitterly sweet compilation of advice, observations and wisdom for parents and those around them who are suffering with the loss of a child. It brings a sense of peace and comfort to those suffering from the most unnatural of all losses. The author takes the reader on a poetic and beautifully illustrated journey through the pain, anger, emptiness and loss she experienced, then gently encourages readers to grow stronger so they can endure a pain that will never leave them.
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The Baby Loss Guide - By Zoe Clark-Coates
The Baby Loss Guide is designed to help you navigate this complex issue. Whether you have personally encountered loss, or are supporting
people through this harrowing time, this book provides practical and compassionate advice.
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​Bearing the Unbearable: Love, Loss and the Heartbreaking Path of Grief - By Joanne Cacciatore
Bearing the Unbearable is a companion for life’s most difficult times, revealing how grief can open our hearts to connection,
compassion, and the very essence of our shared humanity. Dr. Joanne Cacciatore—bereavement educator, researcher, Zen priest,
and leading counselor in the field—accompanies us along the heartbreaking path of love, loss, and grief. Through moving stories
of her encounters with grief over decades of supporting individuals, families, and communities—as well as her own experience
with loss—Cacciatore opens a space to process, integrate, and deeply honor our grief.
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The Beauty of What Remains - By Steve Leder
This inspiring and comforting book takes us on a journey through the experience of loss that is fundamental to everyone.
even after having sat beside thousands of deathbeds, Steve Leder the rabbi was not fully prepared for the loss of his own
father. It was only then that Steve Leder the son truly learned how loss makes life beautiful by giving it meaning and
touching us with love that we had not felt before.
The Beauty Within Tragedy: How a Resilient Soul Can Turn Griefs Into Gifts - By Robin Gargano
As you read through the pages, you will encounter short stories filled with lessons learned, inspiring quotes, songs, and the tools
needed to heal. Each chronological story journeys through Robin's twisty path and shows all the moments that changed her life
forever. Robin wrote this book because she now understands that there is beauty within tragedy. Her wish is to help you grieve
​freely, accept, transform and find the happiness you deserve. 
Beyond Goodbye - By Zoe Clark-Coates
From losing loved ones - parents, partners, children, siblings, family members and friends - to answering the most common questions
that are asked in this time of mourning and beyond, Zoe tackles topics that are rarely discussed but essential to address. 
Beyond Goodbye balances practical advice with personal stories and emotional support. It explores common myths around loss, and offers advice for those supporting the bereaved. The book includes a unique 60 day support plan to guide you on your way.
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Black Widow: A Sad-Funny Journey Through Grief for People Who Normally
​Avoid Books with Words Like Journey in the Title - By Leslie Gray Streeter
Looking at widowhood through the prism of race, mixed marriage, and aging, Black Widow redefines the stages of grief, from coffin
shopping to day-drinking, to being a grown-ass woman crying for your mommy, to breaking up and making up with God, to facing
​the fact that life goes on even after the death
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The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma - By Bessel van der Kolk, MD
Renowned trauma expert Bessel van der Kolk has spent over three decades working with survivors. In The Body Keeps the Score, he transforms our understanding of traumatic stress, revealing how it literally rearranges the brain’s wiring—specifically areas dedicated to pleasure, engagement, control, and trust. He shows how these areas can be reactivated through innovative treatments including neurofeedback, mindfulness techniques, play, yoga, and other therapies. Based on Dr. van der Kolk’s own research and that of other leading specialists, The Body Keeps the Score offers proven alternatives to drugs and talk therapy—and a way to reclaim lives.
Blood: A Memoir - By Allison Moorer
Mobile, Alabama, 1986. A fourteen-year-old girl is awakened by the unmistakable sound of gunfire. On the front lawn, her father has shot and killed her mother before turning the gun on himself. Allison Moorer would grow up to be an award-winning musician, with her songs likened to "a Southern accent: eight miles an hour, deliberate, and very dangerous to underestimate" (Rolling Stone). But that moment, which forever altered her own life and that of her older sister, Shelby, has never been far from her thoughts. Now, in her journey to understand the unthinkable, to parse the unknowable, Allison uses her lyrical storytelling powers to lay bare the memories and impressions that make a family, and that tear a family apart. Blood delves into the meaning of inheritance and destiny, shame and
trauma -- and how it is possible to carve out a safe place in the world despite it all. With a foreword by Allison's sister,
​Grammy winner Shelby Lynne, Blood reads like an intimate journal: vivid, haunting, and ultimately life-affirming.
Blue Hour—Haiku and Photographs - By Amory Hayden Tarr (Edited By Kathy Allen)
"Blue Hour—Haiku and Photographs by Amory Hayden Tarr is a tribute to my son Amory who died by suicide on April 24, 2020. It is a small collection of his haiku poems written by Amory while he was living in Jackson Hole, Wyoming. The photographs are taken by Amory and are a mere representation of the photos he took while traveling around the world working on organic farms. He left home at age eighteen to work on an organic farm in the Northern Territory of Australia. The blue hour refers to the darker stages of twilight when the sun is quite far below the horizon and the sky turns deep blue. As you go through this book you will discover the magic that Amory captured in his words and images. May this remind us all of the beauty of nature as well as the beauty of Amory’s spirit." —Kathy Allen

Boldly Into the Darkness - By Autumn Toelle-Jackson
How do you survive loss after loss, in close succession? How many times can your life be shattered and put back together again? How do you keep the darkness from enveloping and taking you with it? These are difficult questions that don't have easy answers. In her engrossing memoir, "Boldly into the Darkness: Living with Loss, Growing with Grief & Holding on to Happiness," Autumn Toelle-Jackson shares how her ordinary, happy life took several dramatic turns, forcing her to face these questions directly. As you journey with her through her raw, wrenching story of being pummeled by repeated major losses, she shows you how she persevered by continually seeking light, faith, hope and healing. Her bold spirit and desire to cherish the love and legacy of those she lost inspired her to move forward and build a life that honors both her grief and her growth. Toelle-Jackson’s unique story deeply touched my heart as I believe it will do for anyone who reads it. Her story is a stunning example of the enormous capacity of the human heart both to hurt, and to heal.
Celebration of Sisters: It Is Never Too Late To Grieve - By Judy Lipson
For Judy Lipson, her sisters were her compass, constant, champions, and competitors and for thirty years she suppressed the grief of losing her two beloved sisters. Judy lost her younger sister Jane at age twenty-two in an automobile accident and nine years later her older sister Margie at age thirty-five to a twenty year battle with anorexia and bulimia. It was not until 2011 that Judy began her journey to mourn for Margie and Jane. Judy experienced the reality that those who lose siblings are the forgotten mourners and they
are left to take care of their parents and children. The impact of their loss takes a back seat. Through her participation and work prescribed in a complicated grief study, Judy learned to restore her well-being, happy memories of her sisters, and the passion the
three of them had for figure skating. By bringing her sisters and their memories together more present in her life, Judy found peace.
To honor the memory of her sisters, Judy created and continues to hold, Celebration of Sisters, an annual ice skating fundraiser which benefits Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts. This is the story of how Judy used her memories and their shared
love of ice skating to come full circle. When she performs on the ice, Judy feels Margie and Jane on each shoulder guiding her and whispering in her ear, "Judy, you've got this." This is a story of love, grief, and moving forward, even years after the loss.
Cinnamon Roll Sunday: A Child's Story of Anticipatory Grief - By Jennifer L. Allen, L.M.F.T., A.T.R.-B.C.
Anticipatory grief is a difficult issue to address as it counters the cultural taboo of talking about death with kids, especially if it might
not happen or hasn’t yet happened. Cinnamon Roll Sunday answers that question for children, and in doing so, breaks the taboo, and bridge this gap in the field of grief. Cinnamon Roll Sunday demonstrates through story how to cope with the uncertainty of illness in
a family and how to have healthy, age-appropriate conversations about difficult subjects. Cinnamon Roll Sunday is intended to be
read aloud by a parent, teacher, helper, or therapist to school-age children who have (had) a loved-one who is seriously ill. It acts as
​a springboard for healthy communication and a normalizes the many mixed up thoughts and feelings indicative of anticipatory grief.
The Colors of Love and Loss - By Dr. Joanne Cacciatore
“The Colors of Love & Loss,” featuring a chameleon family struggling with heartbreaking loss. This new FREE resource from the
​MISS Foundation is for children who have – and will – grieve. It is FREE to download in both Spanish and English. 
https://www.missfoundation.org/the-colors-of-love-and-loss-by-dr-joanne-cacciatore/
Coloring Through Grief and Loss: A Grief Affirmation Coloring Book with Grief Quotes - By Miranda Bones
This grief coloring book will offer comfort and support to someone who has grieving. Sometimes we need kind words to serve as reminders to help push us through another day. This grief affirmation coloring book includes 46 grief affirmations and quotes that
can offer daily support and comfort to those who are grieving. Grief can be a very isolating experience. Trying to support someone
going through grief can be complicated. This grief coloring book is the perfect gift for someone who doesn't know what to say or
do for a friend in grief. A simple activity like coloring takes attention away from your grief and puts it on the present moment.
This Grief Affirmation coloring book features 46 great grief affirmations to help you in your grief journey. This grief coloring
book makes a sympathy gift for a widow or anyone who is suffering from the recent loss of a loved one. Coloring allows
you to acknowledge your grief while helping you find peace and joy. Coloring can be as neat or as messy as you choose,
and there are no real consequences if you mess up; just turn the page and start fresh.
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Confessions of a Griever: Turning a Hot Mess Into a Haute Message (Laughable Lessons for When Life Just Sucks) - By Crystal Webster
Crystal Webster's raw, honest and vulnerable story of loss is poignant and told in relatable chunks with the freedom and whimsy
of a choose-your-own-adventure style. This grief book stands out because of it's fresh voice and unique approach to this difficult
subject. Crystal shares her story with a lot of humor and a few f-bombs, which was what made it so great, real and interesting.
She doesn't pull any punches about how badly grief sucks, but at the same time leaves her readers with practical tools for
coping their emotions, and with hope for finding goodness in life, even after a life-shaking loss. 
Join Crystal's 'Grief Paperback Society' book club on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/GriefPaperbackSociety/
Conscious Grief: Transforming Pain into Evolution and Growth - by Tara Nash
If you are feeling bewildered and lost in grief, this book is the companion you need. At some stage, everyone experiences grief.
Whether you consciously experience it or not is a choice. Within the pages of Conscious Grief, you’ll discover ideas on how to
support yourself as you grieve through self-care practices, therapies, modern mourning, spiritual seeking, and navigating triggers
that abound in the sensitive mourning state. Author Tara Nash uses her own experience of losing both her parents by the time she
was twenty-one years old. Her grief was repressed for many years. However, since she began to consciously grieve, she became
engaged, invigorated and grateful for her life. Tara draws on the experiences of people she has interviewed for her Conscious Grief
Series as examples of other loss. Conscious Grief encapsulates that grieving is a physical, emotional, and spiritual experience.
This book is an invitation to bring intention and awareness to allow transformation and growth.
​Dancing at the Pity Party: A Dead Mom Graphic Novel - By Tyler Feder
From before her mother's first oncology appointment through the stages of her cancer to the funeral, sitting shiva, and afterward,
when she must try to make sense of her life as a motherless daughter, Tyler Feder tells her story in this graphic novel that is full of
piercing--but also often funny--details. She shares the important post-death firsts, such as celebrating holidays without her mom,
the utter despair of cleaning out her mom's closet, ending old traditions and starting new ones, and the sting of having the
"I've got to tell Mom about this" instinct and not being able to act on it. This memoir, bracingly candid and sweetly humorous,
is for ​anyone struggling with loss who just wants someone to get it.
The Dead Moms Club: A Memoir about Death, Grief, and Surviving the Mother of All Losses - By Kate Spencer
Kate Spencer lost her mom to cancer when she was 27. In The Dead Moms Club, she walks readers through her experience of stumbling through grief and loss, and helps them to get through it, too. This isn't a weepy, sentimental story, but rather a frank, up-front look at what it means to go through gruesome grief and come out on the other side. An empathetic read, The Dead Moms Club covers how losing her mother changed nearly everything in her life: both men and women readers who have lost parents or experienced grief of this magnitude will be comforted and consoled. Spencer even concludes each chapter with a cheeky but useful tip for readers
(like the "It's None of Your Business Card" to copy and hand out to nosy strangers asking about your passed loved one).​
Dinosaurs Divorce - By Laurie Krasny Brown & Marc Brown
A comprehensive, sensitive guide for changing families, Dinosaurs Divorce helps readers understand what divorce means,
why it happens, and how to best cope with everyone's feelings.
Do They Have Bad Days in Heaven? Surviving the Suicide Loss of a Sibling - By Michelle Linn-Gust
 Michelle Linn-Gust takes the reader through the personal experience of losing her younger sister Denise Linn and weaves in the available research for sibling survivors. Michelle also journeys sibling loss through the life span. No matter how old you are, you'll find valuable help in Do They Have Bad Days in Heaven? Michelle explains suicide, the grief process, and how sibling death impacts the brothers and sisters left behind. She adds practical advice for how sibling suicide survivors can help themselves.

Doing Grief in Real Life: A Soulful Guide to Navigate Loss, Death & Change - By Shea Darian
Doing Grief in Real Life: A Soulful Guide to Navigate Loss, Death & Change makes learning about grief and grieving a
growth-inspiring, life-shifting event. The book translates my new paradigm of the grieving process, the Model of
Adaptive Grieving Dynamics (Illness, Crisis & Loss, 2014), into a personable, story-rich, family-friendly guide for everyday
​grievers and care providers like you and me. Readers describe the book as enlightening, engaging, and even uplifting!

Drawing On Grief - By Kate Sutton
Drawing On Grief is a uniquely creative journal and mindful keepsake which draws on the soothing therapeutic power of drawing
and creativity to help people navigate the pain of bereavement. In this moving book of self-help through art therapy, author Kate Sutton draws on her own experiences of losing a loved one to help others on this difficult journey, presenting guided creative prompts as well as memories of her own and quotes from others on the painful topic of loss. By guiding readers through creative exercises 
from drawing fond memories together to creating an ocean of tears with coloring pencils, this book helps people visualize the pain they are going through, so as to better understand and navigate their grief. The book also contains written prompts such as writing
a letter to yourself and to your loved one, designed to help people express the difficult emotions which bereavement brings. 
Part self-help book, part memoir, Drawing On Grief emphasizes the importance of self-care in the grieving process, allowing
people to explore their own feelings through creative mediums, which can often be easier than trying to express feelings directly.
A modern and insightful approach to the pain of loss, Drawing On Grief is a sensitive and compassionate guide to help people
​look after themselves as they traverse one of life’s most challenging moments.
​Eddie's Brave Journey: How One Little Elephant Learned All About Grief  
Story By Randi Pearlman Wolfson & Illustrated By Kittaya Treseangrat
Eddie's Brave Journey is a children's book by Randi Pearlman Wolfson that tells a story about how 
​one little elephant learned all about grief.
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Facing Into the Wind: A Mother's Healing After the Death of Her Child - By Faith Fuller Wilcox
Facing Into The Wind is a collection of poems written for parents and families who are coping with the terminal illness of a child.
The poems are written about Elizabeth, a 14-year-old child, who battles a rare form of bone cancer, and her mother, Faith,
who struggles to survive after her daughter's death. Drawing upon metaphors with the natural world, Faith remembers the
transcending wisdom imparted by her dying daughter, healing Faith's brokenness and awakening her strength to reach out and
comfort others who are suffering. Facing Into The Wind will offer the readers the solid presence of a parent who has endured
​similar pain yet has survived; someone who knows that loss is a profound teacher about the preciousness of living.
 Feathers From Above - By Ashley Niemela
Feathers From Above is a children's story that focuses on the struggles children face when dealing with the grief and loss of a
loved one. Oftentimes, children have trouble coping and understanding death. This book helps put a positive approach to an
easy-to-understand story that involves a young boy dealing with the loss of his grandpa. It also focuses on the significance
​and symbolism behind white feathers and provides some hope and light to a subject that everyone must face.
 Finding Meaning: The Sixth Stage of Grief - By Daivd Kessler
In this book, Kessler gives readers a roadmap to remembering those who have died with more love than pain; he shows us how to
move forward in a way that honors our loved ones. Check out the Finding Meaning: The Sixth Stage of Grief FREE eCourse.
This is free e-course from David Kessler on how to create meaning after even the most heart-breaking losses. 
It is a companion course to his book, "Finding Meaning: The Sixth Stage of Grief." 
​Use the Code "OPENTOHOPE" for both the Where Did You Purchase the Book & the Order Number. 
https://www.davidkesslertraining.com/finding-meaning
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 Finding Peace, One Piece at a Time: What To Do With Your and a Loved One's Personal Possessions - By Rachel Kodanaz
Personal possessions tell a beautiful story of a person’s life. Finding Peace, One Piece at a Time helps to capture and share these stories
by providing tools for how to thin, repurpose, and redistribute these possessions so they continue to be with us today and for future generations. In the digital era, personal possessions include not only physical objects but also the accumulated data of a lifetime.
These physical and digital footprints combine into an extension of ourselves and what we signify. Finding a new home for these items
helps maintain a connection to those who are no longer physically with us. Their possessions embody memories that should be saved,
​shared, and treasured in the hands of those who want to forever be connected.
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Finding the Words: How to Talk with Children and Teens About Death, Suicide, Homicide, Funerals, Cremation, and End-of-Life Matters
- By Alan D. Wolfelt
With this compassionate book by respected grief counselor and educator Dr. Alan Wolfelt, readers will find simplified and suitable
methods for talking to children and teenagers about sensitive topics with an emphasis on the subject of death. Honest but
child-appropriate language is advocated, and various wording and levels of explanation are suggested for different ages when
discussing topics such as death in general, suicide, homicide, accidental death, the death of a child, terminal illness, pet death, funerals,
and cremation. An ideal book for parents, caregivers, and counselors looking for an easy resource when talking to youths about death,
​this book can be used for any setting, religious or otherwise.
Finding Your Own Way to Grieve: A Creative Activity Workbook for Kids and Teens on the Autism Spectrum - By Karla Helbert 
Children and teenagers with autism can struggle to cope with the loss of a loved one, and the complicated and painful emotions of bereavement. This book explains death in concrete terms that the child with autism will understand, explores feelings that the child may encounter as a part of bereavement, and offers creative and expressive activities that facilitate healing. With illustrations throughout, this interactive book begins with a simple story about what happens when people die. Each chapter then expands on the issues that have been raised in the story and offers a variety of coping skills exercises including writing, art and craft, cooking, movement, relaxation, and remembrance activities. Encouraging children with autism to express their loss through discussion, personal reflection, and creative activity,
​the book is ideal for children and teens to work through by themselves, or with the support of a family member or professional.

The Forgotten Mourners: Sibling Survivors of Suicide - By Magdaline DeSousa
This book is meant for anyone who has lost a brother or sister to suicide - and those who want to support them. Any loss is difficult, but a loss to suicide is heightened because of the helplessness and confusion surrounding it.  A sibling loss to suicide is even more unique because the sibling(s) left behind are often forgotten - mourning the loss of their brother or sister alone in the shadows of their parent's grief. 

​The Fox and the Feather: A Children's Book for the Grieving Heart - By Kendall Lanning
This book is for everyone who has felt the loss of someone they love. I truly hope you find joy in the small things in life,
​and the signs you receive from your loved ones.
From Grief to Grind: The Journey of Denial, Acceptance, and Purpose - By Andrea A. Moore
From Grief to Grind address the truth, pain, the release and relationship we have with grief. So many of us are scared, ashamed, at our pain that we mask and keep going. In this book you will witness 8 women share their real and heartfelt stories of loss. How they drowned in pain but rise up out of the waters and are walking, talking, and building, their legacy daily. Grief doesn't go away. Mourning shows in different ways. To go through, push through and build through shows resilience. 
From Hole to Whole: Embracing the Transformational Power of Grief and Loss - By Joy Sackett Wood
The loss of a loved one can leave you grief stricken and bereft, shocked and traumatized. You may feel like you’ll never recover,
that life will never be okay again – but it doesn’t have to stay that way. From Hole to Whole distills and shares the knowledge
and unexpected discoveries gained from Joy Sackett Wood’s own painful journey since the sudden death of her son, underpinned
by her professional knowledge and expertise as a counselor and therapist. Her step-by-step RESILIENCE process will guide
and support you through your grief and beyond.

Future Widow: Losing My Husband, Saving My Family and Finding My Voice - By Jenny Lisk
How do I tell my kids--just nine and eleven--that the doctors can't fix their dad's cancer? How do I navigate eight months of caregiving
so my husband's terminal illness doesn't destroy the rest of us, too? Will my kids be "OK" someday? These are just some of the questions
Jenny Lisk was asking herself when her forty-three-year-old husband, Dennis, was diagnosed with terminal brain cancer. This health
crisis turned her world inward and upside down, and thrust her into a role she never expected--that of cancer caregiver. In between
surgeries, ER visits, thousands of pills, and ultimately, hospice at home, Jenny kept her corner of the world updated through a CaringBridge online journal. In Future Widow, Jenny goes behind the scenes of her journey through those tumultuous and heartbreaking months. She
reflects on the community who showed her how to be an ally in a crisis, her search for guides on how to parent grieving children, and the
dual reality of having to choose--and getting to choose--what her future will look like. Through it all, she grapples with this
​fundamental question: Do I have what it takes to help my young family survive my husband's terminal illness?
​The Gift of Second - By Brandy Lidbeck
​The Gift of Second comes alongside loss survivors and helps navigate the common pitfalls for those left behind.
It offers encouragement and hope to guide survivors through this desperate time.
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The Golden Sweater - By The New York Life Foundation
 The Golden Sweater is a story about a little boy named Kai who, together with his mother, learns how to navigate a profound loss in their family. The book is dedicated to children and families who have experienced the death of a loved one, and strives to help them better understand, process, and communicate their grief. Download your free PDF copy of 'The Golden Sweater' and the New York Life Foundation will donate $1 for every download to one of our four bereavement partners, up to $175,000. They also have a discussion guide to help children & families have productive conversations about the challenging and important themes in the book. 
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​Goodbye, Friend: Healing Wisdom for Anyone Who Has Ever Lost a Pet - By Gark Kowalski
In Goodbye, Friend, Gary Kowalski takes you on a journey of healing, offering warmth and sound advice on how to cope with the death
of your pet. Filled with heartwarming stories and practical guidance on such matters as taking care of yourself while mourning,
creating rituals to honor your pet's memory, and talking to children about death, Goodbye, Friend is a beautiful and comforting
​book for anyone grieving the loss of a beloved animal.
A Grace Disguised: How the Soul Grows Through Loss - By Jerry Sittser
A Grace Disguised plumbs the depths of sorrow, whether due to illness, divorce, or the loss of someone we love. The circumstances are not important; what we do with those circumstances is. In coming to the end of ourselves, we can come to the beginning of a new life one marked by spiritual depth, joy, compassion, and a deeper appreciation of simple blessings.​
Grace Like Scarlett: Grieving with Hope After Miscarriage and Loss - By Adriel Booker 
With vulnerability and tenderness, Adriel Booker shares intimate stories about her experiences with early and mid-term miscarriages to help you navigate your own grief and know you aren't alone. She tackles complex questions about faith, suffering, and God's will with sensitivity and clarity, devoid of religious clichés or pat answers. Ultimately, Adriel invites you to a wide-open place of grace, honesty, and genuine hope as you discover a redemption story unfolding in the shadows of your loss. She also includes practical resources for ways to help guide children through grief, advice on pregnancy after loss, and special sections for dads and loved ones.
A Grandfamily For Sullivan: Coping Skills For Kinship Care Families - By Beth Winkler Tyson
A Grandfamily For Sullivan is a story about a young koala who goes to live with his Grandma when his parents are unable to
keep him safe. The story addresses Sullivan's feelings of loss, sadness, and anxiety, as he learns the truth about why his parents
can't take care of him. Sullivan's story is a critical tool for therapists, social workers, teachers, and caregivers to talk about the
reasons why children can't live at home, in a child-friendly manner. The story also incorporates coping skills for loss and
​trauma that children can easily implement in their lives. ​
Grandma Will Always Be Here With You - By Jennifer Johnson
How do you explain the loss of a family member to a child? As parents, we all know the difficulty processing and explaining death
​to a child. This book speaks to processing the loss of a grandmother and helps children grieve. It helps by giving children comfort to know that although their grandparents are not here with us physically, they are always with us in our hearts and share in all of our greatest moments. There is also a journal in the back to write a letter to or draw for your loved one; from this book to their ears.
The Griefcase: A Man's Guide To Healing and Moving Forward In Grief - By R. Glenn Kelly
You are “Grieved.” That is why you are here. You are a fellow member in the club no one wants to belong to. You have lost someone you love and are trying to discover how to move forward, and possibly, who you are now. The Griefcase will help you do just that.
Grief Diaries: Surviving Loss By Overdose - By Lynda Cheldelin Fell, with Shannie Jenkin and Whitney O'Brien
Surviving Loss by Overdose is a compilation of stories by 12 people who answered 18 questions about losing a loved one to overdose in hopes ofraising awareness, educating, and inviting society to offer survivors the compassion that’s often denied in a stigmatized death.
Grief Doodling: Bringing Back Your Smiles - By Harriet Hodgson
From the very first page, Grief Doodling invites action. Topics range from the benefits of doodling, to why doodling is fun, to doodling
tips, and responding to doodling prompts. The prompts, based on grief research, promote self-worth and healing.
​This is a hopeful book—something all grieving kids need.
Grief Day by Day: Simple Practices and Daily Guidance for Living with Loss - By Jan Warner
Grief is complex; it may present itself differently on any given day. This grief recovery handbook offers daily reflections and
practices that address the day-to-day emotions and experiences that accompany the grieving process so you can create a life in
which peace―and even gratitude―can coexist with your grief. Explore the stages of grief with a collection of quotes, musings,
meditations, and more that are tied together by a weekly theme, allowing you to reflect on each concept in depth. Work through
topics like loneliness, grief attacks, exhaustion, hope, love, and creating meaning. You’ll find opportunities to write, draw, meditate,
do breathing exercises, and more as you learn to live fully with your grief. 
Join the Jan's Grief Speaks Out Facebook Community at: https://www.facebook.com/GriefSpeaksOut
https://www.griefdaybyday.com/
The Grief + Hope Journey: 25 Day Grief Workbook - By Maya J. McNeary
Have you ever struggled to process a loss in your life? Grief is a process, and it can be difficult to heal through without guidance. 
The Grief + Hope Journey began as a way for author Maya J. McNeary to journey through her own grief with hope of what God promises in
His Word. Throughout this journal, you will gain insight into your own grief process and build your skills to live with both grief and hope.
A Grief Perspective on Suicide: A Mother’s Insights – By Marianne Gouveia
EricsHouse founder, Marianne Gouveia, shares her story and healing guidance as she writes about the complexities
of suicide loss, ​exploring your emotions, realms of grief, and how to transform your tragedy into hope.
To read the full Ebook click  here: https://www.flipsnack.com/ericshouse/a-grief-perspective-on-suicide/full-view.html
The Grief Recovery Handbook - By John W. James & Russell Friedman
This classic guide which has helped many people move beyond loss and towards recovery, has been expanded in this special 20th anniversary edition. The new material includes guidelines for choosing which loss to work on first and specific instruction for dealing with loss of health, career, faith, and much more. Incomplete recovery from grief can have a lifelong negative effect on the capacity for happiness. Drawing from
​their own histories as well as from others’, the authors illustrate how it is possible to recovery from grief and regain energy and spontaneity.
Based on a proven program, ​The Grief Recovery Handbook offers grievers the specific actions needed to move beyond loss.
Grief Reimagined: 50 Creative Strategies to Build Resilience - By Christine R. Kortbein & Catherine A. Tyink
When confronted with loss, the benefits of engaging in meaningful activities and experiences that help to express grief are often overlooked. We are never taught how to grieve, however, many find creative methods to work through the emotional turmoil that often accompanies grief. The book provided novel strategies readers can use to find meaning, process grief, and accept and build upon the memories that often accompany loss. Against the backdrop of photographs and artwork, this book presents 50 real-life stories to help readers work through loss, including examples that are often not recognized as sources of grief. This book contains true stories of courageous individuals with varied backgrounds, experiences, and grief. Readers will appreciate that despite their hurried and chaotic lives, those featured in these stories made time to work through losses and establish meaningful connections in an often disconnected world. The creativity and bravery demonstrated in these stories will inspire readers and provide them with conceptual and practical resources to process and work through their grief.

The Grief Tower: A Practical Guide to Processing Grief with Third Culture Kids - Lauren Wells 
Children who grow up outside of their parent’s passport country, Third Culture Kids (TCKs), experience a significant number of
losses, grief-inducing experiences, and traumas during their developmental years. These events stack up like blocks on a tower
throughout the life of the TCK, creating what Lauren Wells has coined the Grief Tower. If it continues to stack without these experiences
being processed, a TCK's Grief Tower is likely to crash in their early adulthood. But is this avoidable? Can parents and caregivers
provide care that prevents the tower from stacking too high in the first place? The answer is yes, and this practical resource is full
of tools ​for helping the TCKs we love to process their grief.
Grief Unveiled: A Widow's Guide to Navigating Your Journey in Life After Loss - By Sarah Nannen
Widowhood leaves you forever changed but does not have to mean forever suffering. Grief Unveiled is a love letter from a widow
sister that will change what you believe is possible in life after loss. This book acts as a guide to those supporting the bereaved just
as it illuminates a path for anyone traveling the road of widowhood. Based on her personal experiences in grief and those of her
clients, Sarah Nannen offers a deeply intimate look at widowhood through the lens of hope and possibility while honoring the
depth of grief’s pain. Grief Unveiled shows you how to stop just surviving and thrive in life after loss.​
Grieving Dads: To The Brink and Back - By Kelly Farley
Grieving Dads: To the Brink and Back is a collection of candid stories from grieving dads that were interviewed over a two year period. The book offers insight from fellow members of, in the haunting words of one dad, "this terrible, terrible club," which consists of men who have experienced the death of a child. This book is a collection of survival stories by men who have survived the worst possible loss and
​lived to tell the tale. They are real stories that pull no punches and are told with brutal honesty. 
 Grieving During the Holidays: A Compassionate Guide to Navigating Loss
The holiday season can be a time of joy and celebration, but for those who are grieving, it can also bring profound feelings
of sadness and loneliness. This free book from Front Porch Collective offers gentle guidance and support for navigating the
complexities of grief during this challenging time. Inside, you'll find heartfelt advice, coping strategies, and comforting reflections
to help you honor your loved ones while finding moments of peace and connection. Whether you're seeking solace for yourself or
​ways to support someone else, this guide is a warm embrace for anyone facing the holidays after a loss. Download your copy
today and discoverthe strength to navigate this season with compassion and grace. While purchase is not necessary for the
​workbook downloads, a suggested donation of $20 is appreciated.
https://www.frontporchcollective.com/grieving-during-the-holiday
Grieving While Black: An Antiracist Take on Oppression and Sorrow - By Breeshia Wade
Most of us understand grief as sorrow experienced after a loss—the death of a loved one, the end of a relationship, or a change in
life circumstance. Breeshia Wade approaches grief as something that is bigger than what's already happened to us—as something that
is connected to what we fear, what we love, and what we aspire toward. Drawing on stories from her own life as a Black woman and
from the people she has midwifed through the end of life, she connects sorrow not only to specific incidents but also to the ongoing trauma
that is part and parcel of systemic oppression. Wade reimagines our relationship to power, accountability, and boundaries and points to
the long-term work we must all do in order to address systemic trauma perpetuated within our interpersonal relationships. Each of us
has a moral obligation to attend to our own grief so that we can responsibly engage with others. Wade elucidates grief in every aspect
of our lives, providing a map back to ourselves and allowing the reader to heal their innate wholeness.
​The Group: Seven Widowed Fathers Reimagine Life - By Donald Rosenstein & Justin M. Yopp
The Group offers a singular perspective on grief by weaving together the latest thinking on bereavement, resiliency and post-traumatic
growth with the true story of seven men who were raising children on their own after the deaths of their wives.  The men connected
with each almost immediately, and over the next several years forged a deep bond as their monthly meetings evolved into a forum for
healing and personal reinvention that transformed them in unexpected ways. The authors co-led the support group and partnered with
the men to write their story, which is interspersed with the latest in bereavement research conveyed in an easily relatable way.
The fathers' touching efforts to care for themselves, their families, and each other offers a gripping narrative that shows how each of
us has the potential to rebuild new and meaningful lives.
Harnessing the Power of Grief - By Julie Potter
In this book, Julie Potter traces back decades the research on understanding and coping with grief, which she describes as a
natural human response to loss. Pulling from the work of Worden, the author prescribes four tasks for those in grief to use in
managing their grief. She also walks the reader through special situations like tragic loss without warning. A book for those who
are grieving and those who are walking with grievers.
Healing a Friend's Grieving Heart: 100 Practical Ideas For Helping Someone You Love Through Loss - By Alan D. Wolfelt
A compassionate resource for friends, parents, relatives, teachers, volunteers, and caregivers, this series offers suggestions to help the grieving cope with the loss of a loved one. Often people do not know what to say—or what not to say—to someone they know who is mourning;
this series teaches that the most important thing a person can do is listen, have compassion, be there for support, and do something helpful.
This volume provides the fundamental principles of being a true companion, from committing to contact the friend regularly to being mindful
of the anniversary of the death. Included in each book are tested, sensitive ideas for “carpe diem” actions that people can take right this
​minute—while still remaining supportive and honoring the mourner’s loss.
​
The Heart and the Bottle  - By- Oliver Jeffers
There is a wonder and magic to childhood. We don’t realize it at the time, of course . . . yet the adults in our lives do. They encourage
us to see things in the stars, to find joy in colors and laughter as we play. But what happens when that special someone who
encourages such wonder and magic is no longer around? We can hide, we can place our heart in a bottle and grow up . . . or we can
find another special someone who understands the magic. And we can encourage them to see things in the stars, find joy among
colors and laughter as they play. Oliver Jeffers delivers a remarkable book, a touching and resonant tale reminiscent of 
The Giving Tree that will speak to the hearts of children and parents alike.


Heartbroken: Healing From the Loss of a Spouse - By Gary Roe
Bestselling author, hospice chaplain and grief specialist Gary Roe has walked with hundreds of spouses through this painful valley.
​From their stories he has composed this incredibly practical work that will touch your heart and comfort your soul.​

​Here's To Hope: A 30-Day Devotional To Bring Healing While Grieving - By Jennifer Black 
Losing a loved one can be one of the most challenging experiences that a person encounters in their lifetime. Coping with the loss is a process that can seem hopeless. This devotional walks you through 30 days of this process to help, heal, and comfort you through each phase.
​Heaven's Bell - By Sherrie Barch
Ashley and Cody have one of those special, once-in-a-lifetime friendships that only the luckiest amongst us ever get to experience.
From daily games of basketball in Ashley's driveway, to helping each other with homework, to sharing jokes that they know their
friend will get, even when no one else does. They are the kind of friends, who never run out of things to share and talk about - even
if they just saw each other five minutes ago. Middle school is tough, but with a friendship like theirs, they know they will get through it. Then, suddenly their world is thrown upside down when Cody becomes mysteriously ill. The normally tough as nails 11-year-old
Ashley is suddenly forced to imagine what life would be like without her BFF. Heaven's Bell was written to create a safe space for
families to have a conversation about death and dying in a natural and productive way, and one that creates feelings of joy,
inspiration, and gratitude for life. And hopefully, through Ashley and Cody's respective eyes, it also creates an appreciation of
what happens afterward - no matter what you believe that to be. Initially written for teens, this book is meant to bring readers
​of all ages comfort and hope, wrapped in a shell of smiles and entertainment!
Hi, I'm Grief - by Calla Walshe
Hi, I'm Grief is a compassionate and insightful exploration of the emotions and experiences associated with grief.
The book personifies grief as a character who walks with readers through the challenging journey of loss. With a gentle and
empathetic tone, Walshe addresses the complexities of grief, including the pain, confusion, and healing process. Through a series of relatable anecdotes and reflections, the book provides comfort and validation to those mourning, encouraging readers to embrace
​their grief and find peace in their own time. It's a heartfelt guide for anyone navigating the difficult path of loss
Holding On To Love After You've Lost a Baby: The 5 Love Languages for Grieving Parents - By Gary Chapman & Candy McVicar
Losing a child is among the most tragic experiences one can face. The crushing grief puts immense strain on the marriage, family relationships, and friendships that few can understand. That’s why this book was written. In it Candy McVicar, a grieving mom who
leads a ministry for grieving parents, and Dr. Gary Chapman, relationship expert and author of The 5 Love Languages®, team
up to help couples who are facing the unimaginable.
The Hospice Doctor's Widow: A Journal - By Jennifer A. O'Brien
As a hospice doctor, Bob cared daily for dying patients. At home, his wife, Jen, listened to the stories of patients and families, layering
her understanding of death with the early losses of her own brother and mother. Then, the man who had spent a 40-year career
caregiving was diagnosed with advanced, metastatic cancer. An insightful blend of art and compassion, patience and endearing honesty,
this book comprises Jen's digital art journal, which chronicles this time in their marriage. What began as a visceral, self-care compulsion within days of diagnosis became notes, collages, and images revealing the raw, luminescent reflections of a caregiver-turned-widow.
Beyond the practical guidance and solace offered by an insider, Jen's journal reminds us how to live presently during our darkest hours, honor grief, and discover--even after devastating loss--ways to forge forward.

How Can I Help?: Your Go-to Guide For Helping Loved Ones Through Life's Difficulties - By Sherrie Dunlevy
When tragedy strikes someone you love, you will have to decide what kind of friend you will be: one who is there every step of the way or one who looks the other way. The tips and suggestions offered in this book are some of the most helpful you’ll find anywhere. That’s because the answers come from people who have actually gone through very difficult experiences. They have suffered the loss of children, spouses, parents, and siblings. They have been diagnosed with chronic and terminal illnesses. They have lost jobs, gotten divorced, or survived sudden changes in their lives due to accidents, crime, or natural disasters. If you really feel a calling to help someone in need but are at a loss for what to do, or you’re afraid that what you do or say might somehow be wrong—causing them to feel worse than what they’re already feeling—this book was written for you!
How to Carry What Can’t Be Fixed: A Journal For Grief - By Megan Devine
With her breakout book It’s OK That You’re Not OK, Megan Devine struck a chord with thousands of readers through her honest,
validating approach to grief. In her same direct, no-platitudes style, she now offers How to Carry What Can’t Be Fixed―a journal filled
with unique, creative ways to open a dialogue with grief itself. “Being allowed to tell the truth about your grief is an incredibly
powerful act,” she says. “This journal enables you to tell your whole story, without the need to tack on a happy ending where there
isn’t one.” Grief is a natural response to death and loss―it’s not an illness to be cured or a problem to be fixed. This workbook contains
no clichés, timetables, or checklists of stages to get through; it won’t help you “move past” or put your loss behind you. Instead,
you’ll find encouragement, self-care exercises, and daily tools.
How to Help Children Through a Parent's Serious Illness - By Kathleen Mccue
How to Help Children Through a Parent's Serious Illness has become the standard work on an important subject. A classic for
over fifteen years, it continues to be a go-to book for supportive, practical advice, based on the lifetime experience and
​clinical practice of one of America 's leading child life practitioners.
Hurt: Equipping Children for Loss - By Thera Storm, LCSW
Bert saves the day by applying bandages on scraped knees and booboos. He soon discovers that bandages aren't always the
solution for every painful situation. It's not until Bert experiences his own "hurt" that he recognizes how his way of helping created
more frustration. In this book, we learn how easy it is to equip our children to express their emotions and provide comfort to
others ​rather than use bandages to cover up the pain.

Hurt 2 Hope: Heal the Pain of Loss, Grief, and Adversity - By Betsy Guerra, PhD
Whether you’ve lost a loved one, been through a divorce, encountered financial or health hardships, or you’re enduring major change, you know grief. If you are hurting, feeling stuck, or looking for a light at the end of the tunnel, this book is for you. After suddenly losing her daughter in 2013, Dr. Betsy Guerra met excruciating pain and hopelessness face-to-face. Her grief journey taught her lessons that superseded the knowledge afforded by her doctorate degree and decades of clinical practice. Ultimately, Betsy found her way to joy, while continuing to love and honor her daughter. Her story has attracted hundreds of people who have also struggled with grief. Since her loss, Betsy has studied and tested the tools that helped her clients overcome incredible pain and hardships. Combining her background in clinical psychology with her personal experience and unwavering faith, Betsy developed the most powerful approach to converting hurt into hope. Inspired by the astounding improvement in her clients, and a deep desire to help as many people as possible, Betsy set out to write this book. 
I Am Here For You!: A Story to Support Your Grieving Child Through Death From Suicide - By Carla Mitchell, MSW
Puddle Jumper Publishing helps caring adults support grieving children. Carefully crafted stories will help you find the words to discuss death and feelings of grief with a young child (4-12 years old). I Am Here For You: A Story to Support Your Grieving Child Through Death From Suicide will help you discuss the topic of suicide using nature elements and child friendly rhymes. Each story includes a place for the child to capture their favorite memories or photos, suggestions for remembering their loved one, ideas for coping with feelings of grief, and resources for caring adults. This story uses the pronoun "he/him/his" to describe the person who died.
​I Didn't Know What to Say: Being a Better Friend to Those Who Experience Grief - By David Knapp
David Knapp’s personal experience of going through the deep grieving process twice in life did more than temporarily affect him.
It motivated him to become a student of what was going on in and around him. He observed how friends and colleagues reacted to the stunning loss of not just one wife to cancer, but his second wife as well, plus the early loss of his parents and other ‘life’ situations.
He noted what people did and said that was helpful and what was hurtful. The knowledge he gained from his observations and research
soon drove Knapp to reach out and help others experiencing loss in ways that few had done for him.
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I Used to Be ______ - By Chuck & Ashley Elliott
Grief naturally follows loss, but we do not have to be stuck in negative spaces forever. These biblical mental health techniques
help you understand your emotions, accept your new reality, and step into the future, stronger.
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Pre-order the book, wherever you buy books, then complete the form at www.chuckandashley.com so you'll receive the pre-order bonuses (get the audio book & a small group discussion guide) on August 15th!  All form submissions must be done by 11:59pm on August 14, 2023.
An Illustrated Journey Through Grief - By Claudia Chappel
This is Chappel's second collection of paintings and meditations on the process of grieving the loss of a loved one.
The book is ​full of beautiful, full-color paintings paintings that capture the spaces and feelings that one passes through
​while shoring up under intense pain, and surviving.
In His Absence I Can Still Feel His Presence - By Jalisa Rose Smith
In His Absence I Can Still Feel His Presence encourages our youth on how to overcome the loss of their loved ones. Losing a loved one
is not easy. As a child it can be even painful. This book encourages our youth through words of encouragement, scriptures and prayer.
It also allows them to list things they are feeling inside and share pictures of their loved ones. The pain from losing a loved one will
not go away overnight, but this book is step one to bring happiness back to our youth face and peace back into their hearts.
This book is designated for each time our youth pick up and read this book they will gain strength and understanding that in the
absence of their loved ones they will still prosper because their loved ones presence is felt.
It's OK That You're Not OK - By Megan Devine
With It’s OK That You’re Not OK, Megan Devine offers a profound new approach to both the experience of grief and the way we help
others who have endured tragedy. Having experienced grief from both sides—as both a therapist and as a woman who witnessed the
accidental drowning of her beloved partner-- Megan writes with deep insight about the unspoken truths of loss, love, and healing.
She debunks the culturally prescribed goal of returning to a normal, "happy" life, replacing it with a far healthier middle path, one
​that invites us to build a life alongside grief rather than seeking to overcome it.​
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​The Invisible Leash: A Story Celebrating Love After the Loss of a Pet - By Patrice Karst
Patrice Karst's gentle story uses the same bonding technique from her classic book The Invisible String to help readers through
the experience of the loss of a beloved animal.
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​The Invisible String - By Patrice Karst
In this heartwarming story, Karst ("God Made Easy") delivers a very simple approach to overcoming the fear of loneliness or separation from parents, written with an imaginative flair that children can easily identify with and remember. For Adults Too
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The Irreverent Grief Guide: How to F*cking Survive Months 1-3
- By Elizabeth Kupferman

Elizabeth is the b*tch that’s going to get you through this.  Grief is the
beautiful nightmare that comes for us all whether we are ready for it or not (we’re never f*cking ready) and whether we like it or not (spoiler alert:
we do not like it).  When you begin to feel the searing pain of grief, it
does not feel like it can possibly be endurable. It is.

Elizabeth will guide you through the first three months after the loss. 
The Irreverent Grief Guide is written with the vulnerabilities of the griever in mind.   Notice how you have difficulty concentrating lately? You know what’s really hard to do when you’re grieving?  Reading a big ass grief book. Which is why her tiny guides make so much sense  Elizabeth gives you the knowledge, tools and strategies exactly when you need them.  Like magic.

Follow Elizabeth on Instagram at @advancedbitches
Videos about the Irreverent Grief Guide are on this playlist
on Elizabeth's YouTube page: 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8U738S3Sw94&list=PLu8p59ShPS97lynKuRjcPDqMKBbk0E5oF
I've Got An Angel Now - By Maya McNeary
Grief is never easy, especially for children. Follow along as a young girl loses her sister and learns that, even in her grief,
her sister became her angel. Written by educator and motivational speaker Maya J. McNeary, this book will help any young
child process through loss and grieve with hope.
Journey To HEALING: A Mother's Guide To Navigating Child Loss - By Lisa K. Boehm
Do you feel lost and alone since your child died? Are you unsure how to move forward? Journey to HEALING answers the fears
​and doubts experienced by bereaved mothers who want to learn to live again and offers honest, heartfelt advice.
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​​Joy In the Mourning - By Leslie L. Harder
After the sudden, unexpected death of her older son, Wil Hotalen, Leslie Harder shares her walk through the valley of the shadow. She shares the thoughts, prayers, and feelings that her journey in the valley fosters. She also shares how God has walked with her and shown her how He can redeem even the broken places in our lives and hearts and give us joy in the mourning.​
Keep Moving, Creating a Life After Loss - By Holly Rose Holland
A compelling self help guide about pancreatic cancer, death of a husband and father, rarely discussed aspects of terminal illness,
surviving grief, and giving yourself permission to create a life after loss. Keep Moving, Creating a Life after Loss describes the life before diagnosis, during treatment and after the death of Mike, husband to Holly and father to Christopher and Ryan. Learn how, as a family, they demonstrate the ability to process a devastating loss with their grief and keep moving while honoring his memory. This inspirational self help guide of timely sharing written by Holly Rose Holland includes learning how to live well and appreciate a second chance to live a new life. People who have experienced lifestyle, relationship, and job loss will also benefit. This account of a battle with pancreatic cancer will encourage you to accept grief and continue your life without guilt. Ideas are included to help you plan, prepare and adapt. Readers will benefit from the information that will result. You will cherish memories and benefit from giving yourself permission to ​keep living life. This is the perfect gift for those who have experienced a heartbreaking loss.
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A Kids Book About Grief - By Brennan C. Wood & Emma Wolf
Grief is a small word for a BIG experience. Grief affects us emotionally, but also physically, socially, spiritually, and really
in every part of our lives. But the important thing to know is that grief is natural, normal, and healthy, and it’s an
​experience we all have because we’re human.
A Kids Book About Suicide - By Angela N. Frazier
We tend to avoid talking about the things that make us uncomfortable, suicide is one of those topics. A lot of us feel it’s a
conversation that’s too much for kids to handle but talking to kids about suicide is a foundational conversation that will equip
them for the rest of their lives. This book will help give kids a foundation to begin to understand suicide and start an open
conversation with the people in their lives about life and death.
A Land Called Grief - By Maddie Janes
A Land Called Grief is a story that helps little and big kids alike understand the emotions that show up when we navigate
through the stages of grief. Although grief can be heavy, A Land Called Grief, helps us understand that our grief can be
turned in something beautiful. A beauty that can heal. A beauty that can be shared.
The Laugh - By Fay Evans 
The laugh is an uplifting picture book story about love, laughter, and loss. Once there was a lady with the loveliest laugh in the world.
She and her daughter share big loud belly laughs, quiet giggles, and sometimes secret laughs between just the two of them. Until one
day, the lady dies, and her laugh goes away with her. At first it seems impossible to go on without the lady – but when the little girl
finds her laugh again, she knows that, no matter what, the memories and love that they shared will always be there. This reassuring
​and beautifully illustrated picture book is the perfect way to open up conversations about grief and loss with little ones.
Lemons On Friday: Trusting God Through My Greatest Heartache - By Mattie Jackson Selecman
After being married for less than a year, country music legend Alan Jackson’s daughter Mattie was faced with navigating a future
that didn’t include her young husband and their lifelong plans. Ben Selecman passed away twelve days after a traumatic brain
injury—and three weeks before celebrating his first anniversary with his wife. Twenty-eight-year-old Mattie had to find a way to
move forward and reconcile herself with a good God, even when He did not give her the healing miracle she prayed for. 

Let Yourself Be Loved: Big Lessons From A Little Life - By Elizabeth Leon
Let Yourself Be Loved explores the heart of a mother carrying a baby to term with the certainty of death. Diagnosed with trisomy 18, John Paul Raphael Leon lived only twenty-eight hours and ten minutes. Elizabeth Leon writes with unflinching honesty about the tsunami of grief & the exquisite agony of choosing to live and love in its wake. With vulnerability and courage, she surrenders to God's plan and learns to embrace the fragility of life and the nearness of death. In the depression that follows her son's death, Elizabeth is forced to examine her own brokenness and confront the holy mystery of John Paul Raphael's short and shining life: in the light of faith, our deepest sufferings are an invitation to joy. Let Yourself Be Loved is a road map to find that joy in the shadow of the valley of death. 
Life After Losing A Loved One: How To Turn Grief Into Hope, Strength, And Purpose - By Kristina Risinger
This book was written to encourage anyone who feels lost and alone in their grief journey. 
The pages of Life After Losing A Loved One is dusted with Bible verses that give encouragement and relate God’s great wisdom
​and grace. Sit still and allow it to resonate as God begins to do a glorious work in your life.
 Life After Suicide: Finding Courage, Comfort and Community After Unthinkable Loss  - By Jennifer Ashton
Dr. Jennifer Ashton, ABC News' former chief medical correspondent, shares her personal story of grief after her ex-husband's suicide,
exploring the profound impact it had on her and her children. In the book, she combines her memoir with a comforting guide, offering advice and first-hand knowledge to help others find peace. Dr. Ashton includes insights from researchers and health professionals and stories from others who have faced similar losses, emphasizing the importance of conversation and community in healing. Life After Suicide aims to
break the taboo surrounding suicide, providing support, information, and comfort for those affected by this devastating epidemic.
Living With Sibling Grief: Imagining a Way Forward - By Earla Dawn Legault & Monica Murphy
Living With Sibling Grief: Imagining a Way Forwardis a book about two sisters who lost a sibling and share their journey of navigating
profound grief. They aim to offer hope and support to others by advocating for societal change in grief literacy. Feeling like the "forgotten mourners," the sisters share their stories to inspire others to do the same. The book emphasizes the importance of peer support and presents their experiences in a relatable, friend-to-friend manner. It includes interviews, ways to maintain a bond with the deceased, guidance for
the grieving process, and resources for adult siblings. The authors hope to help others feel less alone and misunderstood in their grief. 
The Loss This is Forever: The Lifelong Impact of the Early Death of a Mother or Father - By Maxine Harris
More than 60 men and women who lost a parent at an early age contributed their stories to this investigation of an important life event by a practicing psychotherapist. Their stories, including accounts of some famous figures: C.S. Lewis, Virginia Woolf, Eleanor Roosevelt, shed light on a legacy of loss the author views as "the psychological Great Divide, separating the world into a permanent 'before and after.'" Whatever form the impact of this loss takes in later adult life, it can be rage, driving ambition, fear of intimacy, these life stories amply demonstrate the indelible character of the mark left on the child. These are also stories of recovery, of people who became more than survivors, testifying to the repair of damage from childhood trauma. This enlightening presentation opens up a seldom discussed topic.
Lost, Travel, Found: Turning Pain Into Purpose - By Ashley Jackson 
From Ashley Jackson, the Founder of Timeless Dream Events comes a raw and riveting story of love, purpose, and discovery. Lost, Travel, Found tells her story of surviving grief, finding herself across the planet, and falling madly in love. Read as she shares the first few decades of her life, working through the unexpected loss of her father, navigating through the world on a solo trip, and supporting her husband through a devastating cancer diagnosis. This book is not just about her care giving journey, it is a story that will remind you how to overcome a victim mentality to become a victor. It will inspire you to dream big ​and will make hope call your name again. 
Love Legacy: A Guidebook For Families Anticipating the Death of a Parent ​ - By Dr. Tara Ferriola
The death of a parent in childhood represents a void in a child’s life that can lead to both acute and prolonged challenges.
Children who participate in healthy grieving are able to address the reality of the loss while also engaging in everyday living and reestablishing a new “normal.” Failure to engage in healthy grieving can result in depression, anxiety, difficulties with every day functioning, and persistent yearning and searching for the deceased parent. The goals of the Love Legacy Guidebook are threefold: to facilitate healthy grieving through addressing the challenges that are inevitable when a parent dies, guiding the family in
​making adjustments, and continuing connections both before and after the death. Not all children are allotted the opportunity to partake in the process of anticipatory grief. Those that are, have the benefit of processing emotions, spending extra time with the parent, and saying goodbye. This guidebook aims to facilitate healthy grieving by outlining tasks which help the family identify people to complete household tasks, discuss and assign ways to memorialize the deceased person on special occasions, and gather and document pictures and stories. Additionally, this guidebook provides the family a unique opportunity to engage in a process with the dying parent that will allow the parent to offer input by adding biographical information, personalized stories, and individualized letters to the children. After the parent has died, the family has a place to return in order to remember the parent.
Visit Dr. Ferriola's website at: https://taraferriola.wixsite.com/website/love-legacy-guidebook
Loving and Living Your Way Through Grief - By Emily Thiroux Threatt  
Loving and Living Your Way Through Grief guides and lightens the journey to positivity for those who feel the pain of loss, whether it is the loss of a loved one, a job, a marriage, a house, a pregnancy, a nest egg―anyone or anything that we loved and that is no longer in our lives. In this book, author and fellow griever Emily Thiroux Threatt provides you with strategies to embrace the process of learning how to start living again. The book includes 26 practices and stories from people who have been through the grieving process and have come out on the other side feeling renewed: one for every week of the year.
Lulu Faces Loss and Finds Encouragement - By Danica Thurber 
Give children a way to creatively express their thoughts and emotions about death & grief.  Follow along with Lulu as she navigates her first major loss, and then walks through the first few months of grief, finding support and encouragement along the way.  Based on the author’s own experience of childhood loss, parents and caretakers will find this book a great support in engaging children in difficult conversations about cancer, hospice, death, and grief.
“Lulu Faces Loss and Finds Encouragement” can also be a helpful, tangible gift for a family who’s recently experienced loss.
BONUS material inside: instructions for a CRAFT PROJECT just like Lulu makes in the book!
Mae the Courageous Caterpillar - By Michele Gates
Mae The Courageous Caterpillar is an interactive storybook that invites children who have suffered a loss or are going
through a difficult time to join Mae on an adventure as she shares the story of a time she underwent a difficult change
while facing loss, yet managed to experience happiness on the other side. It is the author's hope that this book serve as
an interactive tool for children experiencing grief and or confusion due to a loss or difficult time. She hopes it helps them to
know and feel that they matter, they are loved and they are not alone. Activities such as storytelling, writing and coloring
are utilized throughout the book as tools to encourage and assist the reader to verbalize, in some way, what they may
have otherwise not been able to. Michele, the author, feels her own heart slipped into a cocoon the day she lost her mother,
​to suicide, five days following her fifth birthday. Mae's story is Michele's story.
The Magical Soul- By Marisela Marquez
The Magical Soul is an invitation to inspire hope for children who are grieving the loss of a loved one and encourages them to
believe in something beyond physicality. One of the most challenging things any parent or guardian can do is have a conversation
about death with a child. This scenario is what inspired Marisela to write The Magical Soul Book. Marie had lost her Papa when she
was very young. She often wondered, "Where is he now?" Full of questions and curiosity Marie asks her Mother about her Papa.
Their conversation touches on the distinction between the body and the soul, "The Magical Soul." Marie's Mother describes how
love never dies and the connection we still have with our lost loved ones. Their conversation explores the importance of living
a fulfilled life even after our loved ones are physically gone.

Men, Grief and Solitude: A Different Perspective - By Daniel Duggen
When men experience a loss, their first step may be to move inward into their solitude, where they can express themselves,
confront what's happened, deal with feelings, and begin to sort out their next steps. Typically, this process helps them to
eventually move beyond their solitude and into relationship again with the significant people in their lives. This book
explores why this process may be important for men, tells stories of men coping with loss, and looks at gender difference
​in grief and the various doors into the core of grief. 
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Motherless Daughters - By Hope Edelman
This classic New York Times bestseller has helped millions of women cope with and heal from the grief of losing their mothers. 
Although a mother's mortality is inevitable no book has discussed the profound lasting and far reaching effects of this loss until 
Motherless Daughters, which became an instant classic. More than twenty years later, it is still the go-to book that women of all ages look
to for comfort, help, and understanding when their mother dies. Building on interviews with hundreds of mother loss survivors,
Edelman's personal story of losing her mother, and recent research in grief and psychology, Motherless Daughters reveals the shared
experiences and core identity issues of motherless women.
Motherless Mothers: How Losing a Mother Shapes the Parent You Become - By Hope Edelman
In Motherless Mothers, Edelman uses her own story as a prism to reveal the unique anxieties and desires that these women experience as
they raise their children without the help of a living maternal guide. In an impeccably researched, luminously written book enriched by the
voices of the mothers themselves—and filled with practical insight and advice from experienced professionals—she examines their parenting choices, their triumphs, and their fears, and offers motherless mothers the guidance and support they want and need.
A Mother's Reckoning: Living In the Aftermath of Tragedy - By Sue Klebold
In A Mother’s Reckoning, Sue Klebold chronicles with unflinching honesty her journey as a mother trying to come to terms with the incomprehensible. In the hope that the insights and understanding she has gained may help other families recognize when a child is
in distress, she tells her story in full, drawing upon her personal journals, the videos and writings that her son Dylan left behind,
​and on countless interviews with mental health experts.
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Moving In Forever - By Rebecca Wu
Moving In Forever is a true story about love, kindness, grief, and remembering those who pass away. 
Murder Survivor's Handbook: Real Life Stories, Tips, & Resources - By Connie Saindon
This book helps family members adapt to the aftermath of murder. It provides information, resources, and strategies for
learning to live with the aftermath of a homicide, including safety issues, dealing with the criminal justice system, addressing
the news media, and coping with traumatic grief, while preserving the memory of a loved one. Survivor Writers describe their own experiences and, through their tips and suggestions, lend a helping hand to those who follow in their footsteps. The book also
encourages the readers to write down their own feelings and experiences as they take this journey no one ever wants to take,
but in which they had no choice. Author Connie Saindon is a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist and among the few specialists
in the field of violent death bereavement. She is the founder of the nonprofit Survivors of Violent Loss Program in San Diego,
which began in 1998. Her commitment to violent loss bereavement is related to the loss of her sister, aged 17, to homicide in 1961.
Her training includes the Restorative Retelling Model developed by Edward Rynearson, MD. She co-authored a preliminary
​study that showed significant decreases in symptoms using this model.

My Brother Is Away - By Sara Greenwood & Luisa Uribe
In this moving picture book, a young girl reflects on the emotions and challenges of growing up with a brother who is incarcerated. This touching story is filled with vivid illustrations and is based on the author’s childhood experiences. With her older brother in prison, a young girl copes with the confusing feelings his absence creates. At times she remembers the way her brother would carry her on his shoulders or how he would make up stories to tell her at bedtime. Other times she feels angry and wants to fly so far away that she can forget what happened. When her Mama and Daddy take her on the 500-mile journey to visit him, a trip she knows not all families are able to make, the girl is excited but also nervous. But the nerves turn to joy when she sees him—everything is different, but everything is the same too. Her brother is not home, but his love hasn’t changed. With words that are spare, gentle, and reassuring, this picture book will help young readers with similar stories feel less alone and give other readers a window into the struggles some children face.
My Heart Will Stay - By Jennifer Leroux
My Heart Will Stay by Jennifer Leroux, is a gorgeously illustrated story, meant for grieving children and adults, that feels like a
downy hug sent straight from heaven.  Lyrically written, and stuffed with loving compassion, it wraps the reader in warmth
and comfort. The author's mother died when she was young, so she knows well the heartache of losing a parent.  Written to
remember and honor loved one's who have left this Earth far too soon, this book allows readers to feel the endless love between
parent and child and reminds them that love never dies. This precious book reminds us softly that even though sometimes our
​loved ones have to fly away, always their hearts will stay.
My Sibling Still: For Those Who've Lost a Sibling To Miscarriage, Stillbirth or Infant Loss - By Megan Lecourrege
My Sibling Still is written as a love letter from a sibling lost to miscarriage, stillbirth, or infant death to any surviving siblings.
It walks through the emotions that a child and his or her family may experience following a loss while also depicting the loving
presence of the deceased child in the family's life. With gentle words and comforting pictures, this book offers a beautiful way for
​the entire family to remember and honor any lost little ones.​
My Yellow Balloon - By Tiffany Papageorge
It all started at the carnival. . . .That’s where Joey makes a new friend: a bright yellow balloon. Joey and his beloved balloon do
everything together, until the balloon accidentally slips off Joey’s wrist and flies far, far away. What will Joey do without his special friend? Tiffany Papageorge has crafted a poignant tale of love, loss, and letting go that will serve as a comforting guide to children
who are navigating the complicated emotions of grief. Rich, luminous illustrations by Erwin Madrid perfectly capture these timeless
themes, making them accessible to even the youngest reader. Honest, unflinching, and ultimately reassuring, My Yellow Balloon 
​will resonate with anyone who has endured the darkness of grief, while offering hope for brighter days ahead.
The New Face of Grief: Transform Pain Into Empowerment - By Katie Rössler
time to change how we understand grief. Grief is not only a reaction to death and loss, but also a natural part of life as we learn 
to let go of how we thought life would or should go. By leaning in to the transformative process of grief, Katie Rössler normalizes
a topic society doesn't discuss enough. One that when ignored, can lead to addiction, disconnection from loved ones, and increased
stress. Within these pages, Katie provides indispensable tools of support. On your grief journey, learn to turn pain into
empowerment. We'll discover why it's time to upgrade the definition of grief, how to break the old rules of grief and create your
own, what the phases of grief can offer you, ways to heal and to use grief to help you grow, and stories of women from around the
world sharing their grief experiences. Mental health issues are on the rise worldwide. Katie's easy-to-follow steps and guidance
​will help you heal from your past and lead you to live a healthier and happier life.
Nightlight: Walking Through the Darkness of Grief Guided By the Light of God Who Loves You - By Kristin Santizo
Grief is one of life’s darkest experiences, during which hope and strength seem impossible to find. Nightlight is a journal that lets you
record your reflections of your own grieving journey while taking comfort in God’s promises of truth and His love for you. Consisting of
biblical passages, inspirational stories and pages for journaling and coloring, this journal will make you feel: loved, remembered,
held & hopeful. Designed for those who are experiencing loss or grief of any kind, Nightlight is a special, faith-based journal that
will gently guide you to a place of peace, hope and love.
​Non-Death Loss and Grief - By Darcy L. Harris
Non-Death Loss and Grief offers an inclusive perspective on loss and grief, exploring recent research, clinical applications, and current
thinking on non-death losses and the unique features of the grieving process that accompany them. The book places an overarching
focus on the losses that we encounter in everyday life, and the role of these loss experiences in shaping us as we continue living.
A main emphasis is the importance of having words to accurately express these ​‘living losses’, such as loss of communication with a
​loved one due to disease or trauma, which are often not acknowledged for the depth of their impact. 
No Happy Endings: A Memoir - By Nora McInerny
No Happy Endings is a book for people living life after life has fallen apart. It’s a book for people who know that they’re moving forward,
not moving on. It’s a book for people who know life isn’t always happy, but it isn’t the end: there will be unimaginable joy and
​incomprehensible tragedy. As Nora reminds us, there will be no happy endings—but there will be new beginnings.
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The Only Way Out Is Through: A Ten-Step Journey From Grief To Wholeness - By Gail Gross
Books on grief often fall into two categories: memoir or science. In The Only Way Out is Through, Dr. Gail Gross combines the two in an
inspiring story of loss alongside the analytical psychology that helped her find her own re-entry into life. The Only Way Out is Through tells
the story of a mother's sudden loss of a child and the impact on the family as a whole. It offers a comprehensive approach to healing for the bereaved and helps them reenter life on new terms. The Only Way Out is Through is not only a book about grieving, but a guide to successfully navigating transitions--the endings and beginnings of life. Dr. Gail helps readers learn to listen to their own inner voices, the deepest part of
the unconscious, so that reorienting and reshaping the future seems possible. Offering strategies for dealing not just with profound grief, but
​with living beyond a devastating loss, she provides a map for those looking for guidance, comfort, care, and hope.
Option B: Facing Adversity, Building Resilience and Finding Joy - By Sheryl Sandberg
From Facebook's COO and Wharton's top-rated professor, the #1 New York Times best-selling authors of Lean In and Originals: 
​a powerful, inspiring, and practical book about building resilience and moving forward after life's inevitable setbacks.
A Parent's Guide to Raising Grieving Children: Rebuilding Your Family after the Death of a Loved One - By Phyllis R. Silverman & Madelyn Kelly
When children lose someone they love, they lose part of their very identity. Life, as they knew it, will never be quite the same. The world that once felt dependable and safe may suddenly seem a frightening, uncertain place, where nobody understands what they're feeling. In this deeply sympathetic book, Phyllis R. Silverman and Madelyn Kelly offer wise guidance on virtually every aspect of childhood loss, from living with someone who's dying to preparing the funeral; from explaining death to a two year old to managing the moods of a grieving teenager; from dealing with people who don't understand to learning how and where to get help from friends, therapists, and bereavement groups; from developing a new sense of self to continuing a relationship with the person who died. Throughout, the authors advocate an open, honest approach, suggesting that our instinctive desire to "protect" children from the reality of death may be more harmful than helpful. 
Past and Present: Keeping Memories of Loved Ones Alive - By Allison Gilbert
Passed and Present is a one-of-a-kind guide for discovering creative and meaningful ways to keep the memory of loved ones alive. Inspiring and imaginative, this bona fide "how-to” manual teaches us how to remember those we miss most, no matter how long they’ve been gone.
Permission to Grieve - By Shelby Forsythia
A powerful permission slip for anyone facing the devastating heartbreak that comes with death, divorce, diagnosis, and so much
more. When loss steamrolls through, there’s a lot of hidden and not-so-hidden “rules” about the way you’re “supposed” to grieve:
“You should be over ​it after a year.” “Put on a brave face.” “Keep your grief at home.” Permission to Grieve calls out society’s garbage
rules for what they really are: toxic and repressive narratives that insist we abandon our true selves in the face of grief. 
Permission to Grieve is a book for people who are tired of covering up and pushing down their pain.  Because even in the midst
of loss, Shelby writes, we can create grace, space, and room to breathe.
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​The Perversion of Virtue: Understanding Murder Suicide - By Thomas Joiner
Of the approximately 38,500 deaths by suicide in the U.S. annually, about two percent--between 750 and 800--are murder-suicides. The horror of murder-suicides looms large in the public consciousness--they are reported in the media with more frequency and far more sensationalism than most suicides, and yet we have little understanding of this grave form of violence.  In The Perversion of Virtue, leading suicide researcher Thomas Joiner explores the nature of murder-suicide and offers a unique new theory to explain this nearly unexplainable act: that murder-suicides always involve the wrongheaded invocation of one of four interpersonal virtues: mercy, justice, duty, and glory. Murder-suicides involve the gross misperception of when and how these four virtues should be applied.
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Physician Suicide Letters-Answered - By Dr. Pamela Wilbe, MD
This FREE audiobook of Physician Suicide Letters—Answered, read by the author Dr. Pamela Wible, is dedicated to all medical students,
to every ​child who has ever dreamed of being a doctor, and to all those who have lost their lives in pursuit of healing others. 
The printed book and ebook versions can be found here: https://amzn.to/2ExLVId
P.S. I Love You More Than Tuna - By by Sarah Chauncey (Author) & Francis Tremblay (Illustrator)
This is an illustrated gift book for adults grieving the loss of a companion cat, celebrating the often-quirky bond between humans and felines.
Putting Out the Fire: Nurturing Mind, Body & Spirit in the First Week of Loss and Beyond - By Claire M. Schwartz
In the first moments and days after a loss, how do you manage?? When you are feeling every emotion possible – and yet you are also completely numb – and you have to make a thousand important decisions immediately.… What do you do first? Who do you trust?
How do you take care of yourself? This slim, powerful and practical book teaches you all of that and more. When Claire M. Schwartz
lost her mother at 25, she could barely function. Now more than 25 years later, here is the book she wishes she had. Practical, cogent, and compassionate advice for the immediately bereaved, immediately useful and drawn from the author’s experiences of over 40 losses. 
 https://www.youcanhealyourgrief.com/putting-out-the-fire
Red Birds - By Ashley Niemela
Red Birds is a children's story that deals with children struggling to understand the grief and loss of a loved one. It provides
a positive approach available in an easy-to-understand story involving a young boy dealing with the loss of his Grandparents.
​The story focuses on the meaning behind the red bird/cardinal and sheds light on an otherwise dark subject.
Ride or Die - By Jarie Bolander
Ride or Die takes its audience through the intimate conversations and thoughts of a Gen-X latchkey-generation husband—a man
who has always had to fend for himself and believed that it’s up to him to solve his own problems—as and after his wife, Jane,
succumbs to a terminal disease. Jarie Bolander wrote this raw, heartfelt tribute to Jane and her handling of her illness to help
men and the people who love them through the experience of loss and grief. A frank chronicle of how an intimate relationship
can change and grow—even when the people involved feel there is nothing left to give—Ride or Die offers a detailed exploration
​of the male experience of grief, in the hopes that others suffering through it will not feel so alone.
Ruthless Grieving: The Journey to Acceptance and Beyond - By Susan Powers, PhD
Ruthless Grieving: The Journey to Acceptance and Beyond is a combination of a deeply emotional memoir of someone who lost her husband
and daughter within three months time, and a book about grieving written by a clinical psychologist who has been in private practice for
​over thirty years. The book contains emotional wisdom as well as practical suggestions to guide anyone through deep loss and grief.
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Saying Goodbye: A Personal Story of Baby Loss and 90 Dies of Support to Walk You Through Grief - By Zoe Clark-Coates
Losing a baby, whether through miscarriage, stillbirth or neonatal death, leaves so many parents lost in grief and full of unanswered questions. Zoë Clark-Coates, and her husband Andy, have personally faced the loss of five babies. Out of their experiences came the charity The Mariposa Trust, offering support to thousands of grieving parents and relatives around the world each week. Zoë 's book is moving account of their experiences and how they found a way through to provide help and support for others and 90 days of daily
​support for those who are grieving, offering comfort and hope during the difficult days, weeks and months.​
Scattering Hope: A 30-Day Journal To Guide and Comfort Those Left Behind After Suicide - By Crystal Partney
Crystal Partney is an author, speaker, and founder of Scattering Hope and Owl & Thistle. She is also the host of the You Are Loved podcast.
The day before her 32nd birthday in 2019, would be the day that changed her life forever. Little did Crystal know; she would receive the devastating news that her sister Gina had taken her life that morning. After this tragedy, Crystal needed next steps on how to begin the
healing process. She discovered that the first 30 days are often the most important step when it comes to healing after suicide.
Crystal wants to thank you for saying, “Yes” to beginning your journey towards healing.
7 Touching Books to Help Kids Understand Death and Grief - By Christie Burnett (article)​
The Shared Room - By Kao Kalia Yang
The Shared Room tells the story of a Hmong American family living with loss and tremendous love. Bringing a message of comfort
and hope to readers young​and old, the direct and poignant words of Yang are accompanied by the evocative and expressive
drawings of Hmong American artist Xee Reiter.
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Sharing Solace Presents: The Gratitude Journal - By Crystal Webster
You can actually train your brain to look for the positive in every situation! Head to heart, to hand, to hope, and onto the page is
the absolute best way to find gratitude and make every moment worthwhile. Enjoy the simple pleasures in life with this 90-day
self-guided gratitude journal. This journal is hand-lettered and perfect bound to be as beautiful as it is functional. With our suggested
activities, dedicated gratitude section, water intake, and thought-provoking journaling prompts you’ll be able to explore and reflect
on your day in a meaningful way. The special back pages are intended to help you monitor your mood, habits, and ‘favorite things’.
​Starting the journey from grief to gratitude has never been so glamorous.​
 Shattered For His Glory: A Memoir When Hope Was Born - By Kayla MacKenzie
A young mother searching for supplemental income. A dream fulfilled.  This was the path God set before her. hen stay-at-home-mom Kayla decides to embark on a surrogacy journey, the destination becomes a place she never thought she would be. Realizing the dreams of a childless couple produces a healthy baby and the newborn girl is let go with joy for the future. Two months later, the dream is shattered. The picture painted for Kayla unravels through loss of life, a custody battle and torn relationships. When Kayla reaches the end of herself, she faces the ​God who brought her to this place. All pain holds purpose when it's placed in the tender and powerful hands of a loving God. 
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Shattered: Surviving the Loss of a Child - By Gary Roe
Bestselling author, hospice chaplain, and grief specialist Gary Roe uses his three decades of experience interacting with grieving parents to
give us this heartfelt, easy-to-read, and intensely practical book. In Shattered, Roe walks the reader through the powerful impact a child’s death can have - emotionally, mentally, physically, relationally, and spiritually.
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Sibling Suicide: The Journey From Despair to Hope - By Nathan S. Wagner
Nate Wagner faced despair in his early twenties. After the loss of his only brother to suicide, Nate struggled to find hope,
reimagine his life, and achieve a new normal. As he slowly found a path through sorrow and discovered constructive ways to
deal with his grief, he also discovered two new vocations: first counselor and then writer. Drawing on his clinical training and work
and his own life experience, Nate shares his story with readers, offering practical suggestions and honest reflections to invite the
reader into his journey from despair to hope. Written for those who have experienced sibling suicide, for those who want to support
​them, and for anyone seeking to understand, this memoir offers hope.
Someone I Love Died From a Drug Overdose - by Melody Ray
Accidental substance overdoses continue to rise across our country, leaving families at a loss as to how to tell and assist
the children that are grieving. ​This story is an excellent tool for parents and caregivers. Includes a workbook, definitions,
​some facts and a note to the adult reading the story.
Someone I Love Died By Suicide - By Doreen Cammarata
This book is designed for adult caregivers to read to surviving youngsters following a suicidal death. The story allows individuals
an opportunity to recognize normal grieving symptoms and to identify various interventions to promote healthy ways of coping
with the death of a special person. Although the language used in the book is simplistic enough to be read along with children
and ultimately stimulating family discussion, it can be beneficial to all who have been tragically devastated by suicide.
​It is recommended for this book to be utilized in conjunction with therapy.
Starting From Scratch When You're Single Again: 23 Women Share Stories, Encouragement, Recipes,
and Lessons Learned When Starting Over Was All They Could Do - ​By Sharon M. Knudson & Mary Fran Heitzman
Starting From Scratch When You're Single Again serves up poignant stories from twenty-three widowed or divorced women who survived
a horrific deathblow to their dreams for a happy, secure future. Somehow, with white-knuckle faith, each one found enough strength in themselves and in their God to move forward. Let each woman's story and the guiding principles she offers be an encouragement to you,
​and as a bonus, let the taste and aroma of her favorite recipe comfort and nourish your soul.​
Still Fighting: Battles of a Bereaved Parent - By Sydney N. Hatcher
Still Fighting provides outlets of self reflection, prayer, planning, and profound prospective as you conquer your battles as a bereaved parent.
Still With Us: Voices of Sibling Suicide Loss Survivors - By Lena M. Q. Heilmann
Lena Heilmann lost her sister, Danielle, to suicide in 2012. Experiencing the enormous weight of grief, she reached out to other sibling
suicide loss survivors to find comfort, healing, and connection. Still With Us contains 23 stories of sibling suicide loss survivors who,
after experiencing devastating losses, navigated through their grief and found a path forward.​
A Stopwatch from Grampa - By Loretta Garbutt
A child inherits a treasured stopwatch that belonged to a beloved grandparent in this touching story of loss that explores the stages
of grief with sensitivity and wisdom. Grampa used to time everything. A race to the end of the street and back: 24 seconds. Eating
bubblegum ice cream: 1 minute, 58 seconds. But now, Grampa's gone. “There are no more Grampa minutes, Grampa seconds,” the child
says. “Time just stops.” As the seasons come and go, the stopwatch becomes a cherished symbol of remembrance, and the child uses it
to carry on Grampa's favorite pastimes and traditions. Loretta Garbutt uses subtlety and sensitivity to explore the five stages of grief
(denial, anger, bargaining, depression, acceptance) in this moving picture book story of loss. It features a gender-neutral main character
(no first name or pronouns are given) making the story universally relatable. This is a perfect choice for fostering discussions with
children about their emotions, particularly the feeling of loss. It also offers a poignant representation of an intergenerational
relationship between a grandfather and grandchild. Carmen Mok's expressive and thoughtful illustrations employ a limited color
palette to convey the character's emotional trajectory. There are curriculum applications here in social-emotional development as
well as character education lessons in caring and resilience.
 The Story of....Books - By Kate Polley
The Story of … Books’ is the brand name for a series of beautifully illustrated personalized baby, child & adult bereavement books helping children to talk openly about the loss of a sibling or adult family member. These books help children to talk and share feelings about the loss of someone close. They currently stock over 40 personalized and general baby, child & adult loss book titles and ship worldwide.
The Sudden Loss Survival Guide: Seven Essential Practices For Healing Grief - By Chelsea Hanson
When a loved one passes unexpectedly, the person left behind can lose their bearings. After the sudden loss of her mother, Chelsea Hanson, a
nationally-recognized grief educator and founder of With Sympathy Gifts and Keepsakes, didn’t know where to turn for help, what to do next, or how to put the pieces of her life back together. Hanson’s The Sudden Loss Survival Guide gathers everything that she learned during her own recovery process and provides an indispensable road map to aid those who’ve experienced a life-changing loss.​
Suicide Widow - By Krystal Youngs
Suicide Widow is about a young woman who has struggled her whole life with adversities and was forced into widowhood at
28 years old. This book touches on suicide, grief, broken families, addiction, depression and anxiety, abandonment, death, and the
awfulness of people during trauma and tragedy.

Sunshine After The Storm: A Survival Guide for Grieving Mothers - By Alexa Bigwarfe
This unique book it's written by over 30 moms and a few dads who understand what you are going through right now.
The grief, the reality that life will never be the same for you again, and the torture of missing the milestones over the years - these
are things that these authors know and understand. But they also know that with time comes healing, hope, and encouragement. 
This book is meant to be the hug you need from other mamas who know exactly what you're going through. Each author shares
their experience and story, the lesson they learned, and their tips for helping you survive this suckiest of times in your life. 
The book includes all of their stories of loss, love, pain, grieving, support, forgiveness, and survival. It also includes a special
​interview with Sean Hanish, director of the incredible movie Return to Zero.
Sunshine After the Storm is a 501(3c) Non-Profit Organization that provides free care packages to grieving mothers.
Learn more about their mission at https://sunshineafterthestorm.org/
Superhero Grief (Series in Death, Dying, and Bereavement) - Edited By Jill A. Harrington & Robert A. Neimeyer
Superhero Grief uses modern superhero narratives to teach the principles of grief theories and concepts and provide practical ideas for
promoting healing. Chapters offer clinical strategies, approaches, and interventions, including strategies based in expressive arts and complementary therapies. Leading researchers, clinicians, and professionals address major topics in death, dying, and bereavement,
using superhero narratives to explore loss in the context of bereavement and to promote a contextual view of issues and relationship
types that can improve coping skills. This volume provides support and psychoeducation to students, clinicians, educators, researchers,
and the bereaved while contributing significantly to the literature on the intersection of death, grief, and trauma.

Survive Your Child's Suicide: How to Move Through Grief to Get to Healing - By Peggy Green
Child Suicide is a mother's worst nightmare, however, you can experience peace, joy and happiness again. Just ask Peggy Green. Peggy has survived losing not just one child, but two, including her son by suicide. She knew she must use every tool possible to survive this tragedy. Starting with acceptance – a challenging but necessary first step – she courageously walked her grief journey. Now as a Grief Coach, Peggy teaches these tools in her proven coaching program to help you move through grief to healing. This wholistic step-by-step process is founded on restoring your physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual health. If you are asking why this happened, what you could have done differently, or how you will live without your child, you are not alone. Rest assured, others have traveled this road before you – and survived. Moving through your loss requires a conscious decision to heal. You have a choice. Do it for yourself. Start here. Start now. 
Surviving the Death of a Sibling: Living Through Grief When An Adult Brother or Sister Dies - By T. J. Wray 
Based on the author's own experiences, as well as those of many others, Surviving the Death of a Sibling helps adults who have lost a
brother or sister to realize that they are not alone in their struggle. Just as important, it teaches them to understand the unique stages of
​their grieving process, offering practical and prescriptive advice for dealing with each stage.
Surviving the Holidays Without You: Navigating Grief During Special Seasons - By Gary Roe
Hospice chaplain Gary Roe has given you a grief survival kit designed for the holidays. Speaking from both personal and professional grief
experiences, he will empower you to navigate special seasons with new confidence.​
Surviving Sorrow: A Mother's Guide to Living with Loss - By Kim Erickson
When Kim’s three-year-old son tragically passed away, she found plenty of resources on grieving. She says what she really needed, though,
"was someone who would give me advice for living, not just grieving . . . How do I get through the grocery store without crying? What do I do with my son’s things? When will my mind stop replaying the emergency room scene?" Now, ten years later, she’s written that book. With raw vulnerability, a deep well of wisdom, and the practical knowledge of someone who’s been there, she walks grieving moms through the life-after-death process from how to plan the funeral to how to deal with friends, family, holidays, and birthdays. This is a profound and powerful resource that’s invaluable for the mom who has lost a child--and for her friends and family who want to love her well.​
 Surviving Suicide Loss: Making Your Way Beyond the Ruins - By Rita A. Schulte, LPC
The pain of suicide loss is indescribable. It seems beyond survival. Yet with faith, perseverance, and the tools of brain science, there is a
way through. It will take time. It will take struggle. But hope is real, for there are things you can do to make it to the other side. If you are struggling with suicide loss or you need to come alongside someone who is, Rita Schulte wants to help you move forward. As a suicide
loss survivor herself, she understands the pain you’re feeling because she has been there too. Rita, an experienced therapist and expert in traumatic loss, offers a science-based therapy model that also takes into account the role of human spirituality. When it comes to suicide
​loss, you’ll never have all the answers. But one thing is certain: there are real pathways to help you heal—body, mind, and spirit.
Tear Soup: A Recipe for Healing After Loss - By Pat Schwiebert
Good for children and adults, Tear Soup is a fictional story; a “recipe” for healing after the loss of a child.
Watch a video version of Tear Soup at this link or the video posted below. https://youtu.be/S2L-E9P6snk
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Teen Grief: Caring for the Grieving Teenage Heart - By Gary Roe
Award-winning author and grief counselor Gary Roe wrote Teen Grief at the request of parents, teachers, coaches, and school counselors.
Born of personal experience and more than three decades of interacting with grieving teens, this informative, practical handbook is replete with guidance, insight, and ideas for helping teens navigate the turbulent waters of loss. Though Teen Grief primarily focuses on losses due to
​death, the principles ​discussed can be applied to any loss a teen might be experiencing.​
There Is No Good Card for This: What To Say and Do When Life Is Scary, Awful & Unfair To People You Love 
- By Kelsey Crowe, PhD and Emily McDowell
This definitive guide, from empathy expert Dr. Kelsey Crowe and greeting card maverick Emily McDowell, blends well-researched,
actionable advice with the no-nonsense humor and signature illustration style of McDowell’s immensely popular Empathy™ Cards to
help you feel confident in connecting with anyone experiencing grief, loss, illness, or any other difficult situation. 
Things I Wish I Knew Before My Mom Died - By Ty Alexander
Ty Alexander of Gorgeous in Grey is one of the top bloggers today. She has a tremendous personal connection with her readers. This is never more apparent than when she speaks about her mother. The pain of loss is universal. Yet, we all grieve differently. For Alexander, the grieving process is one that she lives with day-to-day. Learning from her pain, Alexander connects with her readers on a deeply emotional level in her debut book, Things I Wish I Knew before My Mom Died: Coping with Loss Every Day. From grief counseling to sharing insightful true stories, Alexander offers comfort, reassurance, and hope in the face of sorrow.
This Too Shall Last - By K. J. Ramsey
This Too Shall Last offers an antidote to our cultural idolatry of effort and ease. Through personal story and insights from neuroscience
and theology, Ramsey invites us to let our tears become lenses of the wonder that before God ever rescues us, he stands in solidarity with us.
We are all mid-story in circumstances we did not choose, wondering when our hard things will end and where grace will come if they don't. Together, we can encounter grace in the middle, where living with suffering that lingers can mean receiving God's presence that lasts.​
 Times of Perseverance: Hope and Healing on the Battlefields of Life - By Gregg L. Grossman
Times of Perseverance: Hope and Healing on the Battlefields of Life is a gripping narrative chronicling a Jewish man's tenacious survival from personal and family traumatic brain injury, while capturing a transparent glimpse into the soul of a wounded man. His brother's severe traumatic brain injury reveals that God leads a person to himself in times of tragedy. Moreover, his near-death experience which  was a result of human error teaches about God's forgiveness from Scripture. This is not only a story of a Jewish man coming to faith in   Jesus Christ and his theological progression to becoming a Messianic Jew. Rather, it encapsulates a genuine, longitudinal account of overcoming life adversity and grief while providing hope, encouragement, and inspiration to the wounded of society. Gregg's experiential account of loss from the coronavirus breathes comfort into the wearied soul contemplating meaning to life in this twenty-first-century postmodern era. Hence this poignant story inspires the reader to acquire life purpose and experience restoration on their battlefields of life.
Unfinished Business: 8 Steps To Heal Your Trauma, Transcend Your Past, and Transform Your Life - By Melanie Smith
Learn to heal past traumas, forgive, overcome long-held beliefs, break behavioral patterns, and more; as well as make space for joy,
​hope, and possibility so you can live the purposeful life you were meant to. Grounded in a scientifically supported and solution-based methodology, Melanie’s book is for all: from those seeking change; to those who recently lost a loved one, dream, identity, job, or relationship; to readers aged 40-65 who feel stuck and ready to heal; to readers grappling with anxiety or depression. 
Unravel:  Rising Up and Coming Back From a Season of Living That Damn Near Killed Me - By Stephenie Zamora 
Unravel is the messy, raw, and honest story of one woman’s 'dark night of the soul', as the unexpected death of a former
boyfriend quickly spirals into the loss of her business, her life as she knew it, her closest relationships, and her entire sense of self. 
For anyone struggling, hurting, or feeling turned upside down in the middle of their own life, Stephenie Zamora reminds us that
there’s no 'right way' to heal from grief and trauma, and no 'right timeline' either. Her poignant and gripping story illustrates
the power of turning inwards, and how fully facing and feeling your pain can lead you back to your truth, your purpose, and
yourself. Most of all, Unravel is a potent example for anyone who's ready to experience the transformation that comes
​from sitting in the unknown and surrendering to their most challenging chapter.
Unraveling Grief: A Mother's Spiritual Journey of Healing and Discovery - By Meghan Smith Brooks
Unraveling Grief offers everyone the realization we can embrace life in new and empowering ways, using what grief offers us to transform
​how we live that not only makes a difference in the world around us, but in honoring the legacy of who or what we grieve.
The Unshakable Woman: 4 Steps to Rebuilding Your Body, Mind and Life After a Crisis - By Dr. Debi Silber
A life crisis can be a divorce, disease, the death of a loved one, abuse, betrayal or anything that can completely unravel us. It can also be
a mid-life crisis where suddenly we start questioning what we’ve been doing, and how we’ve been living as we feel the undeniable urge
calling us to live more deeply and fully. It can cause us to question everything we’ve known and everything that’s been familiar as we
struggle to make sense of what happened. It can also cause us to face that fork in the road as we consider next steps and a path different
​from the one we were on and one that can take us to find our greatest passion and purpose. 
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Unstacking Your Grief Tower: A Guide to Processing Grief as an Adult Third Culture Kid - By Lauren Wells 
When we tell people that we lived abroad during our developmental years, we’re often met with awe and envy. What they don’t see
are the number of losses we experienced with each move, the amount of “goodbyes” we said, or the hardships that we endured.
Each of these stack up like blocks on a tower, each block influencing how we deal with the next hardship we face. This hope-filled
book offers you the invitation to uncover and process the blocks on your Grief Tower. Through her own experience, Lauren Wells
​walks you compassionately and practically through unstacking your Grief Tower in light of your Third Culture Kid experiences.
Virtual Afterlives: Grieving the Dead in the Twenty-First Century ​ - By Candi K. Cann
Virtual Afterlives investigates emerging popular bereavement traditions. Author Candi K. Cann examines new forms of grieving and
evaluates how religion and the funeral industry have both contributed to mourning rituals despite their limited ability to remedy grief.
As grieving traditions and locations shift, people are discovering new ways to memorialize their loved ones. Bodiless and spontaneous
memorials like those at the sites of the shootings in Aurora and Newtown and the Boston Marathon bombing, as well as roadside memorials,
car decals, and tattoos are contributing to a new bereavement language that crosses national boundaries and culture-specific perceptions
of death. Examining mourning practices in the United States in comparison to the broader background of practices in Asia and Latin America, Virtual Afterlives seeks to resituate death as a part of life and mourning as a unifying process that helps to create identities
and narratives for communities. As technology changes the ways in which we experience death, this engaging study explores the culture
of bereavement and the ways in which it, too, is being significantly transformed.
You Can Heal Your Heart: Finding Peace After a Breakup, Divorce or Death - By Louise L. Hay & David Kessler
In You Can Heal Your Heart, self-help luminary Louise Hay and renowned grief and loss expert David Kessler, the protégé of
Elisabeth Kübler-Ross, have come together to start a conversation on healing grief. This remarkable book discusses the emotions that
occur when a relationship leaves you brokenhearted, a marriage ends in divorce, or a loved one dies. It will also foster awareness
and compassion, providing you with the courage to face many other types of losses and challenges, such as saying good-bye to a
​beloved pet, losing your job, coming to terms with a life-threatening illness or disease, and much more.
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Yet: Embracing God's Faithfulness in the Midst of Grief  - By Tyler Quillet
Yet is written for the Christian who is living in a season of grief and despair. For the broken heart that doesn’t know how to move
forward in life and in their faith. While still being allowed to grieve, what does it look like to turn to Jesus in the midst of it all and say,
“I still trust you because you are faithful!”? The Christian life is one of hope, joy, and peace. These things are not often synonymous with grief, but because of God’s faithfulness, we can find hope, joy and peace in the Lord as we grieve the loss of those we love so dearly. 
As you navigate the pages of Yet, you’ll be given opportunities to pour out your own heart, respond to truths from God’s word, and put
your own grief into words. You’ll find amazing truths of who God is, His faithfulness to you, and His presence with you as you grieve.
You’ll take steps toward moving forward in your life and in your faith journey. While the grief journey is the hardest thing you will
​endure in this life,​God is faithful and will give you all that you need as you cling to Him throughout.
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You''ll Find Me At the Ocean  - By Martha Black
"You'll Find Me At The Ocean" will give grieving hearts, from young children to grown adults, a hope and a peace that can only be
found in God...and in the love of a mother's heart. Young Beth's sweet Mama is battling cancer, and Beth knows deep down that
Mama will soon be with Jesus. Before her life here on earth is no more, Mama reassures Beth that she can always be found here on
earth, even long after her life is over. From the morning chirps of birds to the beautifully painted sunset, Mama shares with Beth
about how she will always be able to be found at the ocean.​
Your Digital Afterlife - By Evan Carroll and John Romano
Written by the creators of TheDigitalBeyond.com, this book helps you secure your valuable digital assets for your loved ones and
perhaps posterity. Whether you're the casual email user or the hyper-connected digital dweller, you'll come away with peace of
mind knowing that your digital heirlooms won't be lost in the shuffle.
http://www.yourdigitalafterlife.com/​
Your Grief, Your Way: A Year of Practical Guidance and Comfort After Loss - By Shelby Forsythia
Everyone experiences grief differently after the loss of a loved one. Some people find solace in comforting quotes and warm words,
while others feel a need to take action--to do something to memorialize their loss. And some benefit from both approaches. Here's a
path forward for you, no matter how you process your grief. Whether you're looking for inspiration, a practical way to honor your loved
one, or both, Your Grief, Your Way helps you navigate life after loss.
You're Not Crazy, You're Grieving - By Kelli Nielsen, "The Grief Guru"
Click here for the FREE audiobook version on Teachable​
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The Way Through the Woods: Overcoming Grief Through Nature - Long Litt Woon
After losing her husband of 32 years, Long Litt Woon is utterly bereft. For a time, she is disoriented, aimless, lost. It is only when she wanders deep into the woods and attunes herself to Nature’s chorus that she learns how the wild might restore us to hope, and to life after death.
 Welcome to the Grief Club: Because You Don't Have to Go Through It Alone - By Janine Kwoh
Based on her own experience with grief—the author’s partner died when both were in their late twenties—and those of other Grief Club members, Janine Kwoh uses brief writings, illustrations, and creative diagrams to explore the wide range of emotions and experiences that grief can encompass. For anyone who has lost a loved one or who is close to someone who is grieving,'Welcome to the Grief Club' s a book of solace, connection, hope, and reassurance. It addresses with empathy and honesty the aspects of grief that so many of us experience but that aren’t widely discussed: the variety and volatility of emotions—sadness, anger, guilt, joy; the physical symptoms of grief; and how grief isn’t linear, but it does change and soften over time. It affirms that there is truly no right or wrong way to grieve and assures us that the things
we feel that surprise us or seem strange are often common and always valid. Humor helps us to survive, and the book uses a lighthearted approach to cover powerful topics, like supremely unhelpful things that people say to those who are grieving, grief trigger bingo, and everyday acts of resilience. This book is a companion that says, I see you and you are not alone, from one grieving person to another.
​It is a gentle reminder to give yourself permission to grieve for as long as—and in whichever ways—you need.
What Made That Feel So Hard?: The Unstacking Method - By Lauran Wells
What Made That Feel So Hard? is the foundational book for the Unstacking Method - a methodology based on The Grief Tower by
Lauren Wells that has been used by coaches, counselors, and in professional certifications worldwide to help adults and children to
work through past and current grief. This book offers an easy-to-read, gentle approach to looking back on the hardships of your
past and seeing how those have influenced your present. Through personal anecdotes and stories, Lauren guides you through the
process of unstacking so that you can move forward in healthier ways. This book is written to individuals as well as practitioners
desiring to use the Unstacking Method in professional or informal settings.
What Matters Most: The Get Your Shit Together Guide to Wills, Money, Insurance, and Life’s ‘What-ifs’ - By Chanel Reynolds
A practical look at putting your life together written by the founder of the internationally celebrated website, Get Your Shit Together,
and informed by the author's personal experience after her husband was killed in a biking accident.  Part memoir, part hard-working how-to guidebook, it inspires readers to get their 'affairs in order' before the unthinkable (or inevitable) happens.
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What Suicide Left Behind: Navigating Your Own Grief Journey - By Linzi Meaden
Linzi Meaden lost her only sibling to suicide in June 2020 during the COVID-19 lockdown. This book is open and honest and written
from the heart. It completely captures the initial rawness of sudden unexpected death, the shock and aftermath of suicide and
​what suicide leaves behind as well as how she got through the funeral, the inquest and everyday life since.
 What This Kid Wants Adults to Know About Grief  - By Bryce Fields
This is a guidebook for adults who are caring for “little hurting hearts” written by ​children’s grief advocate, and fourth-grader Bryce Fields.
Visit his website for resources at: http://thiskidsgrief.com/ 
FREE PDF downloads on the following topics are also available, including a Grief Inventory Sheet, Info Sheet on 
How Schools Can Provide Grieving Children a Safe Haven & The Top 5 Tips This Kid Has For Adults About Grief
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When Dinosaurs Die: A Guide to Understanding Death - By Laurie Krasny Brown and Marc Brown
Straightforward and comprehensive, this indispensable book is a comforting aid to help young kids and families through a difficult
time in their lives. No one can really understand death, but to children, the passing away of a loved one can be especially perplexing
and troublesome. This is true whether the loss is a family member, friend, or pet. Here to offer advice and reassurance are the wise
dinosaurs from the bestselling Dino Tale series. This succinct and thorough guide helps dispel the mystery and negative
connotations associated with death, providing answers to kids' most-often asked questions.
When Holidays Hurt: Finding Hidden Hope Amid Pain and Loss - By Bo Stern
Divorce. Financial stress. Chronic illness. Losing a loved one. Experiencing any of these situations during the year is already difficult.
But the holiday season, once joyful and happy, can heighten this pain even more. Author Bo Stern has spent the past two Christmases struggling to connect with the joy of the season. As she has watched her husband, Steve, struggle with terminal ALS, Bo has quietly
felt her spirit for the season fade—and has noticed countless others suffering the same way. Through stories and scriptures, Bo
offers readers a way to redeem what can often become painful days—Thanksgiving, Christmas, birthdays and anniversaries,
milestones such as weddings and graduations, and more. At the end of each devotion, Bo gently guides readers to engage with
these holidays and special occasions in different ways that offer a tangible outlet for healing. At the heart of this message is that
​Christ came—to bring hope and healing to those who are hurting.

When Mama Goes To Heaven - By Jayna Russel
It's difficult to know how to support a grieving child who has lost their mother. Children can't always articulate their thoughts and
feelings in words, but the good news is that their imaginations have a remarkable capacity for healing. This book seeks to provide a
healing narrative about loss that helps them tap into that capacity. I like to believe that the people we love never really leave us, that
their loving presence remains in the sunsets and the butterflies that cross our paths. May we all find peace and comfort in their love,
​and find ways to live lives that bring honor to their memories.
When a Man Faces Grief / A Man You Know Is Grieving - By James E. Miller
Two books in one. One half is for men who are grieving, with 12 helpful suggestions, each a chapter by itself. The other half is for those who want to understand and help men who are grieving, also in twelve short, helpful chapters.
When Mountains Crumble: Rebuilding Your Life After Losing Someone You Love - By Dania Janea
Grief leaves us with empty arms and fistfuls of questions. If we don’t get help processing our loss, we can easily get stuck there. But take heart—there is hope to be found for the way ahead. When Mountains Crumble offers you an interactive, healing journey through the big questions and emotions of grief. This book serves as your companion and guide, providing practical wisdom and thought-provoking questions that will help you wrestle with the pain you’re feeling. Danita Jenae, a survivor of loss herself, helps lighten your load of sorrow with gripping honesty, reassuring gentleness, and a mild case of dark humor. She braves topics like doubting God’s goodness and wondering why this happened. When Mountains Crumble isn’t a formulaic how-to book because there’s no right or wrong way to grieve. In fact, you’ll find the freedom and permission to feel what you need to feel and ask what you need to ask. Through vivid word pictures, poetry, and illustrations, you’ll begin to understand your grief in a fresh way. By sifting through the ashes alongside Danita, you’ll uncover peace for now and hope for the future. And as you begin to embark on this difficult journey . . . you’ll no longer feel so alone.

When Someone Dies: A Children's Mindful How-To Guide on Grief and Loss - By Andrea Dorn, MSW
Navigating the grief and bereavement process can be a challenging and unpredictable experience, especially for children. Whether
it’s the loss of a family member, friend, pet, or other loved one, children often don’t know how to cope with the complicated and
complex emotions that accompany death. Written and illustrated by a therapist (and mother), Andrea Dorn, MSW, When Someone Dies walks children through the bereavement process in a simple, concrete, and developmentally appropriate way. Through the lens
of mindfulness, children will learn how to say goodbye, make space for any emotions that arise, and work through their grief.

Where Are You? - By Jeffery & Spencer Olsen
Jeffery Olsen and Spencer Olsen, a father-son team, have collaborated to create something meaningful from their own
experience of losing half their family in a horrific automobile accident when Spencer was only seven-years-old. 
Where Are You? is written from Spencer’s recall of those childlike observations and captures the feelings, questions,
and sorrow surrounding loss. It also sheds light on a healing journey that opens a deeper awareness and connection to
those we love who have passed. Where Are You? reminds us that our loved ones live through us and are there to
​guide us and even celebrate us when we are willing to look and recognize the many possibilities.
While We Slept: Finding Hope and Healing After Homicide - By Marcy Pusey & Jeremy Pusey
Murder changed their lives. Yet courage, hope, compassion, and forgiveness changed their perspective. In 2005, newlyweds
Marcy and Jeremy woke up to the brutal murder of his mother, Mary Ann Larsen-Pusey, by his father, Clinton Pusey—they'd been
sleeping just down the hall. That morning was a shock to everyone, including Clinton. He had no memory of that morning, except
for a few random, seemingly unimportant tasks he accomplished. Marcy and Jeremy suddenly lost both parents at once—one to death
and the other to dementia and the criminal system. While We Slept helps us understand the devastating effects of mental illness and
how a well-respected university professor can murder a loved one without ever intending to cause harm. This book offers a beacon
of hope. It inspires us to have the courage to work through grief, anger, loss, confusion, disappointment, fear, shock, resentment,
and the pain of having life suddenly change without warning. It helps us learn to change our perspectives and soften our judgments.
This book illustrates that humans and human emotions are complex ​and that at the core, all of us wish to maintain our dignity
and be treated with compassion. While We Slept is the story of a mind-boggling murder, but also shows us how to find courage
in trauma, ​forgiveness in devastation, and triumph after heartbreak. 
Why Do I Feel So Sad? A Grief Book for Children - By Tracy Lambert-Prater LPC
This is an inclusive, age-appropriate, illustrated kid's book designed to help young children understand their own grief.
The examples and beautiful illustrations are rooted in real life, exploring the truth of loss and change, while remaining comforting and hopeful. Broad enough to encompass many forms of grief, this book reassures kids that they are not alone in their feelings and
​even suggests simple things they can do to feel better, like drawing, dancing, and talking to friends and family.
Why People Die By Suicide - By Thomas Joiner
Thomas Joiner brings a comprehensive understanding to seemingly incomprehensible behavior. Among the many people who have
considered, attempted, or died by suicide, he finds three factors that mark those most at risk of death: the feeling of being a burden on loved ones; the sense of isolation; and, chillingly, the learned ability to hurt oneself.
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A Widow's Guide to Healing: Gentle Support and Advise for the First 5 Years - By Kristin Meekhof, LMSW & James Windell, MA
This inspiring, accessible and empowering book on widowhood shows grieving widows what to expect in those difficult first five years,
​and how to deal with the challenges of expectantly losing a life partner and create a hopeful future. 
Widowish - by Melissa Gould
When Melissa became a widow, she found that she didn’t fit the typical idea of widowhood or meet the expectations
of mourning. She didn’t look like a widow or act like a widow, but she felt like one. Melissa was widowish. 
Her personal journey through grief and beyond includes unlikely inspiration from an evangelical preacher,
​the calming presence of some Real Housewives, and the unexpected attention of a charismatic musician.
Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail  - By Cheryl Strayed
At twenty-two, Cheryl Strayed thought she had lost everything. In the wake of her mother’s death, her family scattered and her own marriage was soon destroyed. Four years later, with nothing more to lose, she made the most impulsive decision of her life. With no experience or training, driven only by blind will, she would hike more than a thousand miles of the Pacific Crest Trail from the Mojave Desert through California and Oregon to Washington State — and she would do it alone.
Working for Justice: One Family's Tale of Murder, Betrayal, and Healing - By Amy B. Chesler
When beloved educator Hadas Winnick was murdered, her sleepy, affluent hometown of Calabasas was rocked to the core. More shocking
than her killing, though, was the process of convicting her admittedly guilty murderer. Calabasas is a quiet, well-to-do California town often referred to as “The Bubble.” But on September 25th, 2007, that bubble burst with the murder of one of its longtime residents—high school math teacher Hadas Winnick. The upscale community was rocked by her gruesome death, but as shocking as the tragedy seemed, the years of abuse she faced that preceded it were more so. Even more devastating still, was the effort and time it took to sentence her murderer to prison, and the power that our systems-in-place allowed him while on his way there. Follow Hadas’s daughter, award-winning blogger
​Amy Chesler, ​on her often heart-wrenching—but eventually heart-warming—road to justice.​
You Can’t Do It Alone  - By Maria Quiban Whitesell.
When Maria Quiban Whitesell’s husband was diagnosed with glioblastoma (GBM), a deadly form of brain cancer, she was
completely unprepared. Now, after going through hell and back, Whitesell knows that she never wants anyone to feel as lost as she did.
In You Can’t Do It Alone, Whitesell teams up with licensed therapist Lauren Schneider to offer a welcoming and supportive guide to
​healing from any traumatic loss. 

What This Kid Wants Adults to Know About Grief with Bryce Fields

a to Z healing Toolbox - Webinar

You Can Heal Your Heart: Three Takeaways 

5 Books about Grief and Healing

Tear Soup

Letter from the author, Crystal Webster - confessions of a griever:
​Turning a Hot Mess Into a Haute Message

Your Digital Afterlife

Book trailer: What Matters Most: The Get Your Shit Together Guide to
​Wills, Money, Insurance, and Life’s ‘What-ifs’ 

The Invisible String

A Grandfamily for Sullivan - by Beth winkler Tyson

Moving in Forever  - by rebecca wu

P.S. I Love You more than tuna

Hurt 2 Hope

When Dinosaurs die: A Guide To Understanding Death

the group: seven widowed fathers reimagine life

The Golden Sweater

Kids Book Read Aloud - In His Absence I Can Still Feel His Presence
​by Jalisa Rose Smith

The Art of Living with Grief

"You'll Find Me At The Ocean" Book Trailer

Book Trailer: The Gift of Second: Healing from the Impact of Suicide

Lulu Faces Loss And Finds Encouragement (Book Trailer)

Loving and Living Your Way Through Grief: Chapter One

DINOSAURS DIVORCE - BY LAURIE KRASNY BROWN & MARC BROWN

 to Carry What Can't Be Fixed: a guided journal for grief
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