Books - Grief
I Wasn't Ready to Say Goodbye: Surviving, Coping and Healing After the Death of a Loved One (Paperback)
by Brook Noel (Author), Pamela D Blair (Author) "I believe no matter how much pain we're in, there is something inside of us stronger than the pain..." (more)
"A well written book about a very difficult subject. This book will be extremely useful for those going through these difficult times."
by Therese A. Rando
"Dr. Rando's book should help anyone who has survived the pain of this kind of loss and is trying to adjust to a new world without his loved one."--Art Linkletter
by Martha W. Hickman (Author) "When we are drawn into the brotherhood or sisterhood of loss, tenderness seems to be our natural state..."
For those who have suffered the loss of a loved one, here are strength and thoughtful words to inspire and comfort.
by Elisabeth Kubler-Ross (Author), David Kessler (Author) "Anticipation heightens the senses and enhances birthdays, holiday celebrations, vacations..."
"Elisabeth Kübler-Ross left us one last gift, and it's a masterpiece. She and grief expert David Kessler have written a modern classic, the kind of book that all of us will want to keep on our bookshelves because we know it speaks to our deepest hearts."
-- Marianne Williamson
by Sameet M., Ph.D. Kumar
"Grief is a personal journey, never the same for any two people, and as unique as your life and your relationships..."
Grieving readers will find, in this book, a new understanding of their own grief process. They will learn about the spiral staircase, a metaphor used to describe the ebb and flow of emotional pain that typically follow loss. The book offers readers ways to cope with the events and situations that trigger personal grief by using mindfulness exercises and radical acceptance, a concept that encourages the experience of grief rather than its denial. Ultimately, the book presents strategies for making life more meaningful by acknowledging death and working to embrace life.
Chicken Soup for the Grieving Soul: Stories About Life, Death and Overcoming the Loss of a Loved One (Chicken Soup for the Soul) (Paperback)
by Jack Canfield (Author), Mark Hansen (Author)
"Emerging from shock after my husband Ken died, I discovered strange things happening around me..."
From Booklist
This latest entry in the Chicken Soup series is targeted at the newly brokenhearted: those who've recently experienced the death of a beloved friend or family member and are still reeling from the experience. It's a collection of stories by authors who have lost loved ones, and in their stories, they detail the particular death, the aftermath, and how they dealt with their overwhelming grief and found the courage to live again. This collection is very sad, bordering on the maudlin, and while it's not clear whether the stories will make anyone feel better (they may actually cause mild depression), some readers may find comfort here. Divided into chapters with titles such as "Final Gifts," "The Power of Support," and "Living Again," the stories emphasize the universality and commonness of death, which may be something of a panacea. In any case, this series is hugely popular, and librarians should stock up.
by Billy Sprague (Author), John MacMurray (Photographer)
With honesty, compassion, and perspective, Billy Sprague reaches out as only one who has suffered deep loss can. Facing the death of a fianc—e, a beloved grandmother, and a favorite college professor, Sprague pulls from the depths of his soul to share insights and encouragement with those living through grief and heartache. Illustrated with restful, hope–filled photographs of nature, Letter to a Grieving Heart will comfort the broken and assure them that someday they, too, will feel the sun again.
A Grief Observed (Paperback)
by C. S. Lewis (Author)
"No one ever told me that grief felt so like fear..."
C.S. Lewis joined the human race when his wife, Joy Gresham, died of cancer. Lewis, the Oxford don whose Christian apologetics make it seem like he's got an answer for everything, experienced crushing doubt for the first time after his wife's tragic death. A Grief Observed contains his epigrammatic reflections on that period: "Your bid--for God or no God, for a good God or the Cosmic Sadist, for eternal life or nonentity--will not be serious if nothing much is staked on it. And you will never discover how serious it was until the stakes are raised horribly high," Lewis writes. "Nothing will shake a man--or at any rate a man like me--out of his merely verbal thinking and his merely notional beliefs. He has to be knocked silly before he comes to his senses. Only torture will bring out the truth. Only under torture does he discover it himself." This is the book that inspired the film Shadowlands, but it is more wrenching, more revelatory, and more real than the movie. It is a beautiful and unflinchingly honest record of how even a stalwart believer can lose all sense of meaning in the universe, and how he can gradually regain his bearings. --Michael Joseph Gross
Grieving: A Beginner's Guide (Paperback)
by Jerusha Hull McCormack (Author)
From Publishers Weekly:
Working from the theory that "it takes one to know one," McCormack—widowed while her children were still young—writes a clear-eyed account of the many emotions and situations a grieving person may encounter. By her own admission, this book is "less a consolatory piece than a tour guide," and what a guide it is. An Anglican layperson and visiting professor at Beijing University, McCormack writes straight from the heart in simple language infused with a spirituality that is never preachy or pushy. She covers so much ground in such a little book that the reader could devour it quickly in hours or spend weeks reading it slowly, savoring each bit of wisdom. People suffering from loss will especially appreciate the counterpoint she provides to all the well-meaning but insensitive "churchy" things Christians tend to say to people who are grieving ("it's God's will," or "it's all for the best"). But more importantly, McCormack includes a chapter of "Guidelines for Spirit Guardians," offering advice to those who accompany grieving people so they can be fully present and helpful. Anyone who is grieving or anyone who knows a grieving person will find hope and support in this small book.
by Carol Staudacher
"In the chaos that follows a death, it is easy for us to become inactive and withdrawn..."
A collection of truly comforting, down-to-earth thoughts and meditations -- including the authentic voices of survivors -- for anyone grieving the loss of a loved one.
Courage to Grieve (Paperback)
by Judy Tatelbaum
"The death of a loved one is the most profound of all sorrows..."
"The Courage to Grieve is a bright candle along a dark, mysterious path on which none of us are equipped to travelcoping with the loss of a loved one. But it contains, I believe, far more than many reasonable and logical suggestions for handling, with courage, our aching grief over the passing of another. This excellent and sensitive book also sheds considerable light on how each of us can learn to live, unafraid, among the always present reminders of our own unavoidable encounter with the shafts of death."
Living When a Loved One Has Died (Hardcover)
by Earl A. Grollman
When someone you love dies, Earl Grollman writes, "there is no way to predict how you will feel. The reactions of grief are not like recipes, with given ingredients, and certain results. . . . Grief is universal. At the same time it is extremely personal. Heal in your own way." If someone you know is grieving, Living When a Loved One Has Died can help. Earl Grollman explains what emotions to expect when mourning, what pitfalls to avoid, and how to work through feelings of loss. Suitable for pocket or bedside, this gentle book guides the lonely and suffering as they move through the many facets of grief, begin to heal, and slowly build new lives. "If you're far away when someone you care about is in mourning, send this book--it's the next best thing to being there. And if you doubt whether your being there will do any good, read this book, and you will learn how to become the wise, reassuring, and understanding person a good friend is when a loved one has died." -Minneapolis Star
(Grief Steps Guide) (Paperback)
by Brook Noel (Author), Pamela D Blair (Author)
"At this moment, in the direct aftermath of losing someone tragically, there is so little anyone can say..."
We can never truly be prepared for the death of a loved one. In the wake of grief, we face a whirlwind of emotions, pain and physical symptoms. Bestselling grief authors Brook Noel and Pamela D. Blair, Ph.D. share the wisdom they have gleaned from their own personal experience and from working with hundreds of people who have survived such a loss.
by Brook Noel
"Griefsteps" focuses on helping readers understand the essential steps they must take to rebuild, recover, and renew their lives when confronted by loss associated with death, divorce, relocation, and more.
I Wasn't Ready to Say Goodbye Workbook: Surviving, Coping and Healing After the Sudden Death of a Loved One (Workbook) (I Wasn't Ready to Say Goodbye, 1) (Paperback)
by Brook Noel (Author), Pamela D Blair (Author) "I believe no matter how much pain we're in, there is something inside of us stronger than the pain..."
A companion workbook to the bereavement classic.
