Resources
The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion
BIOGRAPHY/AUTOBIOGRAPHY: A portrait of a marriage and a life – in good times and bad – that will speak to anyone who has ever loved a husband or wife or child. A stunning book of electric honesty and passion.
Alison Wertheimer, A Special Scar: The Experiences of People Bereaved by Suicide
FACTUAL: A 'Special Scar' looks in detail at the stigma surrounding suicide and offers practical help for survivors, relatives and friends of people who have taken their own life.
The Long Sleep: Young People and Suicide by Kate Hill
FACTUAL: This book is an exploration of the origins, symptoms and meanings of young peoples' suicidal crises.
Night Falls Fast: Understanding Suicide by Kay Redfield Jamison
BIOGRAPHY/AUTOBIOGRAPHY: A book about the difficult subject of suicide with references to the authors own experience.
A Parent’s Guide to Raising Grieving Children: Rebuilding Your Family after the Death of a Loved One Phyllis R. Silverman & Madelyn Kelly
FACTUAL: A guidebook for parents about raising grieving children.
I’m Grieving as Fast as I Can (On Being Widowed) by Linda Feinberg
REFLECTION: A book about how Young Widows and Widowers Can cope and heal following bereavement.
Vigor Mortis – the End of the Death Taboo by Kate Berridge
FACTUAL: This book is a provocative account of how and why we have tamed the thing we most fear - death.
Death and How to Survive it by Kate Boydell
REFLECTION: This book is a unique and practical guide to coming to terms with the loss of your partner.
Man’s Search for Meaning by Viktor E. Frankl
NOVEL/STORY: A book to help us understand the meaning of the holocaust. A young adult's version also available.
The Empty Bed: Bereavement and the Loss of Love by Susan Wallbank
REFLECTION: A sensitive book about facing the loss of a sexual partner.
Midlife Orphan by Jane Brooks
FACTUAL: Jane Brooks shows us in her book how to find new sources of strength, in both ourselves and others, after our parents are gone.
Death and the Family: The Importance of Mourning by Lily Pincus
BIOGRAPHY/AUTOBIOGRAPHY: This book deals in detail with what happens when death interrupts close relationships.
Motherless Daughters: The Legacy of Loss by Hope Edelman
BIOGRAPHY/AUTOBIOGRAPHY: Motherless Daughters explores the impact on women of losing their mother.
101 Ways to Cope with Grief and Loss by Bill Merrington
FACTUAL: This book provides guidance and aid to the bereaved on their journey through grief and loss.
The Courage to Grieve by Judith Tatelbaum
REFLECTION: Self help book when coping with grief.
Studies in Grief in Adult Life by Colin Murray Parkes, Bereavement
FACTUAL: Colin Murray Parkes draws on his own research to develop some new theories around bereavement and its effects.
Grief Counselling and Grief Therapy by William Worden
FACTUAL: New counselling techniques, incorporating a refined basic model of mourning, and added information on special types of mourning.
Loss Through the Looking Glass
BLOG: A shared blog written about grief and the experiences of losing loved ones written by three bereaved mothers.
Pets What to Do If You or a Loved One Dies and Can No Longer Look After a Pet
WEBSITE: The Cinnamon Trust and Dogs Trust can help.