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Recommended Reading

Hope Hospice Recommends the Following Bibliography

Children and Loss
25 Things to Do, Kanyer, Laurie A.
Aarvy Aardvark Finds Hope, O’Toole, Donna
After You Lose Someone, Dennison Family, The
Beyond the Ridge, Goble, Paul
Children and Grief: When a Parent Dies, Worden, J. William
Finding Grandpa Everywhere, Hodge, John
Healing a Child’s Grieving Heart, Wolfelt, Alan
Healing Your Grieving Heart for Teens, Wolfelt, Alan
Lifetimes: The Beautiful Way to Explain Death to Children, Mellonie and Ingpen
Straight Talk About Death for Teenagers, Beacon Press
The Next Place, Hanson, Warren
The Spiritual Lives of Bereaved Parents, Klass, Dennis
You’ve Got Dragons, Cave, Kathryn


General
Death, Grief, and Caring Relationships, Kalish, Richard A.
Don’t Take My Grief Away from Me, Manning, Doug
Good Grief, Westberg, Granger
Grief Struck – When a Death Changes Your Life, Greene, Mary Ann and O’Connor, Marguerite
Grieving the Loss of A Loved One, Wunnenbertg, Kathe
Grieving the Loss of Someone You Love, Mitach, Raymond and Brookside, Lynn
Grieving: How To Go On Living When Someone You Love Dies, Rando, Therese A.
Healing Grief, Van Praagh, James
Healing the Grieving Heart – Practical Ideas, Wolfelt, Alan
Helping Adults With Mental Retardation Grieve a Death Loss, Luchterhand, C. and Murphy, N.
How to Go on Living When Someone You Love Dies, Rando, Therese
Living with Grief; Who We Are and How We Grieve, Doka and Davidson
Re-membering Lives, Hedtke, Lorraine and Winslade, John
Surviving Grief, Sanders, Catherine
The Courage to Grieve, Tatelbaum, Judy
The Mourning Handbook, Fitzgerald, Helen
Through Death to Life, Gries, Ron
What Will Help Me, Miller, James


Loss of an Adult Child
The Death of an Adult Child, Blank, Jeanne Webster
Against the Dying of the Light, Fein, Leonard
Dear Parents, Johnson, Joy (ed.)


Men and Grief
Swallowed by a Snake: The Gift of the Masculine Side of Healing, Golden, Thomas R.
When a Man Faces Grief, Golden, Thomas R. and Miller, James E.
When Men Grieve, Levang, Elizabeth


Miscellaneous Loss
Sudden Infant Death Syndrome, Corr, Charles A.
Living with Grief: When Illness is Prolonged, Doka, Kenneth J.
Grandma’s Tears: Comfort for Grieving Grandparents, Kolf, June
Empty Arms: Coping with Miscarriage, Stillbirth and Infant Death, Ilse, Sherokee
Making Loss Matter, Wolpe, David
Griefstruck: When a Death Changes Your Life, Greene, Mary Ann and O’Connor, Marguerite
Grieving the Death of a Friend, Smith, Harold

Parent Loss
Coping When a Parent Dies, Grosshandler-Smith, Janet
Everything You Need to Know When a Parent Dies, Bratman, Fred
Father Loss: How Sons of All Ages Come to Terms with the Death of Their Dads, Chethik, Neil
Finding Your Way After Your Parent Dies, Gilbert, Richard B. and Sims, Darcie D.
How to Survive the Loss of a Parent: A Guide for Adults, Akner, Lois F. and Whitney, Catherine
Loosing Your Parents, Finding Yourself, Scunda, Victoria
Losing a Parent: Passage to a New Way of Life, Kennedy, Alexandra
Losing a Parent: Practical Help for You and Other Family Members, Marshall, Fiona
Losing Your Parents, Finding Yourself: The Defining Turning Point of Adult Life, Secunda, Victoria
Midlife Orphan: Facing Life’s Changes Now That Your Parents Are Gone, Brooks, Jane
Motherless Daughters: The Legacy of Loss, Edelman, Hope
Recovering from the Loss of a Parent, Donnelly, Katherine Fair
She Loved Me, She Loved Me Not: Adult Parent Loss After a Conflicted Relationship, Converse, Linda J.
The Orphaned Adult: Understanding and Coping with Grief and Change After the Death of Our Parents, Levy, Alexander
When Parents Die, Myers, Edward
When Parents Die: Learning to Live With the Loss of a Parent, Abrams, Rebecca
When Your Parent Dies: A Concise and Practical Source of Help and Advice for Adults Grieving the Death of a Parent, Curry, Cathleen


Sibling Loss
Surviving the Death of a Sibling, Wray, T.J.
Recovering from the Loss of a Sibling, Donnelly, Katherine Fair


Spousal Loss
Being a Widow, Caine, Lynn
Finding Your Way After Your Spouse Dies, Felber, Marta
Resilient Widowers, Moore, A. and Statton, D.
Widow, Caine, Lynn
Widow to Widow: Thoughtful, Practical Ideas for Rebuilding Your Life, Ginsburg, Genevieve Davis
Widowed, Brothers, Joyce
Widower, Campbell, Scott and Silverman, Phyllis


Sudden Loss
Living with Grief After Sudden Loss, Doka and Gordon
Living with Grief After Sudden Loss, Taylor and Francis
No Time for Goodbyes, Lord, Janice Harris


Suicide
Before Their Time: Adult Children’s Experiences of Parental Suicide, Stimming, Mary T. and Stimming, Maureen
But I Didn’t Say Goodbye, Rubel, Barbara
Healing After the Suicide of a Loved One, Smolin, Ann and Guidan, John
Living When a Young Friend Commits Suicide, Grollman, Earl
After Suicide Loss: Coping with Your Grief, Baugher, Bob and Jordan, Jack