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Books on Grieving

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This list was prepared by Betty Stoddard for the Second Hour presentation on grief, which took place 2003-09-14.

Available at Raleigh Friends Meeting Library

  • Deits, Bob: Life After Loss: A Personal Guide dealing with Death, Divorce, Job Change and Relocation
  • Golden, Thomas & James Miller:  When A Man Faces Grief
  • Kubler-Ross, Elizabeth: On Life after Death
  • Levang, Elizabeth: When Men Grieve: Why Men Grieve Differently & How You Can Help
  • Lewis: C.S.: A Grief Observed
  • James, John & Russell Friedman: The Grief Recovery Handbook
  • Schwiebert, Pat & Chuck DeKlyen: Tear Soup
  • Weems, Ann: Psalms of Lament
  • Westburg, Granger: Good Grief

Additional Books

For children:

  • Bianco: The Velveteen Rabbit
  • Buscaglia: The Fall of Freddie the Leaf
  • Doleski: The Hurt 
  • Varley: Badger's Parting Gifts
  • Viorst: The Tenth Good Thing About Barney   (video also available)

For adults helping bereaved children & youth:

  • Fry: Part of me Died, Too: Stories of creative survival among bereaved children and teenagers

For adults:

  • Albom: Tuesdays with Morrie
  • Nouwen: In Memoriam
  • Price: Getting through the Night

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