Literature Related to Loss and Coping

For those who find comfort in the written word, we have included a brief selection of books available on grief and recovery. If you know of a particular author or book that has helped you during this time of loss, please e-mail us at resources@donortribute.org and we would be happy to include it in our list so that it may be shared with others.

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1. Good Grief: A Constructive Approach to the Problem of Loss by Granger E. Westberg

2. A Grief Observed by C.S. Lewis

3. I Wasn't Ready to Say Goodbye: Surviving, Coping and Healing After the Sudden Death of a Loved One by Brook Noel, Pamela D. Blair

4. When Bad Things Happen to Good People by Harold Kushner

5. I'm Grieving As Fast As I Can: How Young Widows and Widowers Can Cope and Heal by Linda Sones Feinberg

6. Companion Through the Darkness: Inner Dialogues on Grief by Stephanie Ericsson

7. Transcending Loss: Understanding the Lifelong Impact of Grief and How to Make It Meaningful by Ashley Davis Prend

8. For Women Who Grieve: Embracing Life After the Death of Your Partner by Tangea Tansley

9. Help Me Say Goodbye: Activities for Helping Kids Cope When a Special Person Dies by Janis Silverman

10. Sad Isn't Bad: A Good-Grief Guidebook for Kids Dealing with Loss by Michaelene Mundy, R.W. Alley

11. 35 Ways to Help a Grieving Child by the Dougy Center Dougy Center Staff (Editor), the Dougy Center for Grieving Child

12. Remembering With Love: Messages of Hope for the First Year of Grieving and Beyond by Elizabeth Levang, Sherokee Ilse

13. When the Bough Breaks: Forever After the Death of a Son or Daughter by Judith Bernstein

14. The Worst Loss. How Families Heal from the Death of a Child by Barbara D. Rosof

15. Recovering From the Loss of a Sibling by Katherine Fair Donnelly, Madeline Toomey Pflaumbaum

16. A Time to Grieve: Meditations for Healing After the Death of a Loved One by Carol Staudacher

17. Lead Me Home: An African American's Guide Through the Grief Journey by Carleen Brice.

18. I Remember You: A Grief Journal, by Laynee Gilbert

19. Widower: When Men are Left Alone, by Scott Campbell and Phyllis Silverman