Books on Death, Dying, Grief, and Bereavement
Many of these books are available at the Albuquerque Public Library.
General
Understanding Your Grief, Alan D. Wolfelt
Grieving: A Beginner's Guide, Jerusha Hull McCormack
Ambiguous Loss: Learning to Live with Unresolved Grief, Pauline Boss
Companion Through the Darkness: Inner Dialogues on Grief, Stephanie Ericcson
The Courage to Grieve, Judy Tatelbaum
On Grief and Grieving: Finding the Meaning of Grief Through the Five Stages of Loss, Elisabeth Kübler-Ross and David Kessler
From Crisis to Creativity: Taking Advantage of Adversity, Gail C. Feldman
In Lieu of Flowers: A Conversation for the Living, Nancy Cobb
Gentle Closings: How to Say Goodbye to Someone You Love, Theodore Menten
Unattended Sorrow: Recovering from Loss and Reviving the Heart, Stephen Levine
A Grace Disguised: How the Soul Grows Through Loss, Jerry Sittser
Kitchen Table Wisdom: Stories that Heal, Rachel Naomi Remen
Tough Transitions, Elizabeth Harper Neeld
After the Darkest Hour: How Suffering Begins the Journey to Wisdom, Kathleen Brehony
How Then Shall We Live: Four Simple Questions that Reveal the Beauty and Meaning of Our Lives, Wayne Muller
The Mourning Handbook: A Complete Guide for the Bereaved, Helen Fitzgerald
Safe Passage: Words to Help the Grieving Hold Fast and Let Go, Molly Fumia
Surviving Grief and Learning to Live Again, Catherine M. Saunders
When Bad Things Happen to Good People, Harold Kushner
Good Grief: A Constructive Approach to the Problem of Loss, Granger E. Westberg
Español
Déjalos ir con amor: la aceptación del duelo, Nancy O'Conner, traduccion de M. Elisa Moreno
Cómo ayudar a los niños a afrontar la pérdida de un ser querido: un manual para adultos, William C. Kroen
Losing Partners
A Grief Observed, C.S. Lewis
Doors Close, Doors Open: Widows, Grieving, and Growing, Morton Lieberman
Searching for a Mustard Seed: One Young Widow's Unconventional Story, Miriam Sagan
For Women Who Grieve: Embracing Life After the Death of Your Partner, Tangea Tansley
It Must Have Been Moonglow: Reflections on the First Year of Widowhood, Phyllis Greene
Losing Children or Parents
Beyond Tears: Living After Losing a Child, Carol Barkin, as told to Ellen Mitchell
A Broken Heart Still Beats: After Your Child Dies, Anne McCracken and Mary Semel
Comfort: A Journey Through Grief, Ann Hood
The Death of An Adult Child: A Book for and About Bereaved Parents, Jeanne Webster Blank
Empty Arms: Coping After Miscarriage, Stillbirth, and Infant Death, Sherokee Ilse
Fatherless Sons: Healing the Legacy of Loss, Jonathan Diamond, Ph.D.
Nobody's Child: How Older Women Say Good-Bye to Their Mothers, Diane Sher Lutovich
How to Survive the Loss of a Parent: A Guide for Adults, Lois F. Akner
How to Survive the Loss of a Child: Filling the Emptiness and Rebuilding Your Life, Katherine Sanders
Losing Your Parents, Finding Your Self, Victoria Secunda
The Suicide Index, Joan Wickersham
The Knitting Circle, Ann Hood
Coping When A Parent Dies, Janet Grosshandler-Smith
Living with Grief: Children, Adolescents, and Loss, Kenneth J. Doka (ed)
The Seasons of Grief: Helping Children Grow Through Loss, Dr. Donna A. Gaffney
Why Did Daddy Die? Helping Children Cope with the Loss of a Parent, Linda Alderman
Helping Children Cope with the Loss of a Loved One: A Guide for Grownups, William Kroen, PhD
A Child's View of Grief, Dr. Alan Wolfelt
On Children and Death, Elisabeth Kübler-Ross
Children Mourning, Mourning Children, Kenneth J. Doka, PhD
I Wasn't Ready to Say Good-Bye, Brook Noel and Pamela Blair, PhD
Nobody's Child Anymore: Grieving, Caring and Comforting When Parents Die, Barbara Bartocci
For Young Children
What On Earth Do You Do When Someone Dies?, Trevor Romain
Do You Hear Me Smiling? A Child Grieves a Sister, Marianne Jackson
The Fall of Freddie the Leaf: A Story of Life for All Ages, Leo Buscaglia
Saying Goodbye to Daddy, Judith Vigna
The Tenth Good Thing About Barney, Judith Viorst
Tell the Paper, a Centering Corporation Resource
A Story for Hippo, Potluck-Bartlett
Dog Heaven, Rylant
Lifetimes: The Beautiful Way to Explain Death to Children, Bryan Mellonie and Roberg Ingpen
When Someone Very Special Dies: Children CAN Learn to Cope with Grief, Marge Heegaard
When Something Terrible Happens: Children CAN Learn to Cope with Grief, Marge Heegaard
Badger's Parting Gifts, Susan Varley
The Kids' Book About Death and Dying: By and For Kids, Eric E. Rofes
For Preteens
Sky Memories, Pat Brisson
Unclaimed Treasures, Patricia MacLachlan
Things to Know About Death and Dying, Lisa Ann Marsoli
How It Feels When a Parent Dies, Jill Krementz
Tea Soup: A Recipe for Healing After Loss, Pat Schwiebert and Chuck DeKlyen
For Teenagers
Straight Talk About Death for Teenagers: How to Cope with Losing Someone You Love, Earl A. Grollman
Tiger Eyes, Judy Blume
Healing Your Grieving Hearts for Teens, Alan D. Wolfelt
What Jamie Saw, by Carolyn Coman
Night, by Elie Wiesel
Teenagers Face to Face with Bereavement, Karen Gravelle and Charles Haskins
Death is Hard to Live With: Teenagers Talk About How They Cope with Loss, Janet Bode
Getting Through the Holidays
Healing Your Holiday Grief: 100 Practical Ideas for Blending Mourning and Celebration During the Holiday Season, Alan D. Wolfelt
Death, Dying and Hospice
The Last Lecture, Randy Pausch with Jeffrey Zaslow
Chasing Daylight: How My Forthcoming Death Transformed My Life, Eugene O'Kelly
Death and Dying, Jean Knox
Dying: A Guide for Helping and Coping, Martin Shepard, M.D.
Final Gifts, Maggie Callanan
Healing Into Life and Death, Stephen Levine
A Year to Live: How to Live This Year As If It Were Your Last, Stephen Levine
Death's Door: Modern Dying and the Way We Grieve, Sandra M. Gilbert
Too Soon to Say Goodbye, Art Buchwald
Dying Declarations: Notes from a Hospice Volunteer, David B. Resnik
Dancing with Mister D: Notes on Life and Death, Bert Keizer
The Handbook of Hospice Care, Robert W. Buckingham
Hospice Hounds: Animals and Healing at the Borders of Death, Michelle A. Rivera
The Mercy Papers: A Memoir of Three Weeks, Robin Romm
The Quality of Life: Living Well, Dying Well, Janet Lembke
Signs of Life: A Memoir of Hospice, Home, and Hope, Tim Brookes
When Evening Comes: The Education of a Hospice Volunteer, Christine Andreae
Soon: Tales From Hospice, A. G. Mojtabai
The Hospice Choice: In Pursuit of a Peaceful Death, Marcia Lattanzi-licht with John J. Mahoney and Galen W. Miller
Hospice and Palliative Care: Questions and Answers, Virginia F. Sendor and Patrice M. O'Connor
Jane Brody's Guide to the Great Beyond: A Practical Primer to Help You and Your Loved Ones Prepare Medically, Legally, and Emotionally for the End of Life, Jane Brody
Tuesdays with Morrie: An Old Man, a Young Man, and Life's Greatest Lesson, Mitch Albom
DVDs
On Our Own Terms: Moyers on Dying, Bill Moyers
