BOOKS

This is not intended to be an exhaustive list of resources. Hopefully this will spark some ideas and point to that which has been helpful to others. Trust your own intuition as you look through these and other resources that you come across. Discover what works for you. And, please feel free to share your favorite discoveries with us, too.

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ADDITIONAL

GENERAL - DEATH OF A CHILD

• A Broken Heart Still Beats After Your Child Dies, Anne McCracken, Mary Semel

• After the Death of a Child, Ann K. Finkbeiner, 1996

• Beloved Children and Teens, Earl A. Grollman (editor), 1995

• Chicken Soup for the Grieving Soul: Stories about Life, Death and Overcoming the Loss of a Loved One, Jack Canfield, Mark Victor Hansen

• Good Night, My Son: A Treasure In Heaven, Ester F. Smucker

• Finding Hope When a Child Dies, Subie Miller, 1999

• Hannah's Gift: Lessons from a Life Fully Lived, Maria Housden

• How We Grieve, Thomas Atting, 1996

• How To Go On Living When Someone You Love Dies, Theresa A. Rando, 1988

• Liberating Losses: When Death Brings Relief, Jennifer Elison, Chris McGonigle

• Living Through Personal Crises, Ann Kaiser Stearns

• Parental Loss of a Child, Theresa A. Rando (editor), 1996

• The Grief Recovery Handbook, John W. James and Russell Friedman, 1998

• The Worst Loss: How Families Heal From the Death of a Child, Barbara Rosof, 1994

• Understanding Grief: Helping Yourself Heal, Alan D. Wolfelt, 1992

• When the Bough Breaks: Forever After the Death of a Son or a Daughter, Judith Bernstein

• Why Me? Coping With Grief, Loss and Change, Pesach Krauss and Morrie Goldfischer, 1998

DEATH OF AN INFANT, MISCARRIAGE, ABORTION

• A Silent Sorrow: Pregnancy Loss, Guidance and Support for You and Your Family, Ingrid Kohn, Perry-Lynn Moffitt and Isabelle A. Wilkins

• An Empty Cradle, a Full Heart: Reflections for Mothers and Fathers After Miscarriage, Stillbirth, or Infant Death, Christine O'Keefe Lafser

• Coping With Miscarriage, Mimi Luebberman, 1995

• Empty Arms: Coping With Miscarriage, Stillbirth and Infant Death, S. Ilse, 1990

• Empty Cradle, Broken Heart: Surviving the Death of Your Baby, Deborah L. Davis, 1991

• Forbidden Grief: The Unspoken Pain of Abortion, Theresa Burke, 2002

• How to Go On Living After the Death of a Baby, L.G. Peppers and R. Knapp, 1985

• Miscarriage: A Shattered Dream, S. Ilse and L.H. Burns, 1985

• Miscarriage: Women Sharing From the Heart, Marie Allen and Shelly Marks, 1993

• Mommy, Please Don't Cry: There Are No Tears in Heaven, Linda DeYmaz

• Motherhood and Mourning: Perinatal Death, L.G. Peppers and R. Knapp, 1980

• Our Stories of Miscarriage, Rachel Faldet and Karen Fitton (editors), 1997

• Peace After Abortion, Ava Torre-Bueno, 1997

• Surviving Pregnancy Loss, Rochelle Friedman and Bonnie Gradstein, 1982

• Unspeakable Losses: Understanding the Experience of Pregnancy Loss, Miscarriage and Abortions, Kluger-Bell, 1999

• When A Baby Dies, Nancy Kohner and Alix Henley, 1995

PREGNANCY AFTER MISCARRIAGE, DEATH OF AN INFANT

• Motherhood After Miscarriage, Kathleen Diamong, 1991

• Pregnancy After a Loss: A Guide to Pregnancy after a Miscarriage, Stillbirth or Infant Death, Carol Cirulli Lanham

• Trying Again: A Guide to Pregnancy after Miscarriage, Stillbirth, and Infant Loss, Ann Douglas

SIBLING SUPPORT

• The Grieving Child: A Parents Guide, Helen Fitzgerald, 1992

OTHER

• The Places That Scare You: A Guide to Fearlessness in Difficult Times, by Pema Chodron

• When Bad Things Happen to Good People, Harold S. Kushner, 1981

• When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times, by Pema Chodron

FOR THOSE WHO HELP THE GRIEF STRICKEN

• Grief, Dying and Death: Clinical Interventions for Caregivers, Theresa A. Rando, 1984

• The Helper's Journey, Dale G. Larson, 1993