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Web Site Library
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Gift From Within
An international nonprofit organization
for survivors of trauma and victimization
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Gift
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The Centering Corporation and
Grief Digest Magazine
The Centering
Corporation is a non-profit organization dedicated
to providing education and resources for the bereaved.
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Grief Digest Magazine
Grief Digest is
a quarterly magazine supporting grieving people and caregivers.
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Grief
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Living With Loss Magazine
Living With
Loss: Hope and Healing for the
Body, Mind, and Spirit (formerly known as Bereavement
Magazine) is a support group in print offering articles,
stories, poems, and resources for the bereaved by grief educators
and presenters, facilitators and caregivers, authors and
writers, and most important the bereaved themselves.
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Good Grief Resources
Bereavement, Loss and Grief Resources
- One of the most complete collections of grief-support resources
in one location.
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Good
Grief Resources
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Center for Loss & Life Transition
Books, articles and other resources
to help people who are grieving.
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Center
for Loss & Life Transition
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Silent Grief
Support for all who have suffered
miscarriage and later child loss. Silent Grief offers an extensive
archive of articles about grief and child loss, written by
the author and submitted by readers.
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Silent
Grief
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Recommended Reading
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When Bad Things Happen to Good
People
Harold S. Kushner
Schocken Books, 1989
Addresses the questions that are raised when tragedy occurs.
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The Bereaved Parent
Harriet Sarnoff-Schiff
Penguin Books, 1977
The classic guide for bereaved parents and those who want to
help them.
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Awakening from Grief: Finding
the Road Back to Joy
John Welshons
Open Heart Publications, 2000
Looks at the grief caused by various types of loss, and how we
can learn from our experiences. No matter how difficult the journey,
there is a “light at the end of the tunnel.”
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Transcending Loss
Ashley David Prend, A.C.S.W.
The Berkley Publishing Company, 1997
A book about grief and death, love and hope, which describes
the grief process and provides ways to get through it.
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When the Bough Breaks: Forever
After the Death of a Son or Daughter
Judith R. Bernstein, Ph.D.
Andrews McMeel Publishing, 1997
A psychological study of the long-term effects of parental grief.
Includes interviews with parents and the author’s interpretations
and insights about the ways we cope. This book is most appropriate
a few years after losing a child.
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Facing the Ultimate Loss: Coping
With the Death of a Child
Robert J. Marx and Susan Wengerhoff
Davidson
Champion Press Ltd., 2003
A compassionate guide to the grief process for parents who are
mourning the death of a child. Also provides professionals with
insights to help grieving parents.
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How to Go on Living When Someone
You Love Dies
Therese Rando
Lexington Books, 1988
A thorough overview of the grief process. Explains how grief
is affected by the cause of death and by one's relationship with
the loved one who has died. This book provides insight into the
many different circumstances which may affect the grieving process.
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We Don’t Die
Joel Martin and Patricia Romanowski
The Berkley Publishing Group, 1988
We Are Not Forgotten
Joel Martin and Patricia Romanowski
The Berkley Publishing Group, 1991
Our Children Forever
Joel Martin and Patricia Romanowski
The Berkley Publishing Group, 1994
All three books contain fascinating
accounts of the work and experiences of George Anderson, a psychic
medium who communicates with loved ones on the “other side.”
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Walking in the Garden of Souls
George Anderson and Andrew Barone
G.P. Putnam Sons, 2001
The lessons George Anderson has learned during his contact with
souls on the “other side.”
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A Grace Disguised
Gerald L. Sittser
Zondervan Publishing House, 1996
An inspirational memoir of one man's experience after the accidental
death of his mother, his wife and his daughter, and how he was
ultimately transformed by his grief. Recommended for those who
are a little further along in their grief journey.
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The Road to Forgiveness: Hearts
Shattered by Tragedy, Transformed by Love
Bill and Cindy Griffiths
Thomas Nelson Publishers, 2001
A Christian couple finds a way to forgive a drunk driver who
causes the death of their mother and eleven-year-old daughter.
The message in this book is universal, regardless of the reader’s
own spiritual beliefs.
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Sanity and Grace: A Journey of
Suicide, Survival and Strength
Judy Collins
Tarcher/Penguin, 2003, 2006 (paperback)
The singer and songwriter shares her personal journey of survival
after the suicide of her only son. Includes a list of books recommended
for further reading.
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Hour of Gold, Hour of Lead
Anne Morrow Lindberg
Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1973
"Hour of Lead" is Anne Morrow Lindbergh's personal diary and letters subsequent to
the kidnap and murder of her 18-month-old son in 1932. In reading the author's memoirs
of that tragic period of her life, one is struck by the universality and timelessness
of the grief process.
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A Broken Heart Still Beats: After
Your Child Dies
Anne McCracken and Mary Semel
Editors Hazelden, 1998
A collection of fiction, poetry and essays about the search for
meaning after the death of a child.
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Tear Soup: A Recipe for Healing
After Loss
Pat Schwiebert and Chuck DeKlyen
Grief Watch, 2005
A very simple book to provide comfort and healing after loss.
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The Tenth Good Thing About Barney
Judith Viorst
Aladdin Paperbacks (Simon & Schuster), 1971
A book about loss to read to young children.
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Chapter Library
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The North Shore/Boston Chapter has an extensive
collection of grief related books and magazines which are available
at each meeting for our members to borrow. We would like to
remind anyone who has taken out materials from our library
to kindly return them so they will be available for our new
members, either by dropping them off at a meeting or by mailing
them to:
TCF North Shore/Boston Chapter
c/o Aldersgate United Methodist Church
235 Park Street
North Reading, MA 01864
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