Books

How to find your way through devastating loss, by Dr Lucy Hone.  Resilient Grieving is a practical, research-based guide to finding your own path to recovery from devastating loss.  Dr Lucy Hone works in the field of resilience psychology, helping ordinary people exposed to real-life traumatic situations. 

In the span of a few months, McInerny miscarried her second child, lost her father to cancer, and then buried her husband, Aaron, who died from glioblastoma, a horrible brain cancer with an achingly low survival rate. It’s Okay to Laugh is Nora McInerny’s first book, a memoir of those early years as she attempted to put her life back together and parent her young child.

Challenging conventional wisdom on grief, a pioneering therapist offers a new resource for those experiencing loss, and meeting grief and loss in a culture that doesn't understand. 

By Megan Devine  

This memoir was finished posthumously by Paul Kalanithi’s wife, Lucy. It’s the story of a young neurosurgeon who dies of metastatic lung cancer at the age of 37, leaving a baby daughter behind. He writes of grappling with his diagnosis and treatment, and the quality of time itself—along with his remorse that after spending most of his life in school, he had barely begun to live.

A 1997 memoir by American author Mitch Albom about a series of visits Albom made to his former Brandeis University sociology professor, Morrie Schwartz, as Schwartz was dying from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), otherwise known as Motor Neuron disease.

A  guide to writing a meaningful letter about your life - writing an ethical will, a document that includes stories and reflections about your past, is an ancient tradition. It can include joy and regrets, and ultimately becomes both a way to remember a loved one who is gone and a primer on how to live a better, happier life.

For Adults to Help Children Deal with Death, Divorce, Pet Loss, Moving, and Other Losses.

By John W. James and Russell Friedman with Dr. Leslie Landon Matthews

 Parents, educators, therapists, and social workers alike have declared The Invisible String the perfect tool for coping with all kinds of separation anxiety, loss, and grief. 

by Patrice Karst (Author)

For anyone missing their furry friends.

by Russell Friedman, Cole James and John W. James   

 The Pet Loss Guide - support for those who have lost their pets. By Millie Jacobs