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When tragedy strikes, words can help promote healing and provide answers to questions that seem unanswerable.
We have put together a list of books on grief...and recovery that may be useful to readers during this very difficult time. Included are selections that will be useful to parents, kids and teens.
May they help to make these very sad days easier. If you have a title to suggest, please let me know at Carol@bookreporter.com.
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 THE ART OF CONDOLENCE
by Leonard M. Zunin; Hilary S. Zunin
HarperCollins
ISBN: 0060921668
288 pages
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 AWAKENING FROM
GRIEF: Finding the Road Back to Joy
by John E. Welshons
Open Heart Publications
ISBN: 1928732577
210 pages
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 THE COURAGE TO GRIEVE
by Judy Tatelbaum
HarperCollins
ISBN: 0060911859
192 pages
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 CRY UNTIL YOU
LAUGH: Comforting Guidance for Grief...and Recovery
by Richard J. Obershaw
Fairview Press
ISBN: 1577490630
192 pages
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 DON'T LET DEATH
RUIN YOUR LIFE: A Practical Guide to Reclaiming Happiness After the Death of a Loved One
by Jill Brooke
E P Dutton
ISBN: 0525945695
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 EMOTIONAL HEALING AT WARP SPEED: The Power of EMDR
by David Grand Ph.D.
Crown
ISBN: 0609607464
288 pages
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 FATHERLOSS: How Sons of All Ages Come to Terms with the Deaths of Their Dads
by Neil Chethik
Hyperion
ISBN: 0786884495
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 GOOD GRIEF: Healing Through the Shadow of Loss
by Deborah Morris Coryell
The Shiva Foundation
ISBN: 0966069781
160 pages
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 GRIEF RECOVERY HANDBOOK
by John W. James, Russell Friedman
HarperCollins
ISBN: 0060952733
192 pages
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 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
Champion Press Ltd
ISBN: 1891400274
30 pages
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 IN LIEU OF FLOWERS: A Conversation for the Living
by Nancy Cobb
Pantheon Books
ISBN: 0375403418
154 pages
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 LIVING WHEN A
LOVED ONE HAS DIED
by Earl A. Grollman
Beacon Press
ISBN: 0807027197
115 pages
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 LOSING A PARENT
by Alexandra Kennedy
Harper San Francisco
ISBN: 0062504983
160 pages
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 MOURNING AND DANCING: A Memoir of Grief...and Recovery
By Sally Downham Miller, Ph.D.
Health Communications, Inc.
ISBN: 1558746714
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 NO TIME FOR
GOODBYES: Coping With Sorrow, Anger, and Injustice After a Tragic Death
by Janice Harris Lord
Pathfinder
ISBN: 0934793689
224 pages
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 REMEMBERING WITH
LOVE: Messages of Hope for the First Year of Grieving and Beyond
by Elizabeth Levang, Sherokee Ilse
Fairview Press
ISBN: 0925190861
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 TIME TO GRIEVE
by Carol Staudacher
Harper San Francisco
ISBN: 0062508458
256 pages
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 UP FROM GRIEF:
Patterns of Recovery
by Bernadine Kreis
Harper San Francisco
ISBN: 0866838937
160 pages
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 WHEN BAD THINGS HAPPEN TO GOOD PEOPLE
by Harold Kushner
Avon
ISBN: 0380603926
149 pages
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 WHEN THERE ARE NO
WORDS: Finding Your Way to Cope With Loss and Grief
by Charlie Walton
Pathfinder
ISBN: 0934793573
112 pages
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PARENTING BOOKS --
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Dr. Bruce Perry
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Scholastic.com
Death and Loss: Helping Children
Manage Their Grief |
 35 WAYS TO HELP A GRIEVING CHILD
edited by Dougy Center Staff
The Dougy Center for Grieving Children
ISBN: 189053403X
55 pages
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 BEREAVED
CHILDREN AND TEENS: A Support Guide for Parents and Professionals
by Earl A. Grollman
Beacon Press
ISBN: 0807023078
256 pages
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 CHILDREN GRIEVE, TOO: Helping Children Cope With Grief
by Joy Johnson
Centering Corp
ISBN: 1561231061
14 pages
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 GOOD GRIEF FOR
KIDS
by Katherine Dorn Zotovich
Journalkeepers
Publishing
ISBN: 0967496616
30 pages
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 GUIDING YOUR
CHILD THROUGH GRIEF
by Mary Ann Emswiler & James P. Emswiler
Bantam Doubleday Dell
ISBN: 0553380257
320 pages
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 HELPING CHILDREN COPE WITH THE LOSS OF A LOVED ONE: A Guide for Grownups
by William C. Kroen
Free Spirit Publishing
ISBN: 1575420007
112 pages
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 HELPING CHILDREN GRIEVE: When Someone They Love Dies
by Theresa Huntley
Augsburg Fortress Publishers
ISBN: 080662549X
79 pages
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 PARENTING
THROUGH CRISIS: Helping Kids in Times of Loss, Grief, and Change
by Barbara Coloroso
Harper Resource
ISBN: 0060198567
288 pages
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 STRAIGHT TALK
ABOUT DEATH FOR TEENAGERS: How to Cope With Losing Someone You Love
by Earl A. Grollman
Beacon Press
ISBN: 0807025011
146 pages
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 TALKING ABOUT
DEATH: A Dialogue Between Parent and Child
by Earl A. Grollman
illustrated by Susan Avishai
Beacon Press
ISBN: 0807023639
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 WHEN CHILDREN GRIEVE
by John W. James, Russell Friedman
HarperCollins
ISBN: 0060196130
288 pages
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 THE COLOR OF ABSENCE: 12 stories about loss and hope
edited by James Howe
Atheneum
ISBN: 0689828624
238 pages
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 DEATH: Coping
With the Pain (Grief and Loss)
by Eileen Kuehn
Lifematters Press
ISBN: 0736807454
Young Adult
64 pages
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 FIRE IN MY HEART, ICE IN MY VEINS: A Journal for Teenagers Experiencing a Loss
by Enid Samuel Traisman
Centering Corp
ISBN: 1561230561
70 pages
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 THE GIRL DEATH LEFT BEHIND
by Lurlene McDaniel
Bantam
ISBN: 0553570919
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 THE GRIEVING
TEEN: A Guide for Teenagers and Their Friends
by Helen Fitzgerald
Simon & Schuster
ISBN: 0684868040
208 pages
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 I WILL REMEMBER YOU: What to Do When Someone You Love
Dies
by Laura Dower
Scholastic
ISBN: 0439139619
320 pages
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 PATHS OF FAITH: Conversations About Religion and Spirituality
by Michael Thomas Ford
Simon & Schuster
ISBN: 0689822634
272 pages
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 STRAIGHT TALK ABOUT DEATH AND DYING
by Robert DiGiulio, Ph.D. & Rachel Kranz
Facts on File
ISBN: 0816035539
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 STRAIGHT TALK
ABOUT POST-TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER: Coping With the Aftermath of Trauma
by Kay Marie Porterfield
Facts on File
ISBN: 0816032580
Young Adult
144 pages
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 WHAT HAVE YOU LOST
by Naomi Shihab Nye
Greenwillow Books
ISBN: 0688161847
224 pages
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CHILDREN'S BOOKS --
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 AFTER CHARLOTTE'S MOM DIED
by Cornelia Spelman
illustrated by Judith Friedman
Albert Whitman & Co.
ISBN: 0807501964
Ages 5-9
24 pages
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 AMAZING GRACES: Prayers and Poems for Children
by June Cotner
illustrated by Jan Palmer
HarperCollins
ISBN: 0688155669
64 pages
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 BADGER'S PARTING
GIFTS
by Susan Varley
Baby-Preschool
Mulberry Books
ISBN: 0688115187
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 BLUEBIRD SUMMER
by Deborah Hopkinson
illustrated by Bethanne Andersen
Greenwillow Books
ISBN: 0688173985
32 pages
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 THE FALL OF
FREDDIE THE LEAF: A Story of Life for All Ages
by Leo F. Buscaglia
Holt Rinehart Winston
ISBN: 0805010645
32 page
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GOOD GRIEF FOR
KIDS
by Katherine Dorn Zotovich
Journalkeepers
Publishing
ISBN: 0967496616
30 pages
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 HOW DO YOU SPELL GOD?: Answers to the Big Questions from Around the World FOR 8-12
by Marc Gellman
illustrated by Jos A. Smith
William Morrow & Company
ISBN: 0688130410
Ages 8-12
206 pages
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 HOW IT FEELS WHEN
A PARENT DIES
by Jill Krementz
Knopf
ISBN: 0394758544 |
 LET'S TALK ABOUT
HEAVEN
by Debby Anderson
Chariot Victor
ISBN: 0781430771
32 pages
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 LIFETIMES: The
Beautiful Way to Explain Death to Children
by Bryan Mellonie
Bantam Doubleday Dell
ISBN: 0553344021
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 ONE MORE WEDNESDAY
by Malika Doray
Greenwillow Books
ISBN: 0060295899
48 pages
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 SAYING GOODBYE TO
DADDY
by Judith Vigna
Albert Whitman & Co
ISBN: 0807572535
32 pages
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 SWEET, SWEET MEMORY
by Jacqueline Woodson
illustrated by Floyd Cooper
Jump at the Sun
ISBN: 0786802413
32 pages
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 WHAT ON EARTH
DO YOU DO WHEN SOMEONE DIES?
by Trevor Romain & Elizabeth Verdick
Free Spirit Publishing
ISBN: 1575420554
Ages 9-12
72 pages
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 WHAT'S HEAVEN?
by Maria Shriver
illustrated by Sandra Speidel
Golden Books
ISBN: 0307440435
32 pages
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 WHEN DINOSAURS
DIE: A Guide to Understanding Death
by Marc Tolon Brown
Little Brown & Co
ISBN: 0316119555
32 pages
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