Book and
Resource List
These are
suggestions only. We have not read them all...many have been recommended to
us. Our favourites are highlighted in another colour.
·
"A Journey of
Hope", by
Grace Wulff
·
"Living through the Loss of Someone You Love", by Sandra Aldrich
· "From One
Single Mother to Another", by Sandra Aldrich
· "Beginnings –
A Book for Widows", by Betty Jane Wylie
· "To Live
Again" by Catherine Marshall
· "Meeting God
at Every Turn", by Catherine Marshall
· "Through the
Wilderness of Lonliness", by Tim Hansel
· "God In the
Dark", by Lucy Shaw
· "Let Me
Grieve But Not Forever", by Verdell Davis
· "A Grief
Observed", by C.S. Lewis (one of the best, a classic on grief)
· "Heaven", by
Joni Eareckson Tada
· "Shattered
Dreams: God's Unexpected Pathway to Joy", by Larry Crabb
· "When God
Doesn't Make Sense", by James Dobson
· "Through the
Gates of Splendour", by Elizabeth Elliot
· "The Mourning
Book", by Helen Fitzgerald
· "In the
Unlikely Event of a Water Landing: a Geography of Grief", by Christopher
Noel
· "Starting
Over- Help for Young Widows and Widowers", by Adele Rice Nudel
· "Letters to
my Husband", by Fern Field Brooks
· "Being a
Widow", by Lynn Caine
· "Don't Take
my Grief Away", by Doug Manning
^ Top
· "Grief as a
Family Process", Ester Shapiro
· "I'm Grieving
as Fast as I Can", by Linda Feinberg
· "If God is so
Good, why do I Hurt so Bad?", by David Biebel
· "God Works
the Night Shift", by Ron Mehl
· "Living with
Loss - Meditations for the Grieving", by Ellen Sue Stern
· "The Complete
Financial Guide for Single Parents", by Larry Burkett
· "Early
Widow", by Mary Jane Worden
· "Someday
Heaven", by Lary Libby
· "When a
Parent Dies", by Fred Bratman
· "When
Children Grieve", by John James
· "Winter
Holding Spring", by Crescent Dragonwagon
· "Learning to
Say Good-bye", by Eda LeShan
· "Helping
Children Cope with Separation and Loss", by Claudia L. Jewett
· "It Must Hurt
a Lot", by Doris Sanford
· "Telling My
Sister's Story", by Catherine Ripplinger Fenwick
· "On Death and
Dying", by Elizabeth Kubler-Ross
· "Two-Part
Invention, The Story of a Marriage", by Madeleine L'Engle
· "Getting
Through the Night", by Eugenia Price
· "Mourning
into Dancing", by Walter Wangerin
· "Good Grief",
by Granger Westburg
^ Top
· "Helping
Children Grieve", by Theresa Huntley
· "In the Arms
of God", by James Dobson
· "When God
Weeps", by Joni Eareckson Tada and Steven Estes
· "The Single
Symphony- A Single Parent Grief Guide", by Suzy Yehl Marta
· "A Time to
Grieve: Meditation for Healing After the Death of a Loved One", by Carol
Staudacher
· "Swallowed by
a Snake: The Gift of the Masculine Side of Healing", by Tom Golden
· "When a Man
Faces Grief", by Thomas Golden and James Miller
· "From My
Grieving Heart to Yours", by Dr. Charles Shepson
· "A Grace
Disguised", by Gerald L. Sittser
· "Life is
Tough but God is Faithful", by Sheila Walsh
· "Grief for a
Season", by Mildred Tengbom
· "The Mourning
Handbook", by Helen Fitzgerald
· "Blessed are
those who Mourn", (for Catholics) by Glenn Spencer
· "Facing
Change (For Teens) by Donna O'Toole", (Compassion Press) - available through
New Hope
· "How I Feel",
(A Colouring Book for Children) by Alan Wolfelt - available through New Hope
· "Parenting
With Wit and Wisdom in Times of Chaos and Loss", by Barbara Coloroso
· "Life and
Loss: A Guide to Help Grieving Children", by Linda Goldman
· "Breaking the
Silence: A Guide to Help Children with Complicated Grief/Suicide, Homicide,
AIDS & Abuse", by Linda Goldman
· "Tear Soup",
by Pat Schweibert, Chuck DeKlyen
Movies To
Watch
· One True
Thing
· Shadowlands
· Sarah, Plain
and Tall (Great to Watch with kids of all ages)
