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The publications listed below may help to clarify some of the issues you and your family are facing.

On Health & Healing

The Healing Companion: Simple and Effective Ways Your Presence Can Help People Heal by Jeff Kane, Larry Dossey
Kitchen Table Wisdom; Stories That Heal by Rachel Naomi Remen

On Life & Death

Angel Unaware: A Touching Story of Love and Loss by Dale Evans Rogers
Final Gifts: Understand the Special Awareness, Needs, and Communications of the Dying by Maggie Callanan, Patricia Kelley
The Wheel of Life: A Memoir of Living and Dying by Elisabeth Kubler-Ross, Todd Gold (Contributor)
Will the Circle Be Unbroken?: Reflections on Death, Rebirth, and Hunger for a Faith by Studs Terkel

On Grieving (for Adults)

The Bereaved Parent by Harriet Sarnoff Schiff
The Courage to Grieve: Creative Living, Recovery, and Growth Through Grief by Judy Tatelbaum
Good Grief: A Constructive Approach to the Problem of Loss by Granger E. Westberg
A Grief Observed by C. S. Lewis
The Grief Recovery Handbook : The Action Program for Moving Beyond Death, Divorce, and Other Losses by John W. James, Russell Friedman
Healing After Loss: Daily Meditations for Working Through Grief by Martha W. Hickman
How Can I Help?/What Will Help Me? 12 things to do when someone you know suffers a loss/12 things to remember when you have suffered a loss by James E. Miller
How to Go On Living When Someone You Love Dies by Therese A. Rando
How to Survive the Loss of a Love by Peter McWilliams et al.
Living When a Loved One Has Died by Earl A. Grollman
Preparing the Children: Information & Ideas for Families Facing Terminal Illness & Death by Kathy Nussbaum
Saying Kadish: How to Comfort the Dying, Bury the Dead, and Mourn As a Jew by Anita Diamant
A Time to Grieve: Meditations for Healing After the Death of a Loved One by Carol Staudacher
The Worst Loss: How Families Heal from the Death of a Child by Barbara D. Rosof
The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion

On Grieving (for Children & Teens)

The Fall of Freddie the Leaf: A Story for All Ages by Leo Buscaglia
Fire in My Heart, Ice in My Veins: A Journal for Teenagers Experiencing a Loss by E. Samuel Traisman
Gentle Willow: A Story for Children about Dying by Joyce C. Mills
Help Me Say Goodbye: Activities for Helping Kids Cope When a Special Person Dies by Janis Silverman
Love You Forever by Robert Munsch, Sheila McGraw
Michael Rosen’s Sad Book by Michael Rosen
The Next Place by Warren Hanson
Sad Isn't Bad: A Good-Grief Guidebook for Kids Dealing with Loss by Michaelene Mundy
Straight Talk About Death for Teenagers: How to Cope with Losing Someone You Love by Earl A. Grollman
Tear Soup by Pat Schweibert, et al
The Tenth Good Thing about Barney by Judith Viorst
The Way I Feel by Janan Cain
When Dinosaurs Die: A Guide to Understanding Death by Laurie Krasny Brown, Marc Brown
When Someone Very Special Dies: Children Can Learn to Cope with Grief by Marge Heegaard

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