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Grief Support Books

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These books are some of our founder’s – Nathalie Himmelrich – favourite grief support books including a collection of books suggested by members of our peer support group May We All Heal. Please join us here.

When Grief is Raw

  • Grieving Parents: Surviving Loss as a Couple by Nathalie Himmelrich
  • Surviving My First Year of Child Loss: Personal Stories from Grieving Parents by Nathalie Himmelrich
  • Navigating the Unknown: An Immediate Guide When Experiencing the Loss of Your Baby by Amie Lands

Grief & Healing

  • Bearing the Unbearable: Love, Loss, and the Heartbreaking Path of Grief by Joanne Cacciatore
  • Celebrating Pregnancy Again: Restoring the lost joys of pregnancy after the loss of a child by Franchesca Cox
  • Empty Cradle, Broken Heart: Surviving the Death of Your Baby by Deborah L. Davis
  • Far as the Curse Is Found: Searching for God in Infertility, Miscarriage, and Stillbirth by Abigail Waldron
  • Ghostbelly by Elizabeth Heineman 
  • Grief Reiki by Sharon Ehlers
  • Grief Diaries: Loss by Suicide by Lynda Cheldelin Fell and Sharon Ehlers
  • Grief Diaries: Surviving Loss of a Child by Lynda Cheldelin Fell et all
  • Grief Diaries: Loss of an Infant by Lynda Cheldelin Fell
  • Grief Diaries: Will We Survive by Lynda Cheldelin Fell,
    Daphne Greer, and Barbara J Hopkinson
  • Grieving with Hope: Finding Comfort as You Journey Through Loss by Samuel J. IV Hodges and Kathy Leonard
  • Healing a Parent’s Grieving Heart: 100 Practical Ideas After Your Child Dies by Alan D. Wolfelt
  • How To Go On Living When Someone You Love Dies by Therese A. Rando
  • It’s Ok That You’re Not Ok: Meeting Grief and Loss in a Culture That Doesn’t Understand by Megan Devine
  • The Grief Recovery Handbook by John W. James and Russell Friedman
  • Three Minus One: Stories of Parents’ Love & Loss by Sean Hanish and Brooke Warner
  • Understanding Your Grief: Ten Essential Touchstones for Finding Hope and Healing Your Heart by Alan D. Wolfelt

Creative Healing

  • May We All Heal: Playbook For Creative Healing After Loss by Nathalie Himmelrich
  • Avery’s Garden: Angel Inspired heARTwork for Bereaved Families (Volume 1) by Tara Denz
  • Facets of Grief: A Creative Workbook for Grieving Mothers by Franchesca Cox
  • When You Grieve from A to Z: Coloring Through Grief and the Alphabet by Ginny Limer 

For Mothers

  • Sunshine After the Storm by Alexa H Bigwarfe
  • Invisible Mothers: When Love Doesn’t Die by Emily R Long
  • You Are Not Alone: Love Letters From Loss Mom to Loss Mom by Emily R Long

For Fathers

  • A Guide for Fathers: When a Baby Dies by Tim Nelson
  • From Father to Father: Letters From Loss Dad to Loss Dad by Emily R Long
  • Grieving Dads: To the Brink and Back by Kelly Farley and David DiCola
  • The Griefcase: A Man’s Guide to Healing and Moving Forward in Grief by R Glenn Kelly

Supporting Children

  • Healing Your Grieving Heart for Kids: 100 Practical Ideas, Alan D. Wolfelt
  • Lifetimes: The Beautiful Way to Explain Death to Children, Bryan Mellonie and Robert Ingpen
  • Tear Soup: A Recipe for Healing After Loss by Chuck DeKlyen and Pat Schwiebert

Children’s Books

  • Always My Twin by Valerie R. Samuels 
  • I Miss You: A First Look at Death, Pat Thomas
  • Someone Came Before You by Pat Schwiebert
  • Something Happened by Cathy Blanford
  • The Invisible String by Patrice Karst
  • We Were Gonna Have a Baby, But We Had an Angel Instead by Pat Schwiebert
  • When Children Grieve from A to Z: Coloring Through Grief and the Alphabet by Ginny Limer 

Spiritual, Religious, Inspirational

  • A Grace Disguised: How the Soul Grows through Loss by Jerry Sittser
  • A Grief Observed by C.S. Lewis
  • Choosing to SEE: A Journey of Struggle and Hope by Mary Beth Chapman and Ellen Vaughn
  • I’m Not Dead, I’m Different: Kids in Spirit Teach Us About Living a Better Life on Earth by Hollister Rand
  • Joy Cometh in the Morning: A Story of Healing from the Loss of a Child by Fran C. Hafen
  • Lament for a Son by Nicholas Wolterstorff
  • Understanding Death: An Introduction to Ideas of Self and the Afterlife in World Religions by Angela Sumegi
  • Your Soul’s Gift: The Healing Power of the Life You Planned Before You Were Born by Robert Schwartz
  • I’m Not Dead, I’m Different: Kids in Spirit Teach Us About Living a Better Life on Earth by Hollister Rand
  • Joy Cometh in the Morning: A Story of Healing from the Loss of a Child by Fran C. Hafen
  • Lament for a Son by Nicholas Wolterstorff
  • Understanding Death: An Introduction to Ideas of Self and the Afterlife in World Religions by Angela Sumegi
  • Your Soul’s Gift: The Healing Power of the Life You Planned Before You Were Born by Robert Schwartz

Memoirs

  • An Exact Replica of a Figment of My Imagination: A Memoir by Elizabeth McCracken
  • Expecting Adam by Martha Beck
  • Holding Avery: A Memoir by Heidi Chandler
  • I Will Carry You by Angie Smith
  • Love Mom: A Mother’s Journey from Loss to Hope by Cynthia Baseman
  • Rare Bird: A Memoir of Loss and Love by Anna Whiston-Donaldson

Journals

  • Life Without the Baby Journal: Redefining Life, Self, and Motherhood After Loss by Emily R Long
  • On Coming Alive: Journaling Through Grief, Lexi Behrnd

Links on this page are affiliate links – all proceeds go to the Grieving Parents Support Association (GPSA) in order to donate our resource books to parents in need.

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