Resources

BOOK: The Long Way Down - Poems of Grief and Hope by Averil Stedeford

This is a collection of poems written by Averil, a psychiatrist who worked in a hospice. Soon after she left the hospice, her husband was found to have inoperable cancer. The poems in the book represent a moving account of her experience with him and her journey through bereavement. It has helped many people as they go through the grieving process.

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Living on the Seabed by Lindsay Nicholson

BIOGRAPHY/AUTOBIOGRAPHY: Lindsay Nicholson looks at the grieving process and offers a roadmap to help all of us navigate a path none of us chooses but all of us must walk.

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Funerals: How to Be Involved - If You Can’t Attend

Saying goodbye at a funeral is a significant part of our relationship with the person we have lost, whoever they are. We may dread it, of course, but we still want to be present and to get it ‘right’ as a fitting tribute to all that they were to us.

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Headstones - Advice & Inspiration

FACTUAL: Offering advice and inspiration on choosing a headstone, with over 150 photographs, client stories, and ideas for epitaphs, we believe this book will be invaluable to anyone wanting to create a perfect memorial for their loved one.

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Dancing When the Lights Go Out by Roger Greene

BIOGRAPHY/AUTOBIOGRAPHY: an emotional and profound exploration of grief, loss, and the societal taboo surrounding these experiences.

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Cooking for One by Simon Beckett Allen

BIOGRAPHY/AUTOBIOGRAPHY: This new book is designed to help newly bereaved people learn to love cooking for themselves at a time when they may have lost interest in food or never learned to cook.

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Good Grief- Embracing Life at a Time of Death, by Catherine Mayer and Anne Mayer Bird

BIOGRAPHY/AUTOBIOGRAPHY: Mother and daughter Catherine and Anne, face widowhood on the eve of the pandemic. Sandi Toksvig says this is "The most life-affirming book ever written about death."

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When God Weeps byJoni Eareckson Tada & Steven Estes

REFLECTION: Joni Eareckson Tada, a woman who has lived in a wheelchair for more than thirty years, and Steve Estes, a Christian pastor and one of Joni’s closest friends, explore God, death and trust.

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Surprised by Grief (on being widowed young) by Janine Fair

BIOGRAPHY/AUTOBIOGRAPHY In her book, Janine places her grief in the context of a transition in order to understand her 'voyage of hope', ending with gratitude to God for all she has received from his hands.

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A Grief Observed by CS Lewis

BIOGRAPHY/AUTOBIOGRAPHY: Grief Observed comprises the reflections of the great scholar and Christian on the death of his wife after only a few short years of marriage.

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Alison Wertheimer, A Special Scar: The Experiences of People Bereaved by Suicide

FACTUAL: A 'Special Scar' looks in detail at the stigma surrounding suicide and offers practical help for survivors, relatives and friends of people who have taken their own life.

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