These are suggestions only. We have not read them all...many have been recommended to us. Our favourites are highlighted in another colour.

• "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


• "A Journey of Hope", by Grace Wulff


• "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

• "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


• Getting to the Other Side of Grief, by Susan Zonnvelt-Smeege & Robert De Vries


• The Empty Chair, by Susan Zonnvelt-Smeege & Robert De Vries


• Understanding Your Grief/Understanding Your Grief Journal, by Dr. Alan Wolfelt


• When You Lose Someone You Love – by Susan Squellati Florence


• Quiet Reflections – Poetry by Donna Richards, Watercolours by Martha Pauls


• Healing after Loss, Daily Meditations for Working through Grief, by Martha Whitmore Hickman


• Love You, Mean It, by Carrington, Collins, Gerbasi and Charles (4-911 Widows)

• Rest, Inspirations from Taize by gemma & co. with Cathy Hardy and Karin Dart


• Solace, for Seasons of Suffering, with Steve Bell

• "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

• One True Thing


• Shadowlands


• Sarah, Plain and Tall (Great to Watch with kids of all ages)