Recommended Reading

Bereaved Children and Teens: A Support Guide for Parents and Professionals. Edited by Earl A Grollman.

Final Gifts: Understanding the Special Awareness, Needs and Communications of the Dying. By Maggie Callahan and Patricia Kelley.

May I Walk You Home? Courage and Comfort for Caregivers of the Very Ill. Stories by Joyce Hutchinson and Prayers by Joyce Rupp.

Tear Soup: A Recipe for Healing After Loss.  By Pat Schweibert, Chuck DeKlyen and Taylor Bills.

The Hospice Choice: In Pursuit of a Peaceful Death.  By Marcia Lattanzi-Licht with John J. Mahoney and Galen W. Miller.

The Needs of the Dying: A Guide for Bringing Hope, Comfort and Love to Life’s Final Chapter.  By David Kessler.

The 36-Hour Day: A Family Guide To Caring For Persons With Alzheimer’s Disease, Related Dementing Illness and Memory Loss In Later Life.  By Nancy L Mace, M.A. and Ptere V. Rabins, M.D., M.P.H.

The Tao of Dying: A Guide to Caring.  By Doug Smith.  Photographs by Marilu Pittman.

Understanding Grief: Helping Yourself Heal. By Alan D. Wolfelt, Ph.D.

What Will Help Me: 12 Things to Remember When You Have Suffered A Loss   and   How Can Help? 12 Things to Do When Someone You Know Suffers A Loss.  Both by James E. Miller.


When Someone Dies.
   A children’s book by Sharon Greenlee.  Illustrated by Bill Drath.