books about: bereavement

books about: bereavement

books:

Bereavement

90 Minutes in Heaven: A True Story of Death & Life

Don Piper, Cecil Murphey

Revell, 2004

Awesome Book
I absolutely loved the book, 90 MINUTES IN HEAVEN by Don Piper. The book was recommended by a co-worker, who is also a Christian. I am so glad that I read it. My mother passed away 2 years ago and my father preceded her 24 years prior. Also that when my time time ...

Will the Circle Be Unbroken?: Reflections on Death, Rebirth, and Hunger for a Faith (Ballantine Reader's ...

Studs Terkel

Ballantine Books, 2002

Find the Power to Heal and understand
After reading many books by several empowering authors such as Betty Eadie, John Edward, Sylvia Browne, and Tiffany Snow, that I am still reading, my life has opened up to me in such a compelling and wonderful way. This new book is well written, and thought provoking. ...

What to Do When You're Scared and Worried: A Guide for Kids

James J. Crist

Free Spirit Publishing, 2004

Wonderful conversation starter
This book was wonderful and a tool I'll use with my 9-year old son again! It was a conversation-starter because I was able to learn things that made my son anxious about that I wasn't even aware of and he felt less isolated because I completed the activities with him ...

Tuesdays with Morrie: An Old Man, a Young Man, and Life's Greatest Lesson

Mitch Albom

Broadway, 2002

Life lessons to learn
This book is awesome. I read it after my mother passed away and I was only 16 yr. This book taught me so much and I carry it as a sort of life guide...when I feel I'm forgetting the lesson I just refresh myself. This is my most prized book and I still have it near ...

The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying: The Spiritual Classic & International Bestseller; Revised and Updated ...

Sogyal Rinpoche, Patrick D. Gaffney, ...

HarperOne, 1994

"In the ground of primordial perfection, attain nirvana"
This earns nearly a hundred positive reviews already on Amazon; it's been out fifteen years, and remains highly acclaimed. I read it when it came out, and remember being moved. Re-reading it (and this eloquent, accessible volume rewards such repetition) after tackling ...

Surprised by Hope: Rethinking Heaven, the Resurrection, and the Mission of the Church

N. T. Wright

HarperOne, 2008

Turned my Theology Upside-Down!
This book has quickly jumped to the top of my list of life-shaping, world-view defining books. N.T. Wright is noted as a very well-respected scholar and cited as the foremost expert in 1st Century Jewish Christianity and it shows. This book reveals how influenced ...

Final Gifts: Understanding the Special Awareness, Needs, and Communications of the Dying

Maggie Callanan, Patricia Kelley

Bantam, 1997

Wonderful book. Highly recommend for anyone on this journey!
I read this book in 1996, when I was taking care of my father who was dying of lung cancer, which had metastasized everywhere. I am a Registered Nurse, & worked for 20 yrs in Intensive Care units. I took care of patients immediately after open heart surgery & have some ...

Wherever You Go, There You Are

Jon Kabat-zinn

Hyperion, 2005

Wherever You Go, There You Are
This is a classic. Any day that I spend time with this book - usually just one entry at a time - greater peacefulness and focus are assured. And often the author's insights turn my views upside down - there's much to discover here.

Healing After Loss: Daily Meditations For Working Through Grief

Martha W. Hickman

Collins Living, 1999

The best I have found yet from the perspective of the one grieving
Many grief meditations are written for the caregiver. This book focuses on the one in the midst of the pain. Well done and very useful for my clients in Hospice.

Rescuing Sprite: A Dog Lover's Story of Joy and Anguish

Mark R. Levin

Pocket Books, 2007

Read this if you ever loved and lost a dog
The dogs I have grieved most intensely over, I realize, have been the ones I who were in my life the shortest amount of time. Perhaps it is the deep wish that more time could have been granted to me with these dogs. So it was I think with Mark, who had only two short ...

The Problem of Pain

C. S. Lewis

HarperOne, 2001

c.s. lewis is a classic
This book is amazing and it's very insightful. C.S. Lewis is very honest in this book and states clearly his view on pain. I truly enjoyed this book and recommend anything written by him.

Love & Death: My Journey through the Valley of the Shadow (Complete Works of Forrest Church)

Forrest Church

Beacon Press, 2008

Love After Death
This is a MUST READ for anyone fearing their own death (and who doesn't?) or dealing with the death of a loved one. Written by a Unitarian Universalist minister dealing with his own impending demise, Forrest Church (son of the late Senator Frank Church of Utah) ...

Courageous Souls: Do We Plan Our Life Challenges Before Birth?

Robert Schwartz

Whispering Winds Press, 2006

Fantastic book!
With my mother dying I had a lot of questions about the journey of souls. This book is packed with a lot of wonderful information and gave me a sense of calm and made me felt more accepting of situations and people in my life.

When Bad Things Happen to Good People

Harold S. Kushner

Anchor, 2004

a healing message
This book has helped me overcome the hurdles of hating God and hating myself. Rabbi Kushner offers the profoundly comforting insight that God may not be all-powerful, may not be able to prevent tragedy, and is neither punishing us nor abandoning us by allowing it. The ...

On Grief and Grieving: Finding the Meaning of Grief Through the Five Stages of Loss

Elisabeth Kubler-Ross, David Kessler

Scribner, 2007

Lost three parents - this is the best book on grief
I have lost three parents in the past year. My mother, father and stepfather and there is no better book that relates to what I have been feeling. I bought several other books on the topic and they don't even come close. There is a reason this is given 5 stars, it is ...