Library Bibliography

DONOR FAMILY LIBRARY
*Books that are cross-referenced are so noted within parentheses after the title

SECTION FOUR: OTHER ISSUES IN BEREAVEMENT
GRIEF: SPIRITUAL ASPECTS (GS) - Approaching the "soul and grieving"

GLIMPSES OF GOD by Michelle Peele
Peele has written of her never-ending journey of sorrow after losing her daughter in a car accident. With courage and honesty she shares a range of experiences, feelings and thoughts as she journeys to a point of finding peace and accepting death with glimpses of God along the way.

*HEALING INTO LIFE AND DEATH (CR) by Stephen Levine

(THE) JEWISH WAY IN DEATH AND MOURNING by Maurice Lamm
According to Lamm, his is a handbook that traces Jewish religious practices in detail, as well as the rationale that appears to underlie the observances. "I have made every effort to interpret the ancient tradition in a manner relevant to moderns ..."

REMEMBRANCES AND CELEBRATIONS edited by Jill Werman Harris
This book of eulogies, elegies, letters, and epitaphs speaks of loss and love and honor. It is a comforting and affecting anthology of the literature of mourning, and a welcome aid in times of our own bereavement.

*(THE) SACRED ART OF DYING (DD) by Kenneth Kramer
Dr. Kramer, Associate Professor, Religious Studies at San Jose State University, presents the story of death in its comparative religious context, focusing primarily on religious attitudes toward death, dying, and afterlife. The death-and-rebirth experience, a common factor in each tradition, is also explored. He reminds us that the experience of death can be transforming not only to the dying person but also to those who work with the dying.

*SAFE PASSAGE (GB) by Molly Fumia

WHEN A LOVED ONE DIES - Meditations for the Journey through Grief
by Phillip Williams

WHEN BAD THINGS HAPPEN TO GOOD PEOPLE by Harold Kushner

*WHO DIES? AN INVESTIGATION OF CONSCIOUS LIVING AND DYING (CR)
by Stephen and Ondrea Levine

CAREGIVER RESOURCE (CR) - Will help acquaint the reader with issues surrounding death and loss.

BEYOND SYMPATHY: What to Say and Do for Someone Suffering a Loss by Janice Lord
A licensed professional counselor and certified social worker offers practical suggestions and examples of how to help those who are hurting physically and emotionally. Ms Lord gives us tools that enable us to reach out to one another with informed empathy.

CAREGIVER THERAPY by Julie Kichelbeck and Victoria O'Conner (Abbey Press)
Caregiving can be rewarding and life-affirming. But it can also be draining and exhausting, especially if you neglect your own needs. In this small format book, with one brief lesson per page, O'Conner invites the reader to deepen and enrich the caregiving experience by remaining open to lessons of love and trust.

*CRY UNTIL YOU LAUGH, (GB) by Richard Obershaw, MSW, LICSW
The founder and director of The Grief Center and Burnsville Counseling Clinic in Minnesota, Obershaw presents comforting guidance for coping with grief, blending gentle humor with practical advice. He confronts our expectations, myths, attitudes, and prejudices about grief and loss with a down-to-earth approach.

*(A) CHILD DIES: A Portrait of Family Grief (PG) by Joan Arnold, and Penelope Gemma
This book was written for families who will benefit from sharing the experiences of others who have gone through the tragic loss of a child. It is also a resource for caregivers of bereaved families with insights to enable them to offer meaningful support and understanding.

DEATH, A PERSONAL UNDERSTANDING (STUDY GUIDE) by Robert Kastenbaum
This PBS video course is designed to provide learners with an introduction to the who, what, where, when, why, and how of death in society. The primary goals of the course are to help you deepen your personal understanding of the many dimensions of this topic, to enable you to become a more empathetic and effective caregiver and provider of support, and to provide you with tools to critique the "death care" system.

The course is divided into ten lessons, each accompanied by readings in a text and a video. Each video lesson is 30 minutes long. Themes are presented by a wide range of experts drawn from fields as diverse as gerontology, psychology, religion, anthropology, nursing, social work, and history, and through actual case studies. The videos may be viewed alone for an introductory overview of the many facets of the topic of death.

*GOOD GRIEF - A Constructive Approach to the Problem of Loss (GB)
by Granger Westberg
We all need a better understanding of the small griefs in life as well as those larger grief experiences that can overwhelm us. This small-format volume by a pioneer in the interrelationship of religion and medicine, encourages the grieving with healing thoughts that express the faith that we come out of our grief experience at a higher level of maturity and as deeper persons.

*GOOD GRIEF RITUALS (GB) by Elaine Childs-Gowell, Ph.D.

*(THE) GRIEF RECOVERY HANDBOOK (GB) by John James and Russell Friedman

*HEALING INTO LIFE AND DEATH (GS) by Stephen Levine

HEALING THE BEREAVED CHILD, A Manual for Caregivers by Alan Wolfelt, Ph.D.

*HEALING THE GRIEVING HEART: 100 Practical Ideas for Friends (GB) by Wolfelt

*HEALING YOUR GRIEVING HEART: 100 Practical Ideas for Teens (TC) by Wolfelt

*HEALING YOUR GRIEVING HEART: 100 practical Ideal to Help You (GB) by Wolfelt

LIFELINE: HOW ONE NIGHT SAVED FIVE LIVES by Mary Schomaker

*LIFETIMES; THE BEAUTIFUL WAY TO EXPLAIN DEATH TO CHILDREN (CC)
by Bryan Mellonie and Robert Ingpen

LIVING WITH GRIEF: How We Grieve by Joyce Davidson and Kenneth Doka

LIVING WITH GRIEF; At Work, At School, At Worship by Davidson and Doka

LIVING WITH GRIEF AFTER A SUDDEN LOSS edited by Kenneth Doka

*MOLLY'S MOM DIED (CC) (Centering Corp.) by Margaret Holmes

*ON CHILDREN AND DEATH (PG) by Elisabeth Kubler-Ross, M.D.

PEACE THERAPY by J. Kuebelbeck and V. O'Connor

PEACE, LOVE, AND HEALING by Bernie Siegel, M.D.

(THE) PUZZLE PEOPLE: MEMOIRS OF A TRANSPLANT SURGEON by Thomas Starzl

*SAM'S DAD DIED (CC) (Centering Corp.) by Margaret Holmes

*WHO DIES? AN INVESTIGATION OF CONSCIOUS LIVING AND DYING (GS) by Stephen and Ondrea Levine.

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