Suggested books: Condolence for adults
You may find these and other excellent grief resources at your local library or bookstore.
The Art of Condolence: What to Write, What to Say, What to Do at a Time of Loss
by Leonard and Hilary Zunin; Harpers Collins, 1991
Different Losses, Different Issues: What to Expect and How to Help
by Johnette Hartnett; Good Mourning, 1993
Don’t Ask for the Dead Man’s Golf Clubs: What to Do and Say (and What Not to) When a Friend Loses a Loved One
by Lynn Kelly; Workman Publishing, 2000
Drawing on her experience as a young widow, Lynn Kelly shares how grand gestures are not needed, but small gestures and simple words are.
Finding the Right Words: Offering Care and Comfort When You Don’t Know What to Say
by Wilfred Bockelman; Augsburg Books, 1990
Good Grief
by Granger Westberg; Augsburg Books, 1962
This short, classic message of survival comes from a Christian perspective
Grieving: How to Go on Living When Someone You Love Dies
by Therese Rando; Lexington Books, 1995
Includes sudden and unexpected death. Encourages readers to grieve in their own way.
Healing a Friend’s Grieving Heart: 100 Practical Ideas for Helping Someone You Love through Loss
by Alan D. Wolfelt, PhD; Companion Press, 2001
Healing After Loss: Daily Meditations for Working through Grief
by Martha Whitman Hickman; Avon Books, 1994
Helping People through Grief
by Delores Kuenning; Bethany House Publishers, 1987
This sensitive guide addresses grief due to abortion, rape, adoption, loss of health, loss of body parts, as well as death.
How to Survive the Loss of a Love
by Melba Colgrove, Harold H. Bloomfield, MD, and Peter McWilliams; Prelude Press, 1976
This easy-to-read classic addresses spouse or partner death.
The Journey through Grief
by Alan D. Wolfelt, PhD; Companion Books, 2003
Explores the physical, emotional and spiritual journey of grief.
No Time for Goodbyes
by Janice Lord Harris; Pathfinder Publishing of California, 1991
This volume explores coping with injustice, anger and sorrow after a tragic death.
What Will Help Me?
by Jim Miller; Willowgreen Press, 1994
This guide offers 12 suggestions for the griever. It complements How Can I Help? by the same author.
Available from Compassion Books
When Parents Die: A Guide for Adults
by Edward Myers; Penguin Books, 1997
Offers practical information and reassurance.
The Worst Loss: How Families Heal From the Death of a Child
by Barbara D. Rosof; Owl Books, 1995
A psychotherapist who works with families, the author integrates many stories in a down-to-earth style.
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