Recommended Readings

General Books about Grief and Loss

1.      “Transcending Loss: Understanding the Lifelong Impact of Grief and How to Make It Meaningful.”  By Ashley Davis Prend, LCSW.

2.      “How To Go On Living When Someone You Love Dies.”  By Therese A. Rando, Ph.D.

3.      “Closure: The Rush to End Grief and What It Costs Us.”  By Nancy Berns.

Books on Grief and Loss Specific to Miscarriage, Stillbirth, Infant Loss, and death of a child

1.      “Healing A Parents Grieving Heart: 100 Practical Ideas after your child Dies.”  By Alan D. Wolfelt, Ph.D.

2.      “Empty Cradle, Broken Heart: Surviving the Death of Your Baby.”  By Deborah L. Davis, Ph.D.

3.      “Grieving the Child I Never Knew: A Devotional Companion for Comfort in the Loss of Your Unborn or Newly Born Child.”  By Kathe Wunnenberg.

4.      “I Never Held You: Miscarriage, Grief, Healing, and Recovery.”  By Ellen M. DuBois.

5.      “Empty Arms: Coping After Miscarriage, Stillbirth and Infant Death.”  By Sherokee Ilse.

Personal Stories and Accounts of Loss and Hope

1.      “Life Touches Life: A Mothers Story of Stillbirth and Healing.”  By Lorraine Ash.

2.      “An Exact Replica of A Figment of My Imagination.”  By Elizabeth McCracken.

3.      “They Were Still Born: Personal Stories about Stillbirth.”  Edited by Janel C. Atlas.

4.      “Miscarriage: Women Sharing from the Heart.”  By Marie Allen.

5.      “About What Was Lost: Twenty Writers on Miscarriage, Healing and Hope.”  Edited by Jessica Berger Gross

6.      “The Blue Poppy and the Mustard Seed: a Mother’s Story of Loss and Hope.”  By Kathleen Willis Morton.

7.      “I Will Carry You: The Sacred Dance of Grief and Joy.”  By Angie Smith.

Trying To Conceive and Pregnancy After a Loss

1.      “Tying Again: A Guide To Pregnancy After Miscarriage, Stillbirth and Infant Loss.”  By Ann Douglas and John R. Sussman.

2.      Pregnancy After a Loss: A Guide To Pregnancy After a Miscarriage, Stillbirth or Infant Loss.”  By Carol Cirulli Lanham.

Books for Children and Siblings

1.      “The Empty Place: A Child’s Guide Through Grief.”  By Roberta Temes.

2.      “Gentle Willow: A Story for Children About Dying.”  By Joyce C. Mills.

3.      “Tear Soup.”  By Pat Schwiebert.

4.      “Water Bugs and Dragonflies: Explaining Death To Young Children.”  By Doris Stickney.

5.      “Children Also Grieve: Talking About Death and Healing.”  By Linda Goldman.

6.      “No New Baby: For Siblings Who Have a Brother or Sister Who Die Before Birth.”  By Marilyn Gryte.

7.      “Something Happened: A Book For Children And Parents Who Have Experience Pregnancy Loss.”  By Cathy Lanford.

8.      “When Dinosaurs Die: A Guide For Understanding Death.”  By Lauie Krasney Brown and Marc Brown.

9.      “Healing A Child’s Grieving Heart: 100 Practical Ideas For Families, Friends, and Caregivers.”  And “Healing Your Grieving Heart For Kids: 100 Practical Ideas.”  By Alan Wolfelt, Ph.D.