How to go on Living When Someone You Love Dies. Therese Rando. Bantam Books. New York. 1991. best writer on subject of grief, comprehensive and practical. but gentle.

The Mourning After. Terry Selby. Baker Book House. Grand Rapids. Michigan. 1990. Written by a social worker about his work with post-abortion syndrome. Helpful, practical, non-judgmental.

Helping Bereaved Children. Nancy Boyd Webb, Ed. The Guilford Press. New York.1993. Using case histories to describe several losses (divorce, sibling, etc.) and expected reactions. Not light reading.

Bereaved Children & Teens. (155.937 library) Earl A. Grollman, Ed. Beacon Press. Boston. 1995. Excellent resource book for parents as well as professionals. Wide range of topics, covers school issues, too.

Living Beyond Loss. Froma Walsh & Monica Mc Goldrick, Eds. W.W. Norton & Company. New York. 1991. Not for general reading, and I found it a bit disappointing.

The Many Faces of Bereavement. Ginny Sprang & John Mc Neil. Brunner/Mazel. New York. 1995. Fairly technical. Looks at different types of death (suicide, murder, etc.) and what responses can be expected.

Adaptations to Loss through short term group therapy. William Piper, Mary McCallum, & Hassan Azim. The Guilford Press. New York. 1992. Rather clinical, for professionals

Families & Forgiveness. Terry D. Hargrave. Bruner/Mazel Inc. New York. 1994. Professional approach but full of very good new work on this highly charged issue. Good reading if this is your issue.

Grief Counseling & Grief Therapy. J. William Worden. Springer. New York. 1991. Worden is the guru of grief but I really don’t like this one. Full of pathology but most people’s grief isn’t.

Widowhood The Death of a Wife: Reflections for a Grieving Husband. Robert L. Vogt. ACTA Publications. 1996. Poems and reflections of one widower’s journey to healing.

A Grief Observed. C. S. Lewis. Harper & Row. New York, N.Y. 1989. Honestly questioning and very human account of his wife’s illness & death.

Going Solo. Ted Menten (see Gentle Closings under "children")

Being a Widow & Widow. Lynne Caine Penguin Books, New York.1974, 1988 Excellent!

Grief Expressed: When a Mate Dies. Marta Felber. by LifeWords, PO Box 1299, West Fork, AR 72774 or 1 800 798 0100... a workbook and great resource. Very well done.