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For the first year
Healing After Loss
Martha Whitmore Hickman
One short reading for every day of the year. The book we would hand you first, because it asks for five minutes, not an evening.
Good Grief
Granger E. Westberg
The classic short guide to the stages of grief. Plain, kind, and done in one sitting.
It's OK That You're Not OK
Megan Devine
For when the well-meaning advice around you is not helping. Written by a counselor who lost her own partner young.
Understanding Your Grief
Alan D. Wolfelt
A gentle, practical companion from the best-known grief counselor in funeral service.
A Grief Observed
C.S. Lewis
His own notebooks after losing his wife. Short, honest, and not tidy about it.
For children and teens
Tear Soup
Pat Schwiebert and Chuck DeKlyen
A story about making soup out of loss. Read it with a child, or on your own. It works for both.
The Fall of Freddie the Leaf
Leo Buscaglia
A leaf, the seasons, and what they teach about a life ending. For younger children.
When Dinosaurs Die
Laurie Krasny Brown and Marc Brown
Straight answers to the questions kids actually ask about death, in their language.
Sad Isn't Bad
Michaelene Mundy
A small book that gives a grieving child permission to feel all of it.
Healing Your Grieving Heart for Teens
Alan D. Wolfelt
A hundred practical ideas, written for teenagers, in pieces short enough to actually read.
For the holidays
Healing Your Holiday Grief
Alan D. Wolfelt
A hundred practical ideas for getting through the season when an empty chair is the loudest thing in the room.
If you would rather not buy a book, call us. We keep grief materials at the funeral home for families, and the Healing Place in Eau Claire runs free support and programs all year.
Not sure where to start?
Tell us a little about who you lost and we will suggest the one book that fits. That is a call we are glad to get.
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