Bereavement Books

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The Year of Magical Thinking The Year of Magical Thinking (Paperback)
by (shelved 34 times as bereavement)
avg rating 3.93 — 317,491 ratings — published 2005
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Missing Mommy: A Book About Bereavement Missing Mommy: A Book About Bereavement (Hardcover)
by (shelved 23 times as bereavement)
avg rating 4.30 — 491 ratings — published 2009
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Michael Rosen's Sad Book Michael Rosen's Sad Book (Hardcover)
by (shelved 18 times as bereavement)
avg rating 4.48 — 3,525 ratings — published 2004
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A Grief Observed A Grief Observed (Paperback)
by (shelved 17 times as bereavement)
avg rating 4.22 — 100,714 ratings — published 1961
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The Heart and the Bottle The Heart and the Bottle (Hardcover)
by (shelved 15 times as bereavement)
avg rating 4.38 — 6,919 ratings — published 2010
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Cry, Heart, But Never Break Cry, Heart, But Never Break (Hardcover)
by (shelved 13 times as bereavement)
avg rating 4.39 — 3,675 ratings — published 2001
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The Pact The Pact (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 13 times as bereavement)
avg rating 4.03 — 331,486 ratings — published 1998
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Is Daddy Coming Back in a Minute?: Explaining Sudden Death to Pre-School Children in Words They Can Understand Is Daddy Coming Back in a Minute?: Explaining Sudden Death to Pre-School Children in Words They Can Understand (Hardcover)
by (shelved 12 times as bereavement)
avg rating 4.40 — 121 ratings — published 2012
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Tuesdays with Morrie: An Old Man, a Young Man, and Life's Greatest Lesson Tuesdays with Morrie: An Old Man, a Young Man, and Life's Greatest Lesson (Paperback)
by (shelved 12 times as bereavement)
avg rating 4.22 — 1,255,582 ratings — published 1997
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Grandad's Island Grandad's Island (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 11 times as bereavement)
avg rating 4.33 — 1,788 ratings — published 2015
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Mum's Jumper Mum's Jumper (Hardcover)
by (shelved 10 times as bereavement)
avg rating 4.48 — 202 ratings — published 2019
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It's OK That You're Not OK It's OK That You're Not OK (Audio CD)
by (shelved 10 times as bereavement)
avg rating 4.34 — 16,385 ratings — published 2017
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This is Where I Leave You This is Where I Leave You (Hardcover)
by (shelved 10 times as bereavement)
avg rating 3.88 — 150,195 ratings — published 2003
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Blue Nights Blue Nights (Hardcover)
by (shelved 10 times as bereavement)
avg rating 3.95 — 51,282 ratings — published 2011
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My Father's Arms Are a Boat My Father's Arms Are a Boat (Board Book)
by (shelved 9 times as bereavement)
avg rating 3.96 — 870 ratings — published 2008
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H is for Hawk H is for Hawk (Hardcover)
by (shelved 9 times as bereavement)
avg rating 3.73 — 84,997 ratings — published 2014
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Grandpa's Stories Grandpa's Stories (Hardcover)
by (shelved 8 times as bereavement)
avg rating 4.44 — 1,022 ratings — published 2018
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Is Daddy Coming Back in a Minute?: Explaining (sudden) death in words very young children can understand Is Daddy Coming Back in a Minute?: Explaining (sudden) death in words very young children can understand
by (shelved 7 times as bereavement)
avg rating 4.68 — 19 ratings — published
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Badger's Parting Gifts Badger's Parting Gifts (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as bereavement)
avg rating 4.36 — 815 ratings — published 1984
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The Many Worlds of Albie Bright The Many Worlds of Albie Bright (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as bereavement)
avg rating 4.10 — 2,525 ratings — published 2017
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Fox & Goldfish Fox & Goldfish (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as bereavement)
avg rating 4.58 — 48 ratings — published
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The Bad Beginning (A Series of Unfortunate Events, #1) The Bad Beginning (A Series of Unfortunate Events, #1)
by (shelved 6 times as bereavement)
avg rating 4.03 — 582,599 ratings — published 1999
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Grief Is the Thing with Feathers Grief Is the Thing with Feathers (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as bereavement)
avg rating 3.79 — 57,464 ratings — published 2015
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The Scar The Scar (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as bereavement)
avg rating 4.50 — 1,678 ratings — published 2009
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Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as bereavement)
avg rating 4.07 — 884,068 ratings — published 2012
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A Monster Calls A Monster Calls (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as bereavement)
avg rating 4.34 — 295,733 ratings — published 2011
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The Lovely Bones The Lovely Bones (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as bereavement)
avg rating 3.86 — 2,483,488 ratings — published 2002
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Notes on Grief Notes on Grief (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as bereavement)
avg rating 4.21 — 42,418 ratings — published 2021
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The Immortal Jellyfish The Immortal Jellyfish (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as bereavement)
avg rating 4.03 — 182 ratings — published
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Bearing the Unbearable: Love, Loss, and the Heartbreaking Path of Grief Bearing the Unbearable: Love, Loss, and the Heartbreaking Path of Grief (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as bereavement)
avg rating 4.40 — 2,806 ratings — published 2017
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The Afterwards The Afterwards (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as bereavement)
avg rating 3.61 — 541 ratings — published 2018
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The Funeral The Funeral (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as bereavement)
avg rating 3.55 — 654 ratings — published 2018
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The Goldfish Boy (Goldfish Boy, #1) The Goldfish Boy (Goldfish Boy, #1)
by (shelved 5 times as bereavement)
avg rating 4.08 — 10,065 ratings — published 2017
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The Building Boy The Building Boy (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as bereavement)
avg rating 3.84 — 216 ratings — published 2016
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The Pond The Pond (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as bereavement)
avg rating 3.85 — 267 ratings — published 2017
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The Knitting Circle The Knitting Circle (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as bereavement)
avg rating 3.86 — 12,734 ratings — published 2006
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Lament for a Son Lament for a Son (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as bereavement)
avg rating 4.52 — 2,765 ratings — published 1987
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On Death and Dying: What the Dying Have to Teach Doctors, Nurses, Clergy and Their Own Families On Death and Dying: What the Dying Have to Teach Doctors, Nurses, Clergy and Their Own Families (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as bereavement)
avg rating 4.16 — 27,841 ratings — published 1969
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Tear Soup: A Recipe for Healing After Loss Tear Soup: A Recipe for Healing After Loss (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as bereavement)
avg rating 4.57 — 2,163 ratings — published 1999
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90 Minutes in Heaven: A True Story of Death and Life 90 Minutes in Heaven: A True Story of Death and Life (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as bereavement)
avg rating 3.99 — 107,248 ratings — published 2004
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The Grieving Brain: The Surprising Science of How We Learn from Love and Loss The Grieving Brain: The Surprising Science of How We Learn from Love and Loss (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as bereavement)
avg rating 4.17 — 4,239 ratings — published 2022
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Did Ye Hear Mammy Died? A Memoir Did Ye Hear Mammy Died? A Memoir (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as bereavement)
avg rating 4.11 — 8,837 ratings — published 2021
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Wild Wings Wild Wings (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as bereavement)
avg rating 4.16 — 2,947 ratings — published 2011
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Up the Mountain Up the Mountain (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as bereavement)
avg rating 4.43 — 918 ratings — published 2017
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A Stone for Sascha A Stone for Sascha (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as bereavement)
avg rating 4.09 — 1,132 ratings — published 2018
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The Day War Came The Day War Came (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as bereavement)
avg rating 4.38 — 1,236 ratings — published 2018
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Grief Works: Stories of Life, Death and Surviving Grief Works: Stories of Life, Death and Surviving (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as bereavement)
avg rating 3.99 — 2,382 ratings — published 2018
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FArTHER FArTHER (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as bereavement)
avg rating 3.83 — 366 ratings — published 2011
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Goodbye Mog Goodbye Mog (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as bereavement)
avg rating 4.33 — 391 ratings — published 2002
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Maia & What Matters Maia & What Matters (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as bereavement)
avg rating 4.20 — 180 ratings — published 2010
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David McCullough
“When a friend of Abigail and John Adams was killed at Bunker Hill, Abigail's response was to write a letter to her husband and include these words, "My bursting heart must find vent at my pen.”
David McCullough, John Adams

Joyce Carol Oates
“There is an hour, a minute - you will remember it forever - when you know instinctively on the basis of the most inconsequential evidence, that something is wrong. You don't know - can't know - that it is the first of a series of "wrongful" events that will culminate in the utter devastation of your life as you have known it.”
Joyce Carol Oates, A Widow's Story

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