Walking with Angels - Grief Support Library

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Walking with Angels is a support group on AOL. Our primary objective is to provide support and grief resourses for parents who have lost a child. We have chatroom hours as well as an email loop. We are now offering a suggested reading list, based on books that have helped our members in their grief process and healing process. Please be advised you may only borrow books if you are a member of WWAngels.Thanks.
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Recovering From the Loss of a Child
by Katherine Donnelly
- words of comfort and hope from parents who have survived their grief, includes stories of the children, grieving, marriage, friends, finding hope
Available to borrow: Yes

From Erin With Love
by Helen Fisher
- a story of the author's loss of her twenty-year-old daughter, but her gaining affirmation of continuing life, considers the concept of immortality
Available to borrow: Yes

When the Bough Breaks
by Judith Bernstein
- interviews parents on how they have dealt with their losses
Available to borrow: Yes

After the Death of a Child
by Ann Finkbeiner
- has detailed parent profiles to show how families have coped with their losses over the years, and the ways in which they have tried to preserve their memories
Available to borrow: Yes

Our Children Forever
by Joel Martin & Patricia Romanowski (w/George Anderson)
- using his psychic gift to reach the voices of children on the other side, George Anderson seeks to show that our children haven't left us at all, but are with us all the time, watching over us
Available to borrow: Yes

The Worst Loss
by Barbara Rosof
- stories of families on the difficult journey of healing after the loss of a child
Available to borrow: Yes

The Bereaved Parent
by Harriet Sarnoff Schiff
- highly recommended for all bereaved parents, helps to channel anger and to understand that your feelings are indeed normal
Available to borrow: Yes

Gone But Not Lost
by David Wiersbe
- maybe a little on the religious-side but still very helpful in letting us know that
we are not alone and that we can survive this
Available to borrow: Yes

Dear Parents: Letters to Bereaved parents
- letters offered from bereaved parents and siblings to help us find our way through
loss to healing
Available to borrow: Yes

Roses In December
by Marilyn Heavilin
- again a little on the religious- side, but shows true healing
Available to borrow: Yes

Goodbye My Child
by Sara Wheeler & Margaret Pike
- a gentle guide that includes some practical stuff like funeral planning , men's and women's grief, phases of mourning, caring for yourself and unfinished business
Available to borrow: Yes

After the Darkest Hour, the Sun Will Shine Again
by Elizabeth Mehren
- contains interviews with many bereaved parents who have approached their
losses in different ways
Available to borrow: Yes

The Bereaved Parent's Survival Guide
by Juliet Cassuto Rothman
- deals with some of the most painful decisions a bereaved parent must face,
such as what to do with a child's belongings
Available to borrow: Yes

After Death Communication
by Louis LeGrand
- goes toward an understanding that those who have passed on have not
ceased to exist and still care about those left behind
Available to borrow: Yes

Title; Living With Death and Dying
Author: Elizabeth Kubler Ross
Publisher: Collier Books
Sysnopsis: Dr. Ross talks with dying patients and children and also
goes into the grieving process. Has very vivd explanations
on the experience of dying and examples of near-death experiences.
Available to borrow:Yes

Title: No Voice is Ever Wholly Lost
Author: Loise J. Kaplan
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Synopsis:Various stories of peoples losses and how they dealt with them.
Available to borrow:Yes

Title: The Worst Loss
Author: Barbara D. Rosof
Publisher:Holot and Company
Synopsis: How families heal from the death of a child
Available to borrow:Yes

Title:Recovering From the Loss of a Child
Author:Katherine Fair Donnelly
Publisher: Berkley Books
Synopsis: Words of comfort and hope from parents who have suffered their grief.
Available to borrow:Yes

Title:The Grieving Child
Author:Helen Fitzgerald
Publisher:Simon & Schuster
Synopsis: A primer for parents in helping their children through the process of grief.
Available to borrow:Yes

Beyond Endurance: When a Child Dies
by Richard Knapp
- well-written and shows that we can and will survive this
Available to borrow: No

The Lessons of Love
by Melody Beattie
- a little religious and maybe on the preachy-side too, but it is a good story about love, loss and healing
Available to borrow: No

Hello From Heaven
by Bill & Judy Guggenheim
- short stories about ADC experiences which are comforting and provide emotional
and spiritual healing for those who yearn to be reunited with a loved one who has died
Available to borrow: No

Love Beyond LIfe
by Joel Martin & Patricia Romanowski
- explores the power of ADC's to comfort us and show evidence that no one you
love ever dies, that there is love beyond life
Available to borrow: No

Title: Gone But Not Lost, Grieving the Death of a Child
Author: David W. Wiersbe
Publisher: Baker Book House
Synopsis: This book was great for those first horrible months. It was the only book I could pick up and read for just a few minutes and manage to understand and grasp what I was reading. I didn't have the mental ability to read more than a few minutes. It's written simply. Each chapter is only 2 or 3 pages.
Available to borrow: No

Title: A Mother's Grief Observed
Author: Rebecca Faber
Publisher: Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.
Synopsis: This book is a journal of a bereaved mother over her son who drowned at home. It is "a personal account of how God brought hope and healing following devastating loss"...
Available to borrow: No

Title: The Bereaved Parents' Survival Guide
Author: Juliet Cassuto Rothman
Publisher: Continuum
Synopsis: This was the BEST and MOST INFORMATIVE book of any that I read. It touches on a variety of topics not even touched upon in many other books. The author is herself a bereaved parent.
Available to borrow: No



Books WANTED to borrow

Healing Broken Hearts: A Book of Signs
by Anne Byrnes

Alex: The Life of a Child
by Frank DeFord

Enduring Grief
by Charles Press

Children of the Light
by Brad & Sherry Steiger

When a Child Dies
by Carol Pregent

Life After Life
by Raymond Moody
Available as video tape too...Does anyone have a copy?

Closer to the Light
by Melvin Morse

The Last Thing We Talk
about by Joseph Bayley

Embraced by the Light
by Betty Eadie

The Light Beyond
by Raymond Moody

Beyond & Back
by Ralph Wilkerson

A Child Dies
by Joan Hagen Arnold & Penelope Bushman Gemma

How to Survive the Loss of a Child
by Catherine Sanders

Ended Beginnings
by Claudia Panuthos & Catherine Romeo

Surviving the Death of a Child
by John & Frances Munday

Eric
by Doris Lund

The Grief of Parents When A Child Dies
by Margaret Miles

Parental Loss of a Child
by Therese Rando

In this Very Hour, Loss of a Loved One,
Author Unknown

In the Wake of Death
by Mark Cosman

Standing Beside you
by Laura Maurer

Five Cries of Grief
by Merton & Irene Strommen

Lessons: For Where there is Love, There is Hope
by Susan Abbott

We Don't Die and We Are Not Forgotten b
by Joel Martin & Patricia Romanowski (w/George Anderson)


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