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Books Written by People Widowed in this Way

This collection of books were written by a person whose loved one experienced the type of death noted for the category on which the book is included. The topics covered are varied, but will relate to some aspect of the widowed experience. A mix of titles from all categories will be included in this section of our book library, and have not in all cases been individually vetted by the Soaring Spirits Program Team.

A Grief Observed

by C.S. Lewis

Bough Down

by Karen Green

Boys, Booze and Bathroom Floors

by Michelle Miller

Creative Grieving: A Hip Chick’s Path from Loss to Hope

by Elizabeth Berrien

No Time to Say Goodbye

Surviving the Suicide of a Loved One

by Carla Fine

Slipped Away

by Jean Mellano

Suicide Widow

by Krystal Youngs

Surviving Spouse or Partner Suicide Loss: A Mindful Guide for Your Journey through Grief

by Michelle Ann Collins

The Widow Next Door: Learning to live again as a young widow and single mom after losing my husband to suicide

by Heather Cruz

Vodka Soup for the Widowed Soul

by Michelle Miller

Psychoeducational Books

The books included in our psychoeducational category are written by a person with an educational background in a mental health field, and have been vetted by our Soaring Spirits Program Team. The authors of these books may or may not be widowed, but the concepts included in their books will offer valuable resources to anyone mourning a person who has died.

A to Z Healing Toolbox

A to Z Healing Toolbox

A Practical Guide for Navigating Grief and Trauma with Intention

by Susan Hannifin-MacNab, MSW

African American Grief

by Paul Rosenblatt, PhD & Beverly Wallace, PhD, MDiv, MEd

Anxiety the missing stage of grief

The Missing Stage of Grief

by Claire Bidwell-Smith, LCPC

Bearing the Unbearable: Love, Loss, and the Heartbreaking Path of Grief

by Joanne Cacciatore, PhD

Different after You: Rediscovering Yourself and Healing after Grief and Trauma

by Michele Neff Hernandez

From Grief to Growth

by Paula Stephens, M.A.

Getting Grief Right

by Patrick O'Malley, PhD

Grief is a Journey: Finding Your Path Through Loss

by Ken Doka, PhD

Healing Trauma

by Peter Levine, PH.D.

I Wasn’t Ready to Say Goodbye

Surviving, Coping, and Healing after the Death of a Loved One

by Brooke Noel & Pamela Blair, PhD

I Wasn’t Ready to Say Goodbye, 2nd Ed.: A Companion Workbook

by Brooke Noel & Pamela Blair, PhD

Invisible Heroes

Survivors of Trauma and How they Heal

by Belleruth Naparstek, ACSW

Little Ways to Keep Calm and Carry On

Twenty Lessons for Managing Worry, Anxiety, and Fear

by Mark Reinecke, PH.D.

Mind-Body Workbook for PTSD

A 10 Week Program for Healing After Trauma

by Stanley H. Block, MD. & Carolyn Bryant Block

On Grief and Grieving

by Elizabeth Kubler Ross, M.D. & David Kessler

Seven Choices: Finding Daylight After Loss Shatters Your World

Finding Daylight after Loss Shatters Your World

by Elizabeth Harper Neeld, PhD.

The Body Keeps The Score: Brain, Mind and Body in the Healing of Trauma

by Bessel Van Der Kolk, M.D.

The Grief Recovery Handbook

by John James & Russell Friedman

The Healing Power of the Breath: Simple Techniques to Reduce Stress and Anxiety, Enhance Concentration and Balance Your Emotions

by Richard Brown, MD & Patricia Gerbarg, MD

The Post-Traumatic Insomnia Workbook: A Step-by-Step Program for Overcoming Sleep Problems After Trauma

by Karin and Laurel Thompson and Franklin

The Posttraumatic Growth Workbook

by Richard Tedeschi, PhD & Bret Moore, PsyD, ABPP

The PTSD Solution: The Truth About Your Symptoms and How to Heal

by Alan D. Wolfelt, PH.D., C.T.

Transforming Traumatic Grief: Six Steps to Move from Grief to Peace After the Sudden or Violent Death of a Loved One.

by Courtney Armstrong, M.Ed., LPC

What Doesn’t Kill Us

The New Psychology of Postraumatic Growth

by Stephen Joseph, Ph.D.

Peer Recommendations

Our peer recommendation category offers a space within our library for community members to recommend books related to grief and widowhood that they've found valuable. These books are not individually vetted, but have helped a widowed person who took the time to recommend the book to others.

A Beacon of Hope- A journal for life after loss

by Nisha Cohen

A Grief Like No Other

by Kathleen O'Hara

A Grief Observed

by C.S. Lewis

A Right Brain Awakening: What Grief Taught a Heartbroken Engineer

by John Lodal

A Widow’s Story: A Memoir

by Joyce Carol Oates

After Suicide Loss

Coping with your Grief

by Jack Jordan

Boldly into the Darkness: Living with Loss, Growing with Grief & Holding on to Happiness

by Autumn Toelle-Jackson

Companion Through the Darkness

by Stephanie Ericsson

Creative Grieving: A Hip Chick’s Path from Loss to Hope

by Elizabeth Berrien

Don’t Take My Grief Away From Me

by Doug Manning

Emalia: A Mother-Daughter Journey from Here to Beyond

by Dr. Brooke Brown

Everything Happens For a Reason…And Other Lies I’ve Loved

by Kate Bowler

Goodnight Mr. Vincent Van Gogh

by Lindsey Doolittle

Healing Your Traumatized Heart

100 Practical Ideas After Someone You Love Dies A Sudden, Violent Death

by Alan D. Wolfelt PH.D.

Healthy Healing: A Guide to Working Out Grief Using the Power of Exercise and Endorphins

by Michelle Steinke-Baumgard

How to Survive the Loss of a Love

by Melba Colgrove, Harold H. Bloomfield & Peter McWilliams

Living When a Loved One Has Died

by Earl Grollman

Natalia’s Endless Love…A Love to Live For: Nurturing a Princess Heart

by Janine Salevsky

No Time to Say Goodbye

Surviving the Suicide of a Loved One

by Carla Fine

Open to Hope: Inspirational Stories for Handling the Holidays After Loss

by Dr. Gloria Horsley & Dr. Heidi Horsley

Perfection: A Memoir of Betrayal and Renewal

by Julie Metz

Re-arranged, Never the Same: The Nature of Grief

by Deva Joy Gouss L.C.S.W.

Rebuilding Your Life After Homicide

by Victim Support Services

Remembering with Love

Messages of Hope for the First Year of Grieving and Beyond

by Elizabeth Levang & Sherokee Isle

Resilience: Reflections on the Burdens and Gifts of Facing Life’s Adversities

by Elizabeth Edwards

Safe Passage

by Molly Fumia

Saturday Night Widows: The Adventures of Six Friends Remaking Their Lives

by Becky Aikman

Slipped Away

by Jean Mellano

Smacked: A Story of White-Collar Ambition, Addiction, and Tragedy

by Eilene Zimmerman

Stay: A History of Suicide and the Arguments Against It

by Jennifer Michael Hecht

Suicide Widow

by Krystal Youngs

Supporting a Survivor of Spouse or Partner Suicide Loss: A Mindful Guide for Co-journeying through Grief

by Michelle Ann Collins

Surviving Spouse or Partner Suicide Loss: A Mindful Guide for Your Journey through Grief

by Michelle Ann Collins

The AfterGrief: Finding Your Way Along the Long Arc of Loss

by Hope Edelman

The Colors of Love and Loss

by Dr. Joanne Cacciatore

The More or Less Definitive Guide to Self-Care

by Anna Borges

The Sudden Loss Survival Guide: Seven Essential Practices for Healing Grief

by Chelsea Hanson

The Suicide Index: Putting My Father’s Death in Order

by Joan Wickersham

The Widower’s Journey: Helping Men Rebuild After Their Loss

by Herb Knoll

Truth Be Told: A Memoir of Success, Suicide, and Survival

by Lucinda Bassett

Unshattered Grief: helping others through loss without breaking them…again

by Michelle Cramer

When You Lose Someone You Love: A Journey Through The Heart of Grief

by Susan Squellati Florence

When Your Spouse Dies

A concise and practical source of help and advice

by Cathleen Curry

Yes, and.: A Journey of Hope through Tragedy

by Matthew Croke

Your Grief, Your Way

by Shelby Forsythia

Your Own Path Through Grief: A workbook for your journey to recovery

by Jill Johnson-Young, LCSW

Camp Widow Presenter Books

Soaring Spirits' flagship program, Camp Widow, has been supported by a huge group of volunteer presenters who have shared their personal experiences, their wisdom, and their hearts with our community at any of our camp events. These books are all written by an author who has donated their time to at least one camp weekend. We list their books, which have not been individually vetted, to thank them for the generous support and to offer a broader audience access to the lessons they've taught onsite at Camp Widow.

Always By My Side

by Susan Kerner

Boys, Booze and Bathroom Floors

by Michelle Miller

Finding Peace, One Piece at a Time

by Rachel Kodanaz

From Heartbreak to Wholeness

by Kristine Carlson

From Scratch

by Tembi Locke

Grief Quest

A Workbook and Journal to Heal the Grieving Heart

by I.J. Weinstock

How to Carry What Can’t Be Fixed: A Journal for Grief

by Megan Devine

It’s OK That You’re Not OK

Meeting Grief and Loss in a Culture that Doesn't Understand

by Megan Devine

Letters to the Widowed Community

by Kerry Phillips

Life Worth Living

by Michelle Hoffman

Living with Loss, One Day at a Time

by Rachel Kodanaz

My Husband is Not a Rainbow

by Kelley Lynn Shepherd

Open to Hope

by Dr. Gloria Horsley & Dr. Heidi Horsley

Permission to Mourn

by Tom Zuba

Planet Widow: A Mother’s Story of Navigating a Suddenly Unrecognizable World

by Gloria Lenhart

Radical Survivor

by Dr. Nancy Saltzman

Second Firsts

by Christina Rasmussen

The Alchemy of Loss

by Abigail Carter

The Grief Practice

by Monique Minahan

Vodka Soup for the Widowed Soul

by Michelle Miller

Children's Books (Pre-K to 5th Grade)

A Kid’s Grief Journal

by Diana Hamlett & Sonja Sharif

Always By My Side

by Susan Kerner

For the Grieving Child

An Activities Manual

by Suzan Jaffe

Goodnight Mr. Vincent Van Gogh

by Lindsey Doolittle

Help Me Say Goodbye

Activities for Helping Kids Cope When a Special Person Dies

by Janis Silverman

I Miss You

A First Look at Death

by Pat Thomas

LIfetimes

The Beautiful Way to Explain Death to Children

by Bryan Melloni & Robert Ingpen

Mama’s Right Here

by Susan Kerner

Someone I love just died: What happens now?

by Jill Johnson-Young

The Dragonfly Door

by John Adams

The Fall of Freddie the Leaf

A Story of life for all ages

by Leo Buscaglia

The Invisible String

by Patricia Karst

Waterbugs and Dragonflies

Explaining Death to Young Children

by Adoris Stickney

When Families Grieve

Kit includes DVD, guide for parents, and children's story

by Sesame Street

Where are You?

A Child's Book About Loss

by Laura Olivieri

Where is My Daddy?

by Alexandria Romero

Middle School/High School Books

Facing Change: Falling Apart and Coming Together in the Teen Years

by Donna O'Toole

Healing Your Grieving Heart for Teens: 100 Practical Ideas

by Alan Wolfelt PH.D.

How it Feels When A Parent Dies

by Jill Krementz

Modern Loss: Candid Conversation About Grief. Beginners Welcome.

by Rebecca Soffer & Gabrielle Birkner

Straight Talk About Death for Teenagers: How to Cope with Losing Someone You Love

by Earl Grollman

The Grieving Teen: A Guide for Teenagers and their Friends

by Helen Fitzgerald

The Healing Your Grieving Heart Journal for Teens

by Alan Wolfelt

You Are Not Alone: Teens talk about life after the loss of a parent

by Lynne Hughes

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