Compassionate Friends library

Books available for loan and books missing (if you have a missing one, please let me know)

December 2009

 

Note: if you cannot attend meetings, a friend can take out a book for you. You can also come to my house in El Sobrante (near Richmond) and choose them here. Idell Weydemeyer 877 N. Rancho Road, El Sobrante  510-223-6291 iw garden @earthlink.net

 

Key: Any of “Kind” listed with “Pro” after it means written by a professional grief counselor. Most others are written by parents who have lost one or more children.

 

Kind

Author

Title

Date

Publisher

 

AIDS

Fumia, M;.

Honor Thy Children

1997

Conari Press

 

AIDS

Glaser

;Palmerr

In the Absence of Angels

1991

Berkeley Books

 

Baby

Church;Chazin; Ewald

When a Baby Dies

1981

Compassionate Friends

 

Baby

Cohen

She Was Born

She Died

1983

Centering Corp

 

Baby

Kohner; Henley

When a Baby Dies

1991

Sands

 

Baby

Rank, M

Free to Grieve

Miscarriage & Stillbirth

1985

Bethany House

 

Baby-Pro

Horchler;Morris

The SIDS Survival Guide

1994

SIDS Educ Service

 

Baby-Pro

Peppers;

Knapp

How to Go on Living After the Death of a Baby

1985

Peachtree Publishers

 

Grief

Bordow, J

The Ultimate Loss

1982

USA Beauford Books

 

Grief

Baugher & Calija

A Guide to for the Bereaved Survivor

1991

self

 

Grief

Bramblett

When Good-bye is Forever

1991

Ballentine

 

Grief

Crider, T

Give sorrow Words

1996

Alognquin Books

 

Grief

Eneroth, C

Does Anybody Else Hurt this Bad – And Live

1991

Otis Publications

 

Grief

Fox

I have No Intention of saying Good-bye

2001

Writer’s club

 

Grief

Fritsch;Ilse

The Anguish of Loss

1988

Wintergreen Pr

 

Grief

Fumia, M

Safe Passage

1992

Conarie Press

 

Grief

Hackett;

Bevington

Now Childless

1990

Compassionate Friends

 

Grief

Heavilin, M.

When Your Dreams Die

1990

Here’s Life Publishers

 

Grief

Lager & Wagner

Knowing Why Changes Nothing (Co-founder TCF)

1997

Options Pub

co-founders of TCF

Grief

Linn, E

I know Just How You Feel

1986

Publishers Mark

 

Grief

Manning, D

Don’t Take My grief Away

1979

Harper & Row

 

Grief

Mehren, E.

After the Darkest Hour the Sun Will Shine Again

1997

Fireside

 

Grief

Rowley

On the Wings of Mourning

1984

Word Books

 

Grief

Sims, D.

Footsteps Through the Valley

1993

Big A & Co.

 

Grief

Staudacher, M

Men & Grief

1991

New Harbinger

 

Grief

Stephany, M

My Reflections on Grieving

1987

Vantage Press

 

Grief

Wagner, Sascha

The Poems of Sascha Wagner

2008

Tennessee Valley Publishing

184 pages

Grief

Sims, Darcie

Why Are the Casseroles Always Tuna? A Loving Look at the Lighter Side of Grief

1999

Big A & Company

86 pages

Grief -Pro

Cornils

Managing Grief Wisely

1967

Cushing-Malloy

 

Grief-Pro

Baugher;

Calija

A Guide for the Bereaved Survivor

1981

self

 

Grief-Pro

Brown, E.

Sun Rise Tomorrow

1988

Fleming Revell

 

Grief-Pro

Chesser, B.

Because You Care

1971

Tindale House

 

Grief-Pro

Compassionate  Friends edited

We Need Not Walk Alone

1992

Compassionate Friends

 

Grief-Pro

group?

Dear Parents

1989

Centering Corp

 

Grief-Pro

Johnson

Children Die Too

1978

Centering Corp

 

Grief-Pro

Kander

So I Will Comfort You

1990

Lux Verbi

 

Grief-Pro

Knapp, R.

Beyond Endurance

1986

Schocken Books

 

Grief-Pro

Kubler-Ross

Death—The Final Stage of Growth

1975

Prentaice-Hall

 

Grief-Pro

Kubler-Ross

Questions & Answers On Death & Dying

1974

McMillian

 

Grief-Pro

Kuenning

Helping You Through Grief

1973

Bethany House

 

Grief-Pro

Levine, S

Who Dies

1982

Doubleday

 

Grief-Pro

McCracken; Semel

A Broken Heart Still Beats

1998

Hazeldon

 

Grief-Pro

Miller

When Going to Pieces Holds You Together

1976

Ausberg

 

Grief-Pro

Moody; Arcangel

Life After Loss

2001

HarperCollins

 

Grief-Pro

Rando, T

How To Go On Living When someone You Love Dies

1988

Bantam

 

Grief-Pro

Rosof, B

The Worst Loss

1994

Henry Holt

 

Grief-Pro

Schiff, H

Living Through Mourning

1986

Penguin

 

Grief-Pro

Sims, D.

If I Could Just See Hope

1993

Big A Co

 

Grief-Pro

Staudacher, M

A Time to Grieve (meditations)

1994

HarperCollins

 

Grief-Pro

Staudacher, M

Men & Grief

1991

New Harbinger

 

Grief-Pro

Tatelbaum

The Courage to Grieve

1980

Harper & Rowe

 

Grief-Pro

Tengbom

Help for Bereaved Parents

1981

Concordia Publishing House

 

Grief-Pro

Wheeler; Pike

Goodby My Child

1992

Centering Corp

 

Grief-Pro

Wunnenberg, K.

Grieving the Loss of a Loved One

2000

Zondervan

 

Grief-Pro

Lightner, Candy

Giving Sorrow Words. How to Cope with Grief & Get on With Your life.

1990

Time-Warner

230 pages one of MAAD founders

Grief-Pro

Mehren, Elizabeth

copy #3

After The Darkest Hour The Sun Will Shine Again. A Parent’s Guide to Coping With the Loss of a Child

1997

Simon & Schuster

181 pages

Grief-Pro

Wolfelt, Alan D

Healing a Parent’s Grieving Heart

2002

Companion Press

109 pages

Holiday

editors

Holiday Hope

1998

Fairview Press

 

Holiday

Evans

The Christmas Box

1993

self

 

Holiday

Graves;

Williams

Holiday Help

1985

ACCORD

 

Kids

Boulden, J

Saying Goodbye Activity Book

1989

self

 

Kids

Busaglia

The Fall of Freddie the Leaf

1982

Slack, Inc.

 

Kids

Chapel

Answers to a Child’s Questions about Death

1979

Guideline Publishers

 

Kids

Gravelle, K

Teenagers Face to Face with Bereavement (testimony)

1989

Mesner

 

Kids

Haskins;

Gravelle

Teenagers Face to Face with Berteavement

1989

Julian Messner

 

Kids

Horsley

Teen Grief Relief

2007

Copyright Clearance Center

 

Kids

La Tour

For Those Who Live

1983

self

 

Kids

Linn, E

150 Facts About Grieving Children

1990

Publishers Mark

 

Kids

Sims

Am I Still a Sister?

1986

Big A & Co.

 

Kids

O’Tool, Donna

Facing Change. Falling Apart and Coming Together Again in the Teen Years

2007

Compassion Press

43 pages

Kids-Pro

Jackson

Telling a Child About death

1965

Hawthorn Books

 

Kids-Pro

Kolf, J

Teenagers talk About grief

1990

Baker

 

Kids-Pro

Kublr-Ross

On Children & Death

1983

Collier

 

Kids-Pro

La Tour

For Those Who Live

1983

self

 

Kids-Pro

Metzgar

Little ears, Big Issues, Children & Loss

1991

self

 

Kids-Pro

Papenbrock, Voss

Children’s Grief (Also one called Grief---same)

1988

Medic Publishing

 

Kids-Pro

Gliko-Brade, Majel

Grief comes to Class

2004

Centering corporation

47 pages

Live after

Amatuzio, J

Forever Ours

2002

New World Library

 

Live after

Bethards, B

There is no death

1975

Inner Light Foundation

 

Live after

Bethards, B

There Is No Death

?

?

 

Live after

Collier, J

Quit Kissing My Ashes

2002

Forty-Two Pub

 

Live after

Dubois, A

We are Their Heaven

2006

Simon & Schuster

 

Live after

DuBois, A

Don’t Kiss them Goodby

2004

Simon & Schuster

 

Live after

Eadie, B

Embraced by the Light (not child loss)

1992

Gold Leaf Press

 

Live after

Edwards

Crossing Over

2001

Jodere Group

 

Live after

Edwards, J

One Last Time

?

?

 

Live after

Fisher, H

From Erin with Love

1995

Swallowtail Pub

 

Live after

Fleece, I

Not by Accident

1964

Moody Bible Inst.

 

Live after

Georgian, L

Communicating with the Dead

1995

self

 

Live after

Kubler-Ross

On Life After Death

1991

Celestial Arts

 

Live after

LaGrand

Message of Miracles

1999

Llewellyn Pub

 

Live after

Martin; Romanowski

Our Children Forever

1994

Berkeley Books

 

Live after

Moody, R

Life after Life

1975

Bantam

 

Live after

Morse; Perry

Closer to the Light

1990

Ivy Books

 

Live after

Morse; Perry

Transformed By the Light

1992

Random House

 

Live after

Newton

Journey of Souls

2001

Llewellyn Pub

 

Live after

Northrop

Second Chance

2002

Jodere Group

 

Live after

Novak; Sylvia

A Change of Heart (heart Transplant)

1997

Little, Brown, Co

Heart transplant

Live after

Randles; Hough

Life After Death & the World Beyond

1998

Sterling

 

Live after

Sharp, K

After the Light

1995

William Morro Co

 

Live after

Theisen; Matera

Childlight

2001

New Horizon Press

 

Live after

LaGrand, Louis E, Ph.D. copy # 2

Messages And Miracles. Extraordinary Experiences of The Bereaved

1999

Llewellyn Publications

292 pages

Live after -suicide

Puyear, A

Stephen Lives

1996

Pocket Books

 

Live after-Angels

Anderson, J.

Where Angels Walk

1992

Ballantine

 

Live after-Angels

Burnham, S

A Book of Angels

1990

Ballantine

 

Live after-Angels

Goldman, K

Angel Encounters

1995

Simon & Schuster

 

Live after-Angels

Shedd, Charlie

Brush of an Angel’s Wing

1994

Guideposts

 

Live after-Angels

Tyler, Kelsey

There’s an Angel on Your Shoulder

1994

Berkeley Books

 

Murder

Hansen

Those of Us Who Care

1993

Rainbow Books

 

Own story

Hood, Ann

Comfort.  A journey Through Grief

 

 

185 pages

Own story

Buthman. D

Thin Ice

1990

Centering Corp

 

Own story

Centering Corp

Dear Parents (letters)

1989

Centering Corp

 

Own story

Deford, F

Alex – The Life of a Child

1983

Viking Press

 

Own story

Crider, T

Give sorrow Words

1996

Alognquin Books

 

Own story

Gentry

Stars in the Deepest Night poetry)

1999

Writer’s Club Press

 

Own story

Gunther, J

Death Be Not Proud

1949

Harper

 

Own story

Harden

Longs from The edge

1989

self

 

Own story

Hood, A

Comfort

2008

WW Norton & Co

 

Own story

Loizeaux

Anna—A Daughter’s Life

1993

Arcade Publishing

 

Own story

Morrell, D

Fireflies (other books too)

1988

EP Dutton

 

Own story

Musser, L

Remember Lee (Also is God is a Birdwatcher)

1991

Centering corporation

 

Own story

Strommen

Five Cries of Grief

1993

Harper S

 

Own story

Van Vechten

The First Year of Forever

1987

Dwight Publishing

 

Own story

Vatuk

My Priya (poetry)

2004

self

 

Own story

Vincent, E

Swimming with Maya

2004

Capitol Books

 

Own story

Bauckus, Chapain

Telling Yourself the Truth

1980

Bethany

 

Recovery process

Beattie, M.

The Lessons of Love

1994

Harper

 

Recovery process

Donnelly, K.

Recovering from the Loss of Your Child

1982

Berkeley Books

 

Recovery process

James; Cherry

The Grief Recovery Handbook

1988

Harper Perennial

 

Recovery-Pro

Pearson, J

Marriage After Mourning

1995

Kendall Hunt

 

Recovery-Pro

Staudacher

Beyond Grief

1987

New Harbinger

 

Religious

Biebel, D

Jonathan—You Left Too Soon

1981

Thomas Nelson Publishers

 

Religious

Claypool, J

Tracks of a Fellow Struggler

1974

Key Word Book

 

Religious

Derksen;

Nash

The Other Side of Sorrow

1982

Ausberg Publish House

 

Religious

Heavilin

Roses in December

1993

Harvest House

 

Religious

Heavilin

December’s Song

1988

Here’s Life

 

Religious

Johnson

No Time To Waste

1971

Zondervan Pub

 

Religious

Koop

Sometimes Mountains Move

1979

Tindale House Pub

 

Religious

Kushner, H.

When Bad Things Happen to Good People

1981

Avon Books

 

Religious

Landorf

Mourning Song

1974

Fleming Revel Co

 

Religious

McAllister, D

Hope Through a Father’s Vision & a Mother’s Grief

2001

Healing Broken Hearst Ministry

 

Religious

McGee

Death of a Little Child

1979

Through the Bible Books

 

Religious

Mead, E

Lay Up Your Treasures in Heaven

1977

Logos International

 

Religious

Munday

I Wasn’t Ready

1991

Skipjack Press

 

Religious

Pinkson, T

Do They Celebrate Christmas in Heaven?

?

Rakan (several religions)

 

Religious

Schiff, H

The Bereaved Parent

1977

Penguin

 

Religious

Taylor, R

When Life Is Changed Forever

1992

Harvest House

 

Religious

Wolterstorff, N.

Lament for a Son

1987

WB Eerdrmans Pub

 

Suicide

Bolton; Mitchell

My Son My Son

1983

self

 

Suicide

Chance, S

Stronger Than Death

1992

Avon

 

Suicide

Glover, B

Lost & Found

1997

Sevgo Press

 

Suicide

Grollman, E.

Suicide – Prevention, Intervention, Postvention

1971

Beacon Press

 

Suicide

Johnson

Suicide of a Child

NR

NR

 

Suicide

Lukas;Seiden

Silent Grief

1988

Charles Schribner

 

Suicide

Wrobleski

Suicide: Why

1989

self

 

Suicide

Wrobleski

Suicide Survivors

1991

self

 

Suicide

Hippie, Eric

Real Men Do Cry

2008

Quality of Life

119 pages Pro football player

Suicide-

Oats (editor)

After Suicide

1980

Westminister Pr

 

Suicide-religious

Puryear, A.

Stephen Lives

1992

Pocket Books

 

 

 

CD Grief

Allen, Barbara

When Substance Abuse is a Factor in the Death of a Child

 

Compassionate Friends

 

CD Grief-Pro

Sims, Darci

Finding Your way Through Grief

 

Grief Inc

 

CD Holidays

Sims, Darci

Handling the Holidays

2002

Grief Inc

 

CD-Grief Pro

Compassionate friends

After a child dies

 

Compassionate Friends

 

Tape Grief

Jelly, Joanne

What Does a Loss Really Mean

 

 

 

Tape Grief

Heavilin, Marilyn

Telling Your story Effectively

 

 

 

Tape-Religion

Gilbert, Dick

Use and Abuse of Religion in Grief

 

 

 

 

Missing books

Author

Title

copies

Altea, R

Proud Spirit

none available

Altea, R

The Eagle & The Rose

none available

Beattie, M.

The Lessons of Love

1 missing

Bolton; Mitchell

My Son My Son

1 missing

Chance, S

Stronger than Death (suicide)

none available

Claypool, J

Tracks of a Fellow Struggler

1 missing

Eadie, B

Embraced by the Light (not child loss)

1 missing

Edler, R

Into the Valley & Out Again

none available

Eneroth, C

Does Anybody Else Hurt this Bad – And Live

1 missing

Fox, S

I Have No Intention of Saying Goodbye

none available

Goodman

Love Never Dies

none available

Graves; Williams

Holiday Help

1 missing

Guggenheim

Hello from Heaven

none available

Heartley, H

A Father’s Feelings After Losing a Child

none available

Johnson

Suicide of a Child

1 missing

Knapp, R.

Beyond Endurance

1 missing

Kushner, H.

When Bad Things Happen to Good People

1 missing

Martin; Romanowski

Our Children Forever

1 missing

Moody, R

Life after Life

1 missing

Morrell, D

Fireflies (other books too)

1 missing

Mundy, J

I Wasn’t Ready

none available

Osgood, J

Meditations for Bereaved Parents

none available

Pinkson, T

Do They Celebrate Christmas in Heaven?

1 missing

Rosof, B

The Worst Loss

1 missing

Sanders, K

How to Survive the Loss of a Child

none available

Staudacher, M

Men & Grief

2 missing

Steiger B & S

Children of the light

none available

Strommen

Five Cries of Grief

1 missing

Van Vechten

The First Year of Forever

1 missing