Duke Community Bereavement Services

Articles About Grief

Surviving a Homicide

How Long Should Grief Last?

It won't be the same this year

Ten Most Careless Statements Made to Grieving People

Letter from a Bereaved Person to a Friend

The Tears of Things

Saying Good-bye to John Wayne!

Honoring the Grief of a Beloved Pet

My old friend, Grief

Helping Children and Teens Remember During the Holidays

BOOKS ON GRIEF

For Adults

Colgrove, Melba: How to Survive the Loss of a Love

Eldon, Kathy & Amy: Angel Catcher: A Journal of Loss and Remembrance

Ericsson, Stephanie: Companion Through the Darkness

Heinlein, Susan, Ed.: When a Lifemate Dies

Hichman, Martha: Healing After Loss

Levang, Elizabeth: When Men Grieve

Levy, Alexander: The Orphaned Adult

McKrachen, A. & Semel, M.: A Broken Heart Still Beats (Loss of a Child)

Harris, Maxine: The Loss that is Forever

Secunda, Victoria: Losing Your Parents, Finding Your Self

Riches, Gordon & Pam Dawson: An Intimate Loneliness

For Teens

Dower, Laura: I Will Remember You

Fitzgerald, Helen: The Grieving Teen

Grollman, Earl: Straight Talk About Death for Teens

Mahon, A.K.: Just One Tear

For Children

Brown, Laurie & Marc: When Dinosaurs Die

Clifton, Lucille: Everett Anderson’s Goodbye

Flynn, Jessie: It’s Not Your Fault

Greenlee, Sharon: When Someone Dies

Spelman, Judith: After Charlotte’s Mom Died

Viorst, Judith: The Tenth Good Thing About Barney

Wright, Betty: The Cat Next Door

For Adults Helping Children

Boulden, Jim & Joan: Saying Goodbye

Emswiler, Mary Ann & James: Guiding Your Child Through Grief

Fitzgerald, Helen: The Grieving Child: A Parent’s Guide

Heegard, Marge: When Someone Very Special Dies

The Dougy Center: After a Murder

Wolfelt, Alan: Healing the Bereaved Child

Homicide

Jenkins, Bill: What to Do When the Police Leave

Lord, Janice Harris: No Time for Goodbyes

Spungen, Deborah: Homicide: The Hidden Victim

Stetson, Brad: Living Victims, Stolen Lives

Suicide

Alexander, Victoria: In the Wake of Suicide

Smolin, Ann & John Guinan: Healing After the Suicide of a Loved One

Swan Miller, Sara: An Empty Chair

Theological

Claypool, John: Tracks of a Fellow Struggler

Kushner, Harold: When Bad Things Happen to Good People

Lewis, C.S.: A Grief Observed