Heartbeat Books

Below is a list of books that many survivors have found to be helpful as they deal with their loss and help others in the family deal with their loss.

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		The Shack - by William P. Young This book is on this list because it deals with "Why bad things happen to goo people..." It is about a father coming to grips with the loss of his youngest daughter who is kidnapped and never found. It takes you the reader through his journey as he talks with God and comes to grips with the greatest loss one will ever know. REVIEWS: "THE SHACK is the most absorbing work of fiction I've read in many years. My wife and I laughed, cried, and repented of our own lack of faith along the way. THE SHACK will leave you craving for the presence of God." Michael W. Smith, recording artist "Reading THE SHACK during a very difficult transition in my life, this story has blown the door wide open to my soul." - Wynonna Judd, recording artist ISBN-10: 0964729237 ISBN-13: 978-0964729230
		Judy Collins - Singer/Songwriter/Author: Sanity and Grace Seven T's : Finding Hope and Healing in the Wake of Tragedy SINGING LESSONS: A MEMOIR OF LOVE, LOSS, HOPE AND HEALING
		Crossing 13 Carrie Stark Hugus has written a book, Crossing 13: Memoir of a Father's Suicide, that will help many people heal from the pain of losing someone through suicide. The reader grows through hearing Carrie's very personal story, and is offered resources and direction on how to proceed. Paperback: 120 pages Publisher: Affirm Publications; 1st edition (June 1, 2008) Language: English ISBN-10: 0981593801 ISBN-13: 978-0981593807
		My Son ... My Son After the 1977 suicide of her 20 year old musician son, Iris Bolton says, "to climb from that emotional abyss would force me to fight the hardest battle of my life." On top of that, she was faced with the stigma of a "failed parent", and, she felt like a "discredited counselor" as the director of a family therapy center. Suicide transmits a public ridicule and private humiliation, grief, guilt and anger. Bolton eloquently shares her experience with brilliant usage of metaphors to describe the tortured process from grief to survival. Paperback: 120 pages Publisher: Bolton Press Atlanta; Revised edition (June 1983) Language: English ISBN-10: 0961632607 ISBN-13: 978-0961632601

90 Minutes in Heaven by Don Piper

A Child’s View of Grief by Alan Wolfelt

After Suicide by John H. Hewett

A Grace Disguised by Jerry Sittser

A Hole in My Heart by Carlene Fontaine

A Journey Through Grief by Alla Renee Bozarth

An Unquiet Mind by Kay Redfield Jamison

Badger’s Parting Gifts by Susan Varley

Bereaved Children and Teens by Earl A. Grollman

Chicken Soup for the Soul by Jack Canfield & Mark Victor Harson

Dying to be Free by Beverly Cobain & Jean Larch (Book 1)

Dying to be Free by Beverly Cobain & Jean Larch (Book 2)

Finding Your Way after the Suicide of Someone You Loved by David Biebel & Suzanne Foster

Five Cries of Grief by Merton Strommen & A. Irene Strommen

Ginger's Gift by Michelle Linn-Gust

Healing a Parent’s Grieving Heart by Alan Wolfelt

Healing a Teen’s Grieving Heart by Alan Wolfelt

Healing After the Suicide of a Loved One by Ann Smolin

Healing Grief at Work by Alan Wolfelt

Healing Your Grieving Heart for Kids by Alan Wolfelt

Helping Children Cope with Grief by Alan Wolfelt

How to Survive the Loss of a Child by Catherine Sanders

How to Survive the Loss of a Love by Melba Colgrove

How to Survive the Loss of a Parent by Lois Akner (copy 1)

I know Just How You Feel by Erin Linn

I wasn’t Ready to Say Goodbuye by Broon Noel & Pamela Blair

It must hurt a Lot by Doris Sanfoed

Lament for a Son by Nicholas Wolterstorff

Letter to a Grieving Heart by Billy Sprague

Letting Go With Love by Nancy O’Connor

Life after Loss by Bob Deits

Life After Loss by Vamik Volkan & Elizabeth Zintl

Liking Myself by Pat Palmer

Living Through Mourning by Harriet Sarnoff Schiff

Living When A Loved One has Died by Earl A. Grollman

Living When a Young Friend Commits Suicide by Earl A. Grollman

Lost and Found by Beryl S. Glover (copy 1)

Lost and Found by Beryl S. Glover (copy 2)

Men & Grief by Carol Staudacher

No Time to say Goodbye by Carla Fine Book 1

No Time to say Goodbye by Carla Fine Book 2

On Death and Dying by Elisabeth Kubler-Ross

Prayers for Bobby by Leroy Aarons

Recovering from Your Child’s Suicide by Morton Schrag (copy 1)

Recovering from Your Child’s Suicide by Morton Schrag (copy 2)

Sad Hug, Mad Hug, Happy Hug by Channing Bete

Shades of Grey by J. Graham Armstrong

Someone I loved Died by Suicide by Doreen Cammarata

Suicide by Early A. Grollman

Suicide by Paul G. Quinnett

The Bereaved Parent by Harriet Sarnoff Schiff

The Great Wing by Louis Tartaglia

The Grieving Child by Helen Fitzgerald

The Mourning Handbook by Helen Fitzgerald

The Velveteen Rabbit by Margery Williams

Touched with Fire by Kay Redfield Jamison (copy 1)

Touched with Fire by Kay Redfield Jamison (copy 1)

Tough Love by Phyllis & David York

Understanding Your Grief by Alan D. Wolfelt

When Dinosaurs Die by Laurie Krasny Brown & Marc Brown

When Suicide Comes Home by Paul Cox

Who Dies by Stephen/Ondrea Levine

Why People Die by Suicide by Thomas Joiner

Why Suicide by Eric Marcus

With Those Who Grieve by Kay Soder-Alderfer