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  Many people report that, while deep in grief, they have been visited by red birds. The red bird, they tell us, provided comfort and a connection to the loved one they had lost. According to a sacred Cherokee story, the sun's daughter was killed, but returned to her mother in the form of a red bird.
 
 
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Books To Help Deal With Grief & Loss

Dealing With Suicide

November of the Soul
Sanity and Grace

November of the Soul: The Enigma of Suicide: by George Howe Colt. Scribner (February 21, 2006) This book is based on hundreds of in-depth interviews. It investigates the causes and possibilities for prevention as well as paths to healing.

Sanity and Grace: A Journey of Suicide, Survival, and Strength: by Judy Collins.  At age 33, Clark Taylor, the only child of singer-songwriter Judy Collins, committed suicide. This book is her honest account of her struggle to find meaning in her own life after his death and to have the courage to sing again.
The Cruelest Death

The Cruelest Death: The Enigma of Adolescent Suicidee: by David Lester. Charles Press, 1992.
Through two case histories David Lester, a nationally known researcher on suicide, explores the very complicated phenomenon of adolescent suicide.
     

Accidental Death

Remember Lee

Remember Lee: The End Is the Beginning--A Mother's Journey Through Loss: by Linda Musser. Linda Musser, a registered nurse and Vice-President of Patient Services at Porter Memorial Hospital wrote this book after the death of her son, Lee, in an automobile accident. She grieves as she faces family and friends and begins to acknowledge the reality of Lee’s death.

Loss of A Spouse

A Grief Observed

A Grief Observed: by C.S. Lewis. Bantam Books, 1983.  A short biography of Lewis and Joy Davidman, concentrating on their few short years of happiness in which time Joy was diagnosed with a terminal illness.
 
The Year of Magical Thinking

The Year of Magical Thinking: by Joan Didion. Borzoi book publ. By A.A Knopf 2005.  Ms. Didion explores an intensely personal yet universal experience: a portrait of a marriage and a life, in good times and bad.

Loss of A Child

When Goodbye Is Forever
  
Blessing of a Broken Heart

When Good-bye Is Forever: by John Bramblett. Ballentine Books, NY, 1991.  Learning to live again after the death of a child.

  

The Blessing of a Broken Heart: by Sherri Mandell. The Toby Press LLC, P.O. Box 8531 New Milford, CT. 06676-8531 USA. This story is at once heartbreaking and life-affirming, shot through with immense pain and immense beauty and courage.
 

Adults - Dealing with Loss

How To Go On Living
  
Motherless Daughters

How To Go On Living When Someone You Love Dies: by Theresa A Rando, Ph.D. Lexington Books, 125 Spring St., Lexington, Ma 02173, 1988.

  

Motherless Daughters: The Legacy of Loss : by Hope Edelman. Dell Publising, 1540 Broadway, NY, NY 10036. A must read for the millions of women whose mothers have gone – but whose need for healing, mourning, and mothering remains.
     
Lessons of Loss

Lessons of Loss: A guide to coping: A guide coping: By R.A. Neimeyer, Memphis, TN 2002.  Center for the Study of Loss and Transition.
   

Novels
We Are Our Mother's Daughters

We Are Our Mother's Daughters: by Cokie Roberts. William Morrow; 1st edition (April 22, 1998). Cokie Roberst takes her listeners on a personal and political journey, exploring the diverse roles women have played throughout American history, and the connections and distinctions among different generations of women.

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