Books can provide connection following tremendous loss
Sorrow is one of the hardest parts of being human. But the empathy offered by others is one of the best.
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Guidebooks for the grieving
Much of The Grief Library is memoir and fiction that provides companionship for the mourning journey. But we often crave a more direct guide, as well. Here are two I’ve explored.
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The grief process doesn’t abide by the rules of fair play
This novel might be one of the closest depictions of what it felt like to mourn my sister.
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Collective or individual, grief changes us
This is a story about the McIlvaine family and their specific loss. And, more broadly, this is also a story about all grief.