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BIBLIOGRAPHY
Facing Death: Living with Life-Threatening Illness
Survivors: Understanding the Experience of Loss
Death in the Lives of Adults
Suicide
Other Books
Books for Helping Children and Adolescents Cope with Loss
1. Carrick, Carol. The Accident. Illustrations by Donald Carrick. New York: Seabury/Clarion, 1976. A young child copes with the death of a pet dog.
2. Corley, Elizabeth. Tell Me About Death, Tell Me About Funerals. Illustrations by Philip Pecorado. Santa Clara, California: Grammatical Sciences, 1973. Information about funerals is presented in a comforting manner to a girl whose grandfather has died.
3. Girion, Barbara. A Tangle of Roots. New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1979. A mother’s sudden death and the daughter’s readjustment following the loss.
4. Greenlee, Sharon. When Someone Dies. Illustrated by Bill Draft. Atlanta: Peachtree, 1992. Using colorful pictures and a writing style directed to children, this book describes how to cope with the confusion and hurt felt by children and adults alike when they are faced with death.
5. Grollman, Earl. Talking about Death: A Dialogue Between Parent and Child. Third Edition. Boston: Beacon Press, 1991. A classic nonfiction explanation about death.
6. McNamara, Jill Westberg. My Mom is Dying: a Child’s Diary. Illustrated by David LaRochelle. Minneapolis: Augsburg Fortress, 1994. When Kristin learns that her mother is dying, she turns to God for help. Through a series of conversations with God, she gradually comes to understand her feelings, recognizing that it is okay to experience fear, anger, and sadness. She finds solace in knowing that God understands her grief. Includes a discussion section to help parents and children talk about death, grieving, and God’s love.
7. Rofes, Eric E. The Kid’s Book about Death and Dying: By and for Kids. Boston: Little, Brown, 1985. What is death? What is it like for a child when a friend or relative dies? Is there life after death? These are just a few of the questions a group of students, ranging in age from 11 to 14, answered for themselves while exploring the subjects of death and dying under direction of their teacher, Eric Rofes, at the Fairweather Street School in Cambridge, Mass.
8. Van den Berg, Marinus. The Three Birds: A Story for Children about the Loss of a Loved one. Illustrations by Sandra Ireland. New York: Magination Press, 1994. A young bird journeys from bewilderment through grief to resolution of his mother’s untimely death.
Facing Death: Living with Life-Threatening Illness
1. Ahronheim, Judith and Weber, Doron. Final Passages: Positive Choices for the Dying and Their Loved Ones. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1992.
2. Doka, Kenneth J. Living with Life-Threatening Illness: A Guide for Patients, Their Families, and Caregivers. New York: Lexington, 1993.
3. Elias, Norbvert. The Loneliness of the Dying. New York: Basil Blackwell, 1985.
4. Morris, David B. The Culture of Pain. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1991.
5. Nuland, Serwin B. How We Die: Reflections on Life’s Final Chapter. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1994.
6. Selzer, Arthur. Understanding Heart Disease. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1992.
Survivors: Understanding the Experience of Loss
1. Osterweis, Marian; Solomon, Fredric and Green, Morris, eds. Bereavement: Reactions, Consequences, and Care. Washington, D.C.: National Academy Press, 1984.
2. Parkes, Colin Murray. Bereavement: Studies of Grief in Adult Life, Second Edition. Madison, Conn.: International Universities Press, 1987.
3. Tatelbaum, Judy. The Courage to Grieve: Creative Living, Recovery and Growth Through Grief. New York: Harper & Row, 1982.
4. Volkan, Vamik D. and Zintl, Elizabeth. Life After Loss: The Lessons of Grief. New York: Collier, 1994.
Death in the Lives of Adults
1. Browne, Colette and Onzuka-Anderson, Roberta, eds. Our Aging Parents: A Practical Guide to Eldercare. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 1985.
2. DiGiulio, Robert C. Beyond Widowhood: From Bereavement to Emergence and Hope. New York: Free Press, 1989.
3. Kaufman, Sharon R. The Ageless Self: Sources of Meaning in Later Life. Madison: University of Wisconsin Press, 1995.
4. Klass, Dennis. Parental Grief: Solace and Resolution. New York: Springer, 1988.
Suicide
1. Farberow, Norman L. Suicide in Different Cultures. Baltimore: University Park Press, 1975.
2. Grollman, Earl A. Suicide: Prevention, Intervention, Postvention, Second Edition. Boston: Beacon Press, 1988.
3. Maris, Ronald, ed. Understanding and Preventing Suicide. New York: Guilford Press, 1988.
Other Books
1. Anderson, Patricia. All of Us. Americans Talk About the Meaning of Death. New York: Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group, 1996.
2. DeSpelder, Lynne Ann and Strickland, Albert Lee. The Last Dance: Encountering Death and Dying, Fourth Edition. Mountain View, California: Mayfield Publishing Company, 1996.
3. Kubler-Ross, Elisabeth. On Death and Dying. New York: Macmillan, 1969.
4. Rinpoche, Sogyal. The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying. San Francisco, California: Harper, 1992.
5. Williamson, John B. and Shneidman, Edwin S. ed. Death: Current Perspective, Fourth Edition. Mountain View, California: Mayfield Publishing Company, 1995.
