Books To Comfort Your Heart: A Quarantine Reading List
Losing a baby can be a lonely, isolating experience, and unless one has known someone who had such a loss, it is easy to feel as if no one understands what you are experiencing. For those who are grieving the death of their baby, the right books can help you process the loss. Different types of books will provide for different needs. Some books deal with the medical aspect of loss, others are meant to help grieving children, men, etc., and others are intensely personal stories. All of these can remind a grieving parent, sibling or grandparent that it is possible to survive such a great loss and that they are not as alone as they might feel. Books dealing with grief can also comfort you and help identify coping strategies.
Share keeps an extensive resource list covering a wide-range of topics as well as an online catalog where many of these materials can be purchased. You may find yourself with some time on your hands during this unusual season, so we’ve compiled this list of books to comfort your heart.
If you have questions about these books or our online catalog, call the Share office at 800-821-6819 or email us at info@nationalshare.org.
Bereaved Parents:
Empty Cradle, Broken Heart by Deborah Davis
Miscarriage: A Book For Parents by Joy and Marv Johnson
Fathers:
A Guide for Fathers by Tim Nelson
When Men Grieve by Elizabeth Levang
Grandparents:
A Grandparent’s Sorrow by Pat Schweibert
Couples:
For Better or Worse: A Handbook for Couples Whose Child Has Died by Maribeth Wilder Doerr
Healing Together by Marcie Lester and Sandra Lovell
Children:
Ethan’s Butterflies by Christine Jonas-Simpson
Someone Came Before You by Pat Schwiebert by Cathy Blanford
Something Happened by Cathy Blanford
Thumpy’s Story (book) by Nancy Dodge
Sharing With Thumpy (journal) by Nancy Dodge
We Were Going to Have a Baby But We Had an Angel Instead by Pat Schwiebert
Journals:
A Momma’s Heart: Comfort for Loss Moms by Bethany Conkel
Memory Books:
Hugged With Our Hearts: A Memory Book
We Hold You In Our Hearts: A Memory Book
Finding Hope:
Angelic Presence by Cathi Lammert and Sue Friedeck