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Bittersweet: How Sorrow and Longing Make Us Whole
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Bittersweet

By Susan Cain ,

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Dance Like a Leaf
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Dance Like a Leaf

By AJ Irving , Claudia Navarro (illustrator) ,

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The Madness of Grief: A Memoir of Love and Loss
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The Madness of Grief

By Richard Coles ,

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Welcome to the Grief Club: Because You Don't Have to Go Through It Alone
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Welcome to the Grief Club

By Janine Kwoh ,

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All the Honey
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All the Honey

By Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer ,

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Hope in the Valley
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Hope in the Valley

By Mitali Perkins ,

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You'd Look Better as a Ghost
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You'd Look Better as a Ghost

By Joanna Wallace ,

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The Shape of Thunder
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The Shape of Thunder

By Jasmine Warga ,

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The Cure for Sorrow: A Book of Blessings for Times of Grief
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The Cure for Sorrow

By Jan Richardson ,

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You'll Find Me
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You'll Find Me

By Amanda Rawson Hill , Joanne Lew-Vriethoff (illustrator) ,

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Death Is Stupid
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Death Is Stupid

By Anastasia Higginbotham ,

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The Stranding
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The Stranding

By Kate Sawyer ,

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Death and its Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Beautiful Lessons: Field Notes from The Death Dialogues Project
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Death and its Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Beautiful Lessons

By Becky Aud-Jennison , Felicia Olin (illustrator) ,

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Different After You: Rediscovering Yourself and Healing After Grief and Trauma
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Different After You

By Michele Neff Hernandez ,

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You Will Be Okay: Find Strength, Stay Hopeful and Get to Grips with Grief
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You Will Be Okay

By Julie Stokes ,

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The Boy and the Gorilla
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The Boy and the Gorilla

By Jackie Azua Kramer , Cindy Derby (illustrator) ,

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Bloodmarked
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Bloodmarked

By Tracy Deonn ,

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Finding the Words: Working Through Profound Loss with Hope and Purpose
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Finding the Words

By Colin Campbell ,

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The Last Heir to Blackwood Library
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The Last Heir to Blackwood Library

By Hester Fox ,

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Come Forth As Gold
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Come Forth As Gold

By Erica Dansereau ,

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Mom's Search for Meaning: Grief and Growth After Child Loss
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Mom's Search for Meaning

By Melissa M. Monroe ,

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Neverending Mercy
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Neverending Mercy

By Latisha Sexton ,

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I Died Too, But They Haven't Buried Me Yet
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I Died Too, But They Haven't Buried Me Yet

By Ross Jeffery ,

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Languages of Loss: A psychotherapist's journey through grief
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Languages of Loss

By Sasha Bates ,

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Death Is But a Dream: Finding Hope and Meaning at Life's End
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Death Is But a Dream

By Christopher Kerr , Carine Mardorossian ,

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We Can Never Leave This Place
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We Can Never Leave This Place

By Eric Larocca ,

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Hazel Bly and the Deep Blue Sea
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Hazel Bly and the Deep Blue Sea

By Ashley Herring Blake ,

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The Lost Art of Dying: Reviving Forgotten Wisdom
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The Lost Art of Dying

By L.S. Dugdale ,

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Eurydice
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Eurydice

By Sarah Ruhl ,

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The Adult Orphan Club: How I Learned to Grieve the Loss of My Parents
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The Adult Orphan Club

By Flora Baker ,

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Now, Conjurers
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Now, Conjurers

By Freddie Kölsch ,

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Paper Girl and the Knives that Made Her
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Paper Girl and the Knives that Made Her

By Ari B. Cofer ,

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Mosaic
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Mosaic

By Laura Gaddis ,

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A Little Book of Self-Care for Those Who Grieve
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A Little Book of Self-Care for Those Who Grieve

By Paula Becker , Rebekah Nichols (illustrator) ,

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Can You Just Sit with Me?
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Can You Just Sit with Me?

By Natasha Smith ,

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Mid-Faith Crisis
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Mid-Faith Crisis

By Catherine McNiel , Jason Hague ,

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Can Anyone Tell Me?
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Can Anyone Tell Me?

By Meghan Riordan Jarvis ,

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Conscious Grieving: A Transformative Approach to Healing from Loss
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Conscious Grieving

By Claire Bidwell Smith ,

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All the Blues in the Sky
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All the Blues in the Sky

By RenéeWatson ,

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