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Words that help carry the weight

Many survivors find comfort and understanding in reading the words of others who have walked this road. Below are recommended titles, grouped by the loss they speak to most directly.

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After Suicide Loss

Bob Baugher & Jack Jordan

Coping with Your Grief

Touched by Suicide

Michael F. Myers & Carla Fine

Hope and Healing After Loss

Healing After the Suicide of a Loved One

Ann Smolin & John Guinan

Loss of a Child

My Son, My Son

Iris Bolton

A Guide to Healing After Loss

A Force Unfamiliar to Me

Jane Butler

A Cautionary Tale

When Suicide Comes Home

Paul Cox

A Father’s Diary

Devastating Losses

William Feigelman, et al.

How Parents Cope

Garrett

Sen. Gordon H. Smith

One Family’s Battle with Depression

Suicide of a Child

Adina Wrobleski

Loss of a Parent

Losing a Parent to Suicide

Marty Loy & Amy Boelk

Before Their Time

Mary & Maureen Stimming

Adult Children’s Experiences

Dead Reckoning

David Treadway

A Therapist Confronts His Grief

Loss of a Sibling

History of a Suicide

Jill Bialosky

My Sister’s Unfinished Life

Still With Us

Lena M. Q. Heilmann

Voices of Sibling Loss Survivors

A Special Scar

Alison Wertheimer

The Experience of People Bereaved by Suicide

Loss of a Spouse or Significant Other

No Time to Say Goodbye

Carla Fine

Surviving the Suicide of a Loved One

Never Regret the Pain

Sel Erder Yackley

Loving and Losing a Bipolar Spouse

Children and Teens

After

Francis Chalfour

After a Suicide

Susan Kuklin

Young People Speak Up

After a Parent’s Suicide

Margo Requarth

Helping Children Heal

But I Didn’t Say Goodbye

Barbara Rubel

After a Suicide Death

The Dougy Center

An Activity Book for Grieving Kids

Also from The Dougy Center: guides and activity books at dougy.org

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