Review
The author wrote the book to help other bereaved parents; those seeking an understanding of after-death grief reactions; and for those searching on a spiritual level for meaning and new perspectives on death and dying.

My Teen Angel
By Sally Silagy

Review
My Teen Angel draws on the personal tragedy of the author and 12 other bereaved families who have suffered the loss of a teen child. The book addresses specific topics such as normal grief responses, the stages of grief, dealing with the holidays, sibling survivors, on-line grief resources and remembrance tokens and rituals. It is a piognant book about how quickly our lives can change; the difficulties we have keeping up with the change, and how we can learn to live again. Email Sally.

Waking To Tears
Losing A Loved One To Violence
By Traci Bieber Nelson

Review
An unspoken epidemic is plaguing today's society. For every act of violence there is a growing population of loved ones whose lives have been forever changed. They are the countless people left behind by victims of violence and emotionally abandoned by society. Waking To Tears exposes the depths of souls filled with pain and grief of losing a loved one to violence. The experiences are different but the grief is not isolated, it is an overwhelming emotion that wakes you to tears. No one is immune to violence. It touches all races, religions, sexuality and economic groups. Violence knows no boundaries. For every act of violence there are too many people who continue to wake to tears, fueling a victim epidemic.

Love Never Dies
A Mother's Journey from Loss to Love
By Sandy Goodman

Review
Having someone you love die, whether expected or unexpected, is perhaps the most trying, and painful situation we face in life. In her book Love Never Dies, Sandy Goodman walks right past all the analytical, psychological lingo to, as John Edward, renowned psychic medium put it – “light a path of understanding through the darkness of loss.” Sandy Goodman has turned her personal journey following the tragic death of her 18-year-old son into a valuable guide destined to help all people who are dealing with grief over a lost loved one. Blending reality, personal experience, and compassion, Sandy advises the reader not to try to return to their “old selves,” but to find a way to be comfortable with their “new self.” This book is a thoughtful gift. Email Sandy.

Give Them Wings and Let Them Fly
Surviving the Loss of a Child
By Kymberli Weed Brady

Review
My name is Kymberli Brady. I am a member of MPAS and wrote a book called "Give Them Wings and Let Them Fly" Surviving the Loss of a Child. Unlike other books on the subject that deal with the emotional and physical aspects of losing a child, this one deals with the "heart" issues. I am trying to put together a second in the "series" which will contain the thoughts, poetry and personal stories from other mothers and fathers. I am accepting presently submissions. I feel it is so important that the public become more aware of "our" feelings during this difficult time, along with what to say and, more importantly what NOT to say. My publisher has given the go ahead to proceed with the second book. This could be a wonderful way for others to write about their feelings and pain, and heal through them as I have begun to do with this book. Email Kimberly.

Angels Of Our Heart
By LeAnn Poile

Review By Author
My name is LeAnn Poile and I am the author of Angels of Our Heart. It is a book filled with stories written by survivors of murder victims about their stolen loved ones. In the book you will find passages written by those who have lost loved ones to murder in their very own words. They tell about their laughter, their love, their dreams and hopes, for what is most important for a survivor is that they can remember their loved ones as they were before they were victims. This is the first book of its kind, no other book focuses on the victims rather than the perpetrators. It is so important that the world knows that these beautiful people once lived and hopefully, in putting faces and names and life histories to murder victims, we can help others see how importatant victims/survivors rights are. With the death penalty in the forefront of the news today, it is time we stand and say, even in this, the victims are forgotten.

The Music in Your Brother's Name
An Open Letter to My Surviving Children
By Vicki W. Vanderveen

Review
The Music in Your Brother's Name is the poignant insight into one mother's grief following the sudden death of her oldest child. Through poems and letters, author Vicki Vanderveen addresses each of her five children and details how their three-year old brother's death impacted their lives.

Vanderveen's candid and personal account takes the reader through the very raw emotions in the beginning of the grief process and through some very powerful spiritual visions she had which eased her pain. A must-read for every parent who has ever lost a child.

The Art of Condolence
What to Write, What to Say, What to Do at a Time of Loss
By Leonard M. Zunin, Hilary Stanton Zunin, Hilda Zunin

Review
A reassuring and practical guide for finding the best way to respond to another's experience of grief.

When Your Friend's Child Dies:
A Guide to Being a Thoughtful and Caring Friend
By Julane Grant

Review
A simply written, straight-forward book that will tell you what to say and do when you have a friend whose child has died. And, just as important, Chapter 1 tells you what not to say and why. An early reader described this book as a "slap-in-the-face wake-up call." After reading this book you will positively know how to comfort a parent who has lost a child, even ten years later. You won't have to memorize it; you will feel it. This book belongs in every household!

The Gift of a Memory
By Marianne Richmond (Illustrator)

Review
With tenderness and wisdom, Harriet Sarnoff Schiff writes about the feelings of isolation, fear, anger, and loss that are common to friends and relatives when a loved one dies.

Living Through Mourning
Finding Comfort and Hope When a Loved One Has Died
By Harriet Sarnoff Schiff
Review
A one-of-a-kind keepsake, the Gift of a Memory commemorates the loss of a special life. Through a heartfelt poem and beautiful illustrations, the book recounts the emotional journey of loss and offers the reader a wish for comfort and for hope in life again. A fill-in-the-blank format allows recipients to personalize the story. A journal in the back of the book lets family and friends preserve special memories and photos to create a truly precious memento.

Alison's Gift
The Song of a Thousand Hearts Opening
By Pat Hogan, Patrick Joseph Hogan
Review
Alison, a vibrant child, had a mission in life to help others. In unique ways, both seen and unseen, her purpose lives on. Her fearlessness, compassion, and leadership qualities transformed her community in life and have reverberated throughout the country in her death. Alison's life was cut short by an air bag in a low-speed automobile collision. Meet Alison's father: although emotionally scarred by his loss, he starts a one-man crusade, forcing the auto industry to adopt safer air bag systems for our children.

Share a mother's impulse of love to create her own rituals in caring for her beloved daughter and forgo a conventional funeral. Come to the family's home, where hundreds of friends and relatives visit. Feel the love and support of a community as it encounters loss in its midst and comes to grips with a difficult good-bye.

Angel Catcher
By Kathy Eldon, Amy Eldon
Review
After the death of her son Dan, Kathy Eldon and her daughter Amy created a special book dedicated to all he meant to them. ANGEL CATCHER, a guided journal for people who have lost someone close, gives to others what Kathy and Amy discovered during the years after Dan's death. Its pages are filled with beautiful quotations and original art, but mostly it offers space--to record memories, paste photographs, or draw reminders of the loved one. Color throughout.

When There Are No Words
Finding Your Way to Cope With Loss and Grief
By Charlie Walton

Review
Written from the perspective of a parent learning to cope with the loss of his sons, this book contains practical suggestions for dealing with the tangible and intangible components of grief. Both the bereaved themselves and those who struggle to help them will find this book useful. Walton describes eloquently the physical, spiritual, psychological, and social effects of grief with descriptions of what is and is not often helpful in coping or helping. Although Walton writes from a Christian perspective, his suggestions are of a universal nature and would be helpful to anyone of any faith.

Left Behind: A Mothers Grief 
By Carol J Kifer 

Review
Who can fix a broken heart? This crisis memoir explores questions we all ask when a loved one dies. It is the true story of one woman's struggle to survive the pain of being left behind when her 15-year-old daughter dies suddenly in a car accident. Although classified as a grief book, it is really about life and the decisions we are forced to make when our life plans are altered by tragedy. Intimate conversations between family members illustrate the differences in ways people grieve.

Psalms of Lament
By Ann Weems

Review
Weems' son was pointlessly killed "less than an hour after his twenty-first birthday." Her grief has not left her since. She released much of it, however, in these 50 poems. Modeled upon the Psalms of the Bible, they all share the same "plot line" --beginning in painful petition, proceeding through anger and helplessness, and concluding in trust in the Lord who brings all hope. They are repetitious in their tropes as well. The lines of each are centered on the page, thereby resonantly recalling the shaped poems of the English sacred poet George Herbert (the most famous are "Easter Wings" and "The Altar" ). Weems' poems are not as great as Herbert's, but virtually anyone of religious faith who has lost a loved one, especially "before their time," will find fellowship, ministry, and healing in them.

The Bereaved Parents' Survival Guide
By Juliet Cassuto Rothman

Review
We are never prepared for the loss of a child, yet this beautifully written, and compassionate book wisely prepares us for what comes next. Though we don't believe there will ever be a sane or normal moment again, ever so gently, author Rothman guides the reader/parent through stages of grieving and Kubler-Ross's stages of dying...and, we will survive. A grief counselor herself, Rothman shares her own and others' experiences of this incomprehensible pain. If there ever can be a "guide book" for the treacherous journey of losing a child, this book is the one. Succinct yet thorough, Rothman provides information about where to reach out for support from others, including a toll-free telephone number. Share the wisdom when it is needed, but NEVER, NEVER give your only copy of this book away!

One Last Time
A Psychic Medium Speaks to Those We Have Loved and Lost
By John J. Edward

Review
"I reach out to those that have passed over to the other side, and reconnect them with the loved ones they left behind..." This is the remarkable true story of psychic medium John Edward. His extraordinary gift has opened up a window to the spirit world through which come messages of love, peace and reconciliation from those who have passed over to the other side.

In One Last Time, John talks about how he first discovered then gradually developed his psychic ability to foretell events and communicate with the deceased. He is also empowering people to tune into their own psychic abilities and read and understand signs of spiritual contact they may be experiencing every day without even knowing it. John Edward's fresh, honest--and at times even skeptical--approach has earned him an international following of those seeking genuine and accurate after death communication with departed family and loved ones. With warmth, humor and compassion, John tells the compelling stories of his most important readings, how they helped heal the scars of grief and gave way to more fulfilling lives for the living--lives where loved ones never cease to love you, and never really die.

A Broken Heart Still Beats: When Your Child Dies
By Anne McCracken(Editor), Mary Semel (Editor)

Review
This is a collection of honest words, beautifully put together, about the saddest thing that can happen to a parent, a family. By reading these stories and poems, those of us who have not lost a child can glimpse, in some small measure, the pain such a tragedy brings. For those who lost a child, this book won't "make it better" - nothing can do that - but maybe there will be comfort in knowing you are not alone in your agony, and finding your feelings expressed so movingly and well.

Lament for a Son
By Nicholas Wolterstorff