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Inside Grief: A Personal Journey: Hope for the Grieving and Those Who Care for Them

Inside Grief is a personal account of coping with grief through which the author reaches out to others in a similar position.

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Janine Fair, Surprised by Grief (on being widowed young), (IVP, 2010)

Janine places her grief in the context of a transition in order to understand her ‘voyage of hope’, ending with gratitude to God for all she has received from his hands.

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Joey O’Connor, Children & Grief (Kindle, 2004)

Children and Grief offers parents a way to approach these tough questions with honesty, tenderness, and hope

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Albert Y. Hsu, Grieving a Suicide: A Loved One’s Search for Comfort, Answers, and Hope

Hsu draws on the Christian faith to assist suicide survivors to the God who offers comfort in our grief

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Sue Mayfield, Living With Bereavement (Lion Hudson, 2008)

An indispensable guide through the process of mourning a loved one. With useful sections on supporting others.

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Wendy Bray & Diana Priest, Insight into Bereavement (CWR, 2006)

Insight into Bereavement gives practical advice for these times in our lives and points to the eternal hope we have in God.

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Pete Greig, God on Mute (Survivor, Kingsway Communications)

God on Mute was written out of Pete’s own experience of the miraculous power of prayer alongside the pain of unanswered prayer and the common human struggle

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Philip Yancey, Where is God When it Hurts? (Zondervan Publishing House, revised edition 1994)

Using examples from the Bible as well as the author’s personal experiences, this expanded edition speaks to everyone for whom life sometimes doesn’t make sense.

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Nicholas Wolterstorff, Lament for a Son (William B Eerdmans Publishing Co, 1996)

The author of this book, lost his 25-year-old son Eric in a mountain climbing accident, has started the long, unwanted journey to come to terms with his grief

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CS Lewis, A Grief Observed (Faber & Faber, 1966)

Grief Observed comprises the reflections of the great scholar and Christian on the death of his wife after only a few short years of marriage.