Need a good grief book

[Crazy_Kate]

Books about grief & bereavement

Hello everyone, I’ve seen a few posts recently where people have talked about books they’ve read that have been helpful, so I thought it would be good to start a new thread to keep all those recommendations in one place. To get started, here’s a recommendation from me: I recently read ‘The Year of Magical Thinking’ by Joan Didion, which is a very moving and personal exploration of grief following the sudden loss of her husband. Didion talks about what she calls the vortex effect, where events…

Rather than take from your thread @DoubleD, I’ve posted the link here, to the thread I mentioned. Might be worth a look.

Thanks for starting this thread and your recommendations and for reminding me of the previous thread; it was interesting to look back on it. Keep reading, it can help, if only a tiny bit. x