Seventy-one books · Sixteen shelves
The
Grief
Library
Shelved by the loss you are carrying. Each one I have read, or handed to a client, before it went on this page. Find your shelf. Take what helps. Leave the rest.
Seventy-one books · Sixteen shelves
Shelved by the loss you are carrying. Each one I have read, or handed to a client, before it went on this page. Find your shelf. Take what helps. Leave the rest.
Guided journals I wrote for one particular kind of loss at a time, because grieving a mother is not the same as grieving a child, a sister, or a dog who knew you. Each one is yours to keep, and yours to work through at whatever pace the week allows.
When you have just lost someone
Foundational reads for the early days, when nothing makes sense and the language has not arrived yet.
Mother loss
For the mother who died, the mother who left, the mother who was here but not here. Each one names a different shape of mother grief.
Mother Hunger® is a registered trademark and framework of Kelly McDaniel. Angela teaches this material as a trained Mother Hunger® Facilitator. Copyright Kelly McDaniel, Mother Hunger® and kellymcdanieltherapy.com, All rights reserved.
Start hereFather loss
Whether he died, left, or was never quite there, this section names a particular grief that often goes unspoken.
Love addiction
When what we needed early goes unmet, the reaching itself can become the thing that hurts. This names it without shame.
Narcissistic abuse
Leaving a narcissistic relationship carries a real grief, and it is almost never witnessed as one. These two take it seriously.
Loss of a spouse or partner
Books for the partner left behind, and the long work of being known in a different way going forward.
Loss of a child
Pregnancy loss, stillbirth, infant loss, the loss of a child of any age. We hold this with the weight it deserves. There’s also a dedicated child loss resources page → with people and organizations alongside these books.
Sibling loss
A grief that is often under-witnessed. These two books take it seriously.
Pet loss
A small, hand-picked list. Some for adults, some to read with a grieving child.
Loss to suicide
Books that meet suicide loss with honesty and without judgment.
Sudden, violent, or traumatic loss
Books for losses that arrived without warning, accidents, gun violence, homicide, sudden medical events.
Anticipatory grief, caregiving & long illness
If you are caring for someone you are also losing, this is its own particular kind of carrying.
For grieving children & teens
Books that help young people make sense of death and find language for grief.
For parents helping grieving children
For parents, caregivers, and anyone in the room with a grieving young person.
Journals, workbooks & daily companions
Structured pages for the days that need a smaller container.
Memoirs to keep you company
When you do not want self-help, you want someone to walk beside you. These walk well.
No round-ups. One title, the reason it is on the shelf, and who it is for. Same list that gets first notice on the retreats.
A separate page lists hotlines, nonprofit support groups, grief camps for kids, and online communities, organized the same way, by the loss you are carrying.
Grief Support Organizations →Take this with you
Why Grief Keeps Coming Back is my free guide on why loss resurfaces long after everyone else thinks you should be done, and why that is not you going backward. Leave your name and email and I will send it.