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  • 1.  Book Discussion Groups

    Posted 04-11-2018 12:56 PM
    Hi everyone;
    If you have a book discussion group - or want to start one - what books are good ones to prompt discussions about grief and loss?
    Please share,
    Diane

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    Diane Snyder Cowan, CHPCA,MA,MT-BC
    Director of Bereavement Center
    Hospice of the Western Reserve, Inc
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  • 2.  RE: Book Discussion Groups

    Posted 04-12-2018 08:50 AM

    Option B by Sheryl Sandberg.

     

    Christina Bailey, MS, LSW

    Social Services Coordinator

    Hospice of Southern WV

    PO Box 1472

    Beckley WV 25802

    304-255-6404

     

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  • 3.  RE: Book Discussion Groups

    Posted 04-13-2018 07:56 PM
    A book recommendation . . .

    Megan Devine's IT'S OKAY THAT YOU'RE NOT OKAY

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    in Peace,
    Larry Patten

    Bereavement Support Specialist
    Center for Grief and Healing
    (559) 248-8579

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  • 4.  RE: Book Discussion Groups

    Posted 04-12-2018 09:49 AM
    "A Grief Observed"  C. S. Lewis


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    Jan Dial, Chaplain
    DMH Hospice
    Decatur, IL
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  • 5.  RE: Book Discussion Groups

    Posted 04-12-2018 10:20 AM
    ​I like A Grief Observed by C.S. Lewis.  It's his journal of the days following the death of his wife of three years from cancer.

    Cynthia

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    Rev. Dr. Cynthia Danals
    Chaplain, Bereavement Coordinator, and Volunteer Coordinator
    Guardian Angel Home Care & Hospice Services, Inc.
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  • 6.  RE: Book Discussion Groups

    Posted 04-12-2018 12:04 PM

    Good morning.

        Four suggestions : 1) Living with Grief - Transforming Loss Finding Potential Growth. Edited by Kenneth Doka and  Amy Tucci.  Published Hospice Foundation of America, 2) And Still They Bloom : A Family's Journey of Loss and Healing.  Amy Rovere. Published American Cancer Society, 3) Tear Soup - A Recipe for Healing After Loss.  Pat Schwiebert, and 4) The Bereaved Parent.  Harriett Schiff.

        Have a grace filled week everyone.

    Respectfully,

    Jay Morris

    Chaplain Bereavement Coordinator

    Preferred Hospice - Columbia, Missouri

    573-499-4540




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  • 7.  RE: Book Discussion Groups

    Posted 04-13-2018 09:15 AM

    Sharon,

     Lets keep a listing of recommended books, as a distribution list for our families....

    What do you think?

     kim

     




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  • 8.  RE: Book Discussion Groups

    Posted 04-17-2018 01:41 PM

    Book Recommendations:

     

    1.       Bearing the Unbearable: Love, Loss and the Heartbreaking Path of Grief by Joan Cacciatore

    2.       Who Dies?  An Investigation of Conscious Living and Conscious Dying- Stephen Levine and Ondrea Levine

    3.       The Five Invitations: Discovering What Death Can Teach Us About Living Fully  by Frank Ostaseki

    4.       Swallowed by a Snake: The Gift of the Masculine Side of Healing by Thomas R. Golden

     

     

    Lisa Dierdorf, MA, PLPC

    Bereavement Coordinator

    Unity Hospice of Greater St. Louis

    Office: (888) 394-1055

    Cell: (636) 346-1132

     

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  • 9.  RE: Book Discussion Groups

    Posted 04-13-2018 11:12 AM
    I think that one of the most important books I've ever read on bereavement and grief is "It's OK that You're Not OK" by Megan Devine (published 2017).  It's the book on grief that I wish I had written.  I have assigned it to all the spiritual care, social service, and bereavement team members at our hospice, and plan on having our entire clinical staff read it as well.
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  • 10.  RE: Book Discussion Groups

    Posted 04-13-2018 01:40 PM
    My current best recommendation is:

     "The Wild Edge of Sorrow"

    Rituals of Renewal and the Sacred Work of Grief

    By Francis Weller (2015)



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    Cynthia Meilicke, MS, CT
    Bereavement & Community Services Manager
    Hospice of the Foothills
    Grass Valley, CA 95945
    cmeilicke@hofo.org
    541.274.5141
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  • 11.  RE: Book Discussion Groups

    Posted 04-14-2018 11:30 PM
    Hi,

    I hesitated replying to this thread because I wasn't sure if it is okay to suggest my own book.  I am the author of Mourning and Milestones:  Honoring Anniversaries, Birthdays and Special Occasions After a Loved One Dies.  (ISBN: 978-1-61852-102-6)  It is the story of my journey through the first two years after my husband's death, one milestone event at a time.  It also includes stories from  four widows and three widowers whose perspectives and experiences contrast with mine.  Each essay in the book has set out "Thoughts" boxes with the main points.  These can be used to guide discussion.  A local group used the book for their discussions and invited me to meet with them at the final meeting.  They reported finding the book helpful.

    Please feel free to contact me if you have any questions.

    Kathleen Fraser
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  • 12.  RE: Book Discussion Groups

    Posted 04-18-2018 10:54 AM
    Thanks to everyone who has responded.  This list will be a great resource for many of us.

    Diane

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    Diane Snyder Cowan, CHPCA,MA,MT-BC
    Director of Bereavement Center
    Hospice of the Western Reserve, Inc
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