Grief Library
Our Family Center and Library features an extensive library for all families of our community. It contains a wide assortment of books, publications and videos about a variety of subjects relating to death, grief, and healing.
The Cedar Memorial Family Center and Library also provides a private, comfortable setting for families and friends to gather and share a meal. Visit
Arranging a Gathering to find out more about our reception and catering services.
Click on a topic for a list of titles
General
Healing After a Loss:
Daily Meditations
Healing Your Grieving Heart:
100 Practical Ideas
Safe Passage
Words to Help the Grieving
A Decembered Grief:
Living with Loss While Others are Celebrating
Chicken Soup for the Soul: Grieving and Recovery:
101 Inspirational & Comforting Stories about Surviving the Loss of a Loved One
Surviving Grief and Learning to Live Again
Healing Your Holiday Grief:
100 Practical Ideas for Blending Mourning and Celebration During the Holiday Season
Healing the Adult Sibling's Grieving Heart:
100 Practical Ideas After Your Brother or Sister Dies
Loss of a Spouse
Finding Your Way After Your Spouse Dies
Widow To Widow:
Thoughtful, Practical Ideas for Rebuilding Your Life
I'm Grieving as Fast as I Can:
How Young Widows Can Cope and Heal
Getting to the Other Side of Grief:
Overcoming the Death of a Spouse
Healing A Spouse's Grieving Heart:
100 Practical Ideas After Your Husband or Wife Dies
Sudden or Unexpected Death
I Wasn't Ready to Say Goodbye:
Surviving, Coping & Healing After The Sudden Death of a Loved One
No Time To Say Goodbye:
Surviving the Suicide of a Loved One
Suicide Survivor's Handbook
Healing After the Suicide of a Loved One
Understanding Your Suicide Grief:
10 Essential Touchstones for Finding Hope and Healing Your Heart
For Bereaved Parents
Empty Cradle, Broken Heart:
Surviving the Death of Your Baby
Hope is Like the Sun:
Finding Hope and Healing After Miscarriage, Stillbirth, or Infant Death
Healing a Parent's Grieving Heart:
100 Practical Ideas
For Children
A Lesson for Linnea:
Explaining Cremation To Young Children
Tear Soup:
A Recipe for Healing After Loss
Water Bugs and Dragonflies:
Explaining Death to Young Children
My Beautiful Broken Shell:
Words of Hope to Refresh the Soul
The Fall of Freddie the Leaf
We Were Going To Have a Baby, But We Had an Angel Instead
When a Grandparent Dies - Elf Help Book
Sad Isn't Bad - Elf Help Book
When Your Parent Dies - Elf Help Book
Help Me Say Good-bye:
Activities for Helping Kids Cope When a Special Person Dies
Our Special Garden:
Understanding Cremation
Healing Your Grieving Heart for Kids:
100 Practical Ideas for Families, Friends and Caregivers
For Teens
Sibling Grief:
Healing After the Death of a Sister or Brother
Help For The Hard Times:
Getting Through Loss
Healing Your Grieving Heart for Teens:
100 Practical Ideas
Straight Talk About Death for Teens
Parent Loss
When Parents Die:
A Guide for Adults
Healing the Adult Child's Grieving Heart:
100 Practical Ideas after Your Parent Dies
Father Loss:
How Sons of All Ages Come to Terms with the Death of their Dads
Motherless Daughters:
The Legacy of Loss
The Orphaned Adult:
Understanding and Coping with Grief and Change after the Death of our Parents