Books: For When You Are Drowning in Grief
Following a year full of illness and death, many of us have carried the weight of numerous losses. If we have been lucky enough not to lose someone from COVID-19, all of us who love will eventually experience grief. Grief comes with so many unexpected emotions and complicated thoughts. Even though it is the most common human experience, we often feel the most alone as we journey through it.
Those of us who love books know what a comfort they can be during times of struggling and healing. Here are some books, both fiction and nonfiction, that offer insightful, beautiful and comforting observations about living on when our loved ones have died.
Books About Losing A Friend or Partner
The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion
Future Widow: Losing My Husband, Saving My Family, and Finding My Voice by Jenny Lisk
Three Man Game: Surviving the Loss of a Wife and Mother by Jim Jarrell
Grief Is the Thing with Feathers by Max Porter
Books About Losing A Sibling
Poor Your Soul by Mira Ptacin (*This also fits with books about losing a child)
The Sky Is Everywhere by Jandy Nelson
Once We Were Sisters: A Memoir by Sheila Kohler
