A Heartbeat Away
Author: Flappy Lane Fox
The first part of this book charts Flappy Lane-Fox's journey
from the isolation of grief and loss through to the first renewal of hope,
following the death of her son, Harry, in a car accident, aged just 24.
The second part of the book is an anthology of writings on the themes of
‘Grief, Bereavement and Loss' and ‘Hope, Humour and Love'.
Attending to the Fact: Staying with Dying
Author: Hilary Elfick and David Head
This inspirational collection of poetry explores one of the most difficult and painful subjects to make sense of in writing - what it is like to care for the dying and the dead. Drawing on the authors' own work in hospices, these poems take the reader on a journey that explores the experience of either supporting, or being, someone going through the physical changes and complex emotions that accompany ill-health and death.
Don't Let Them Tell You How to Grieve
Author: Gina Claye
A mother who experienced the sudden deaths of a 19 year old daughter by suicide and a 32 year old son from encephalitis.
Give Sorrow Words - Poems of Bereavement
Author: The Compassionate Friends
Poems of individual journeys, of the anguish of loss, of personal discoveries and of the slow growth of hope.
The Long Pale Corridor: Contemporary Poems of Bereavement
Author:Judi Benson
This anthology encompasses a wide range of personal experience from a great number of contemporary poets.
My True Son
Author: Gill Hartley
This poignant collection of poems is born out of the sad death of Gill's beloved son and only child, Will, at the tender age of twenty-two. A mother's personal description of her grief journey. You might not have experienced the death of a child, but this book may give you a better understanding of a parent's painful grief.
Aspects of Loss
Author: Gill Hartley
Gill interweaves prose and poetry which express the thoughts and feelings of many bereaved parents, with her own journey since the death of her son.