Can anyone recommend a book about dealing with parental illness and death?
Can anyone recommend a book about dealing with parental illness and death?
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Can anyone recommend a book about dealing with parental illness and death?
The monster calls by Patrick Ness. My Grandmother Asks Me to Tell You She’s Sorry by Frédéric Backman. And the only book that helped when my mom died, grieving: how to go on living when somebody you love dies by Therese Rando.
Not sure if you’re looking for humor to help you manage your pain in dealing with your situation but this book was humorous and interesting
https://www.amazon.com/Cant-Talk-about-Something-Pleasant/dp/1632861011
My mom read this multiple times when she was taking care of her dying father.
Someone You Love Is Gone by Gurjinder Basran, H is for Hawk by Helen McDonald, The Once and Future King by T H White, The Dead Mom’s Club by Kate Spencer, Its Okay to Laugh, Crying is Okay Too by Norma McIrney, basically everything I’ve read in the past year after losing my parents 345 days apart. I have a whole list.
Being Mortal
And of course, I’m deeply sorry if you are going through this right now. {hugs}
Testimony of Light. It’s about two nuns who have a telepathic connection that was not severed even when the other one died. The dead nun tells her what she sees on the other side. It’s by Helen Greaves, the other nun. Quite compelling on the topic of what to expect on the other side.
Why Bad Things Happen to Good People by Norman Vincent Peale.
Mother of all losses
When my mom had dementia (which she later died from), I found the book Still Alice very helpful. While the book is a novel, the author, Lisa Genova, has a neuroscience background & so I learned a lot about what actually is going on with the person who has dementia/Alzheimer’s as well as how to respond/deal with the family member. Very well written, characters well drawn, as well as informative.
Still Alice was a very good book.
“A Monster Calls”. Written for a younger audience, yet full of love and beauty for anyone of any age. It’s short…it may take you 30 minutes to read it. But it is stunning. A non-fiction book that is also aimed for young audiences is “When Someone you Love Dies”. When 3 young siblings wake up to chaos in their home one night, it is a waking to a real nightmare. Their young, healthy father has died suddenly in the middle of the night. Their mother gives them each a journal (the youngest, 3 years old, also gets a scribe-his older siblings) and tells them to write about their pain, fear, anger, and questions each day. Then, about a year later, she has them go BACK through these journals and write what they wish they had known the first time, or what people could have done to help them. It’s an invaluable resource for young people who are dealing with such a catastrophic loss, and it is also reassurance–one CAN live through horrible ordeals.
Getting Through What You Can’t Get Over by Anita Agers-Brooks
The Best book ever that I think the whole world should read is called “Being Mortal” by: Atul Gawande. He is a doctor and he explains things so well……..it is a great book.
Yes, I was going to suggest this too!
The end of your life book club
Nobody’s Child: How Older Women Say Goodbye to Their Mothers, by Diane Sher Lutovich
Thanks to everyone who offered their support and suggestions. I’ll look into all of them.
Kinflicks by Lisa Alther.
‘How We Die’ by Sherwin B Nuland is very good.
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“Mid-life Orphan” I forget the author, but it was very good.
The Astonishing Colour of After
A Death in the Family – James Agee.
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Thxs for this post it will be helpful to me as well
For a light look at this sad topic: Can’t We Talk About Something More Pleasant