Reading List
(Reviewed books receive 1 to 4 ♥s.)
General
Empty Cradle, Broken Heart: Surviving the Death of Your Baby*
by Deborah H. Davis, Ph.D
*This book is available for purchase through Heartstrings at a reduced cost.
When the Bough Breaks: The Death of a Child
by S.C. Holtkamp
A Broken Heart Still Beats
by Anne McCracken and Mary Semel
Healing After Loss: Daily Meditations for Working Through Grief
by Martha Whitmore Hickman
Loss Specific
Fatal Heart Condition
Losing Malcom ♥♥♥♥
by Carol Henderson
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Waiting with Gabriel: A Story of Cherishing a Baby’s Brief Life
by Amy Kuebelbeck
Miscarriage
Miscarriage: A Shattered Dream
by Sherokee Ilse and Linda Hammer Burns
When a Baby Dies: The Experience of Late Miscarriage
by Nancy Kohner and Alex Henley
SIDS
The SIDS Survival Guide
by Joani Nelson Horchler
Stillbirth
Stillborn: The Invisible Death
by John DeFrain and Leona Martens
Multiples Specific
A Different Kind of Mother
by Christine Howser (Specific to loss of all)
(Available at https://www.1stbooks.com)
William and Wendell
by Donnali Fifield (Specific to complicated grief issues and loss of all)
(Available at https://www.timestwopublishing.com)
Coming to Term: A Father’s Story of Birth, Loss and Survival
by William Woodwell (Specific to loss of one twin)
Embracing Laura
by Martha Wegner-Hay (Specific to Selective Reduction)
(Available through Centering Corporation, https://www.centeringcorporation.org)
The Diary
by Lynne Schulz (Specific to continuing pregnancy after a loss)
(Available at Murraylands)
Decisionmaking and Support After Termination
A Time to Decide, A Time to Heal
by Molly Minnich, A.C.S.W., Kathleen Delp, A.C.S.W., and Mary Ciotti, MD (Order from www.aplacetoremember.com)
Unsupported Losses: Ectopic Pregnancy
Molar Pregnancy and Blighted Ovum
by Sherokee Ilse
Pregnancy After Loss
Motherhood After Miscarriage
by Kathleen Diamond
Another Baby? Maybe…
by Sherokee Ilse and Maribeth Wilder Doerr
Pregnancy After a Loss: A Guide to Pregnancy
after a Miscarriage, Stillbirth or Infant Death
by Carol Cirulli Lanham
For Fathers
Strong and Tender: A Guide for the Father Whose Baby Has Died
by Pat Schweibert, R.N.
Noah's Rainbow: A Father's Emotional Journey from the Death of his Son to the Birth of his Daughter
by David Fleming ♥♥♥♥
(This is actually a good book for anyone to read.)
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For Grandparents
Forgotten Tears : A Grandmother's Journey Through Grief
by Nina Bennett (Not infant loss specific)
For Children
Sad Isn't Bad
by Michaelene Mundy
When Dinosaurs Die
by Laurie Krasny Brown
Tear Soup
by Pat Schweibert
The Saddest Time
by Norma Simon
I Miss You: A First Look at Death
by Pat Thomas
After the Funeral
by Jane Loretta Winsch
Spiritual (Christianity)
Mommy, Please Don’t Cry
by Linda DeYmaz
Why?
By Anne Graham Lotz
Safe in the Arms of God
by John McArthur
Turn My Mourning Into Dancing: Finding Hope in Hard Times
by Henri Nouwent
I Will Carry You: The Sacred Dance of Grief and Joy
by Angie Smith
Psalms of Lament
by Ann Weems
Fiction
Good Grief (Not infant loss specific)
by Lolly Winston
Little Earthquakes
by Jennifer Weiner
Heartstrings has a Lending Library which includes many of the books listed above. Please give us a call at (336) 335-9931 if you would like to borrow a book.