Tees Valley & Durham Area
Cruse Bereavement Care
Support and Resource Centre

General

After The Death of Someone Very Close

Cruse's best-selling guide to the emotions commonly experienced during the grief of bereavement. A basic, helpful introduction to bereavement, whatever the circumstances.

£2.00

Coping with a Major Personal Crisis

A best-selling Cruse booklet for anyone affected by disaster or sudden or violent loss.

Free

Death is Nothing At All

"...I have only slipped away into the next room..." The well-known words of comfort by Canon Henry Scott Holland, attractively presented as a small, illustrated book.

£4.99

Healing Grief - A Guide to Loss and Recovery

Barbara Ward. Positive self-help approach to loss, grieving and bereavement.

£9.99

The Bird of my Loving

Mary Sheepshanks. A grandmother writes about the deaths of her baby, husband and mother and shows it is possible to survive and rebuild one's life after bereavement.

£6.99

The Courage to Grieve - Creative Living, Recovery and Growth Through Grief

Judy Tatelbaum. A therapist writes simply and understandingly about many aspects of grief, including complex situations such as delayed grieving.

£6.99

The Early Days of Grieving

Derek Nuttall MBE. Speaks simply and directly to bereaved people, offering support, explanation and information.

£2.50

The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying

Sogyal Rinpoche. Reflections on life and death from a Tibetan Buddhist tradition which speaks also to people in the West.

£8.99

Through Grief: the Bereavement Journey

Elizabeth Collick. A short, popular book about the pattern of grief and recovery. Helpful for those experiencing deep grief.Also available as audio cassette.

£7.95

"You'll Get Over It" - The Rage of Bereavement

The journalist and agony Aunt Virginia Ironside writes powerfully about emotions after bereavement, from her own experience and that of others. Angrily dismissing conventional attempts at comfort, she finally moves towards a faint glimmering of hope that things will get better.

£7.99

When Bad Things Happen to Good People

Harold Kushner. A wise book on suffering written by a Rabbi.

£5.99

Going on Holiday

It can be difficult going after the death of someone close. This fact sheet offers useful information and suggestions.

Free

Support for People Bereaved by Suicide

Helpful information on books and support groups.

Free

Anthologies and Poetry

In bereavement, emotions often change rapidly. Many people find anthologies comforting to dip into, as they offer a variety of voices, experiences and moods in short, manageable extracts. Anthologies are often a suitable gift for someone bereaved.

All in the End is Harvest

Edited by Agnes Whitaker. A best-selling anthology of prose and poetry for those who grieve, drawn from past and present. People from many different backgrounds have found comfort in this classic book.

£8.95

Aspirations

Written and compiled by Derek Dobson. A short, easy-to-read anthology of poems, prose and proverbs, acknowledging sadness but with optimism for he future. Contains familiar quotations and original material, some with a spiritual content. Attractive colour photographs.

£6.95

As Well As Joy

Tony Fitchett's student son died in a car crash. These poems describe his and his wife's anguish, the grief of friends and the support they all gave each other.

£7.68

Inspirations

Written and compiled by Derek Dobson. Short, easy-to-read anthology of poems and prose, some familiar, others original, to comfort those going through a difficult time. Attractive colour photographs.

£7.95

Only a Whisper Away

Iris Hesselden. Popular small book of poems of hope, comfort and faith.

£2.50

Remembrance

Introduced by Ned Sherrin. Readings and prayers from the memorial services of famous people.

£14.99

Seasons of Life

Prose and poetry for secular ceremonies and private reflection. Compiled by Nigel Colins. Anthology from a humanist perspective, with much on death, loss and love from writers past and present.

£9.99

The Long Pale Corridor

Contemporary poems of bereavement. Edited by J. Benson & A Falk. Poets include Seamus Heaney, Ted Hughes, Andrew Motion. A book to dip into when everyone else seems to have forgotten your bereavement.

£8.95

Audio Cassette and CD

Through Grief

Audio Cassette. A series of nine short personal talks (approx. 8 minutes each) to those experiencing profound grief, with some suggestions to help them on the hard lonely bereavement journey. Written and read by Elizabeth Collick, based on her best-selling book, Through Grief.

£5.50

Heartfelt (NEW)

CD of music to help with stress of bereavement. Some tracks are to help shed stress or find sleep, others to release emotions, clear the mind or encourage a mood swing from negative to positive. No tunes, words or voices but a building up and ebbing of sounds and rhythms. 6 tracks. 62 minutes.

£15.99

Losing a Partner

A Grief Observed

C S Lewis. Classic account of a widower's grief. The book on which the film Shadowlands was based.

£5.99

A Man's Grief. Death of a Spouse (NEW)

Colin Thatcher, an Australian was 49 when his beloved wife died suddenly. Used to being in charge of his life and his work, he was disoriented by grief and recovery was longer and harder than he expected. A raw, personal account of a journey from the death to emotional and spiritual recovery.

£12.99

Alone in Collin's Cottage

June Sutton. The death of a loving partner creates a tumult of emotions including grief, fear and feeling sexually adrift. The author's happy life in a remote cottage changed overnight when her husband Collin died suddenly. Alone, almost suicidal at times and having to tackle all sorts of tasks on her own for the first time, she gradually rebuilds her life, helped by a sense of humour.

£7.99

Can I Let You Go, My Love?

Kay van Dijk's husband died after their long, loving relationship. In a verse journal she vividly charts her journey through the first years of bereavement towards facing the future again.

£12.50

Coming Through

Susan Le Poidevin. A Cruse booklet dealing realistically with bereavement and making the most of changed circumstances. Mainly for those who have lost a partner. Practical and constructive ideas for self-help.

85p

For those Professionally involved in Bereavement

A Child's Parent Dies

Studies in Childhood Bereavement. Erna Furman.1974.

£13.50

Special Scar

The experiences of people bereaved through suicide. Alison Wertheimer. 1991.

£15.99

Bereavement and Grief

Supporting older people through loss. Steve Scrutton. Published in conjunction with Age Concern, this best-selling book is for counselors, social workers and residential carers working with elderly people.

£12.99

Bereavement. Studies of Grief in Adult Life

Colin Murray Parkes. Major classic by a leading authority on grief and bereavement. Strongly recommended both for beginners and experienced practitioners. Revised 1996 (3rd edn.)

£27.50

Death, Dying and Bereavement

Donna Dickenson & Malcolm Johnson (eds). A rich, interdisciplinary book combining academic research with professional and personal recollections. Includes preparing for death, care of dying people and some multi-ethnic approaches. The Course Reader for the OU course Death and Dying. 1993.

£15.99

Facing Grief. Bereavement and the Young Adult

Susan Wallbank. Written for those aged around 18-25, this frank, sensible book discusses losses such as grandparent, parent, brother, sister, partner, friend or baby. 1991.

£9.99

Sibling Bereavement. Helping Children Cope with Loss

Ann Farrant. Looks at various effects of sibling bereavement on the whole family, illustrated by real-life case studies. 1998.

£14.99

Sudden Death. Intervention Skills for the Caring Professions.

Bob Wright. Outlines the Help needed by bereaved relatives and the professionals who care for them after a sudden death. 1991.

£17.95

Suffering Love. Coping with the Death of a Child

Bill Merrington. A researcher and former hospital chaplain provides a practical guide to the grief of parents and families when a child has died. Also suitable for he bereaved. 1995.

£7.50

Unresolved Grief

John Gunzburg. A practical multi-cultural approach based on case studies illustrating aspects of unresolved grief and showing how client and counselor can use their own resources and creativity to resolve the grief and loss. 1993.

£24.00

Working with Bereaved People

Ann Fuller. Useful, practical guidelines for health-care professionals and volunteers working with bereaved people, with short case studies. 1995.

£15.95