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TCF Book Store

TCF holds a small selection of books on bereavement for sale. All are written 'from the inside' and most are personal descriptions of grief journeys after the death of a son, daughter, brother or sister. Prose, poems and academic research - all are powerful testimonies of the individual search for meaning after an overwhelming tragedy.

If you cannot find the book you want on our site then try Amazon.co.uk or Amazon.com and TCF will receive commission on your order.

 

Aspects of Loss

by Gill Hartley

A companion for bereaved parents and their families

Forword by Michael Rosen

All profits are kindly donated to TCF by the author

Available online from Amazon £8.95

Follow this link to the Buy.at TCF page Buy.at TCF

(ISBN 978 086071 655 6)

(If Amazon is showing 'Temporarily out of stock' please look on the Amazon
page for 'More Buying Choices', this will take you to other sellers and if you use 'Moorleys' TCF will still get the donation).
 
Give sorrow words

Give sorrow words:
poems of bereavement from The Compassionate Friends.

Poems of individual journeys, of the anguish of loss, of personal discoveries and of the slow growth of hope.

£4.50   (ISBN 0 9523620 15)
Special Reductions NOW ONLY £2.00 inc P&P

 
 
The Landscape of Grief

The landscape of grief

Letters, articles, poems and random thoughts from our own members, from TCF worldwide and from other writers - a series of individual snapshots from the journey of grief.

£4.50  (ISBN 0 9523620 31)
Special Reductions NOW ONLY £2.00 inc P&P

 

Tale of two dolphins (when my sister died suddenly)

Written by a 13 year-old girl who lost her older sisters in a school minibus accident. Poignant in its sharing of a profoundly painful experience. Nicely illustrated with pencil drawings and watercolours.

Sarah Fitzgerald. 1998. Pb  £5.99  Hb  £10.99
For 6 to 14 year olds
 

The Aching Bond

Ann's son was killed on his motorbike. This is the journal of a mother telling what it feels like to lose a child, and what helps and what hinders.

Ann Stokes. 1987.  £2.99
Special reductions NOW ONLY £1.50 inc P & P
 

Dear Stephen

Dear Stephen is a loving mother's letter to her son, in diary form, during the first year after he took his own life. It expresses in a profoundly moving way the pain and the puzzlement of an event, which she tries to, but as yet cannot, understand.

Anne Downey. 1987  £2.99
Special reductions NOW ONLY £1.50 inc P & P
 

Water Bugs and Dragonflies:
explaining death to children

A profound mystery embodied in a simple story. Illustrated with black and while line drawings, with notes for parents and optional prayers.

Doris Stickney. 1997. Pb  £2.25
For pre-school age to 11 year olds
 

"My True Son":
An Anthology of a Journey through Loss

Gill's book, ""My True Son", is the story of a journey through loss narrated in poems poured out in grief, written during a year of searching for answers following the death of her son Will, aged 22.   Published by Moorleys 2008. ISBN 978 086071 616 

Gill Hartley. 2008 (Author's profits and royalties are donated to TCF)

Available online from Amazon - £5.95 (follow link Buy.at TCF)

 

The TCF Postal Library has a large selection of books on bereavement so please contact the Library for details of recommended books

 

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Last updated: 22/11/2010 - MJ