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Novels dealing with grief

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rosebudtwinkletoes · 09/07/2017 20:41

Hello,

I find solace in books and am looking for recommendations for novels (not self-help) that deal with or are about grief.

My incredible Mum has passed away and i am looking for some reads that can help me through this.

Any authors but nothing trashy if possible.

Thank you so much.

OP posts:
lljkk · 10/07/2017 19:54

Could we recommend flicks, too?
I simply adore Me, Earl and the Dying Girl.

isupposeitsverynice · 10/07/2017 19:36

Aw I came to recommend How to Talk to a Widower as well. I thought it was lovely.

mycousinsarah · 10/07/2017 19:34

Levels of Life by Julian Barnes examines the issue of loss and of his own grief, following the death of his wife.

fukkigucci · 10/07/2017 19:34

I just finished 'all the time in the world' by Caroline angell. It was beautiful

Synecdoche · 10/07/2017 19:31

Sorry about your mum OP Flowers

Synecdoche · 10/07/2017 19:30

Or H is for Hawk

Synecdoche · 10/07/2017 19:30

Another vote for A Year of Magical Thinking.

lemonzest123 · 10/07/2017 19:26

I did that too!! I'm literally listening to it now on the train on Audible!

strikealight · 10/07/2017 19:25

I read my late Mum's favourite book.

lemonzest123 · 10/07/2017 19:24

When I was ready to deal with death after losing my DM I read Me Before You, The Last Act of Love and When Breath Becomes Air. The first two I had cathartic sobbing to, the last in retrospect I wasn't ready for.

lljkk · 10/07/2017 19:22

Is humour allowed? I loved How to Talk to a Widower. It is very funny.

RubyRoseRing · 10/07/2017 19:15

One of Penelope Lively's novels covers this theme. There must be others and this one has a title!!

Herbpatch · 09/07/2017 23:05

Not fiction, but thematically you might like A Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion.

WeatherMaker · 09/07/2017 22:50

These two are poetry but very readable - A Scattering by Christopher Reid, written during his wife's terminal illness and following her death. And, Grief is the Thing With Feathers by Max Porter.

Herbpatch · 09/07/2017 20:56

Solace by Belinda McKeown. Literary fiction, set in Dublin and rural Longford. The aftermath of bereavement is a central theme, and it's well and seriously handled.

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