Bereavement book recommendations - non religious

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Does anybody have any non religious book recommendations please? I'm really struggling to make sense and accept my brothers death. It was so avoidable and he was so young. It's still only been 4 weeks and I know only time can 'help' but I feel I need something, anything, to stop me losing the plot.

So sorry to hear about your brother - it must be a dreadful time for you. I don't have any recommendations per se but have you tried your local library - they usually have a range of books. Have you also tried phoning cruse (bereavement charity) for recommendations? I really hope you find something to help. x

Thank you for replying WLmum. Yes I've been going to my local cruse drop in session which has been a big help. I'll ask them next wk

And look in library too

i was sent a book called tear soup - and its such a basic simple story but sets me off when crying as totally covers all the emotions i feel

tear soup

I am sorry for your loss.
Try 'You'll Get Over It': The Rage of Bereavement by Virginia Ironside.
......comes recommended
Specifically non religious and often comforting are the writings of the humanist philosopher Anthony Grayling who reminds us that we do not get over loss we simply learn to live with it.. and to live despite it.. which makes living a richer thing.
i like the words of Helen Keller too. She said 'When it seems that our sorrow is too great to be borne, 
let us think of the great family of the heavy-hearted 
into which our grief has given us entrance, and inevitably, 
we will feel about us their arms, their empathy, their understanding and their love."
Keep going to your group and remember that though your circumstances to you are unique, you are truly not alone.
take care. x

sorry about that I cut and pasted from the sticky on my desktop and it went all funny

I found Virginia Ironside's "You'll Get Over It" helpful. I've just ordered a range of books from Amazon - a mixture of poetry, research into near death experiences, anecdotal accounts of dying, etc, etc, in the hope that one of them will hit the mark and give me some comfort. There doesn't seem to be much out there on bereavement, or at least not in any of the book shops I have tried. Good luck.

My brother died nearly 7 years ago and although a strange recommendation the poet Micheal Rosen wrote an anthology called 'the elephant in the room' which was his way of talking about his son's death.

Obviously not meant to 'he'll' as such, but sort of comforting.

I'm so sorry for your loss x

Sorry, that should be not meant to 'help'...