Memoirs About Grief

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Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail
Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail 4.07 avg rating — 850,479 ratings
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The Year of Magical Thinking
The Year of Magical Thinking 3.93 avg rating — 284,961 ratings
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Feeling Left Behind: Permission to Grieve
Feeling Left Behind: Permission to Grieve 4.15 avg rating — 55 ratings
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A Grief Observed
A Grief Observed 4.22 avg rating — 91,671 ratings
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An Exact Replica of a Figment of My Imagination
An Exact Replica of a Figment of My Imagination 4.19 avg rating — 6,680 ratings
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H is for Hawk
H is for Hawk 3.74 avg rating — 78,922 ratings
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Come As You Are: Five Years Later
Come As You Are: Five Years Later it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 17 ratings
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Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic
Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic 4.08 avg rating — 197,140 ratings
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Crying in H Mart
Crying in H Mart 4.24 avg rating — 555,605 ratings
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Wave
Wave 3.79 avg rating — 22,484 ratings
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The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 4.13 avg rating — 787,055 ratings
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Future Widow: Losing My Husband, Saving My Family, and Finding My Voice
Future Widow: Losing My Husband, Saving My Family, and Finding My Voice 4.44 avg rating — 220 ratings
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Paula
Paula 4.22 avg rating — 54,322 ratings
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Traveling with Ghosts: A Memoir
Traveling with Ghosts: A Memoir 4.03 avg rating — 936 ratings
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Anxiety
Anxiety 4.17 avg rating — 41 ratings
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When Breath Becomes Air
When Breath Becomes Air 4.41 avg rating — 767,250 ratings
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Notes on Grief
Notes on Grief 4.22 avg rating — 37,694 ratings
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Expecting Sunshine: A Journey of Grief, Healing, and Pregnancy after Loss, 1st edition
Expecting Sunshine: A Journey of Grief, Healing, and Pregnancy after Loss, 1st edition 4.18 avg rating — 441 ratings
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Negative Space
Negative Space 4.23 avg rating — 1,047 ratings
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No Pressure, No Diamonds: Mining for Gifts in Illness and Loss
No Pressure, No Diamonds: Mining for Gifts in Illness and Loss 4.65 avg rating — 161 ratings
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Her
Her 3.68 avg rating — 6,197 ratings
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Motherhood: Lost and Found
Motherhood: Lost and Found 4.14 avg rating — 354 ratings
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My Sergei: A Love Story
My Sergei: A Love Story 4.14 avg rating — 5,338 ratings
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Equating the Equations of Insanity: A Journey from Grief to Victory
Equating the Equations of Insanity: A Journey from Grief to Victory 3.83 avg rating — 185 ratings
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Autistic blessings and Bipolar me.: A Frank and Brutally Honest Diary of a Mother with Bipolar and Her Two Autistic Boys
Autistic blessings and Bipolar me.: A Frank and Brutally Honest Diary of a Mother with Bipolar and Her Two Autistic Boys 4.17 avg rating — 404 ratings
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So Far Away: A Daughter's Memoir of Life, Loss, and Love
So Far Away: A Daughter's Memoir of Life, Loss, and Love 3.89 avg rating — 310 ratings
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The End of Your Life Book Club
The End of Your Life Book Club 3.81 avg rating — 55,524 ratings
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The Lambs: My Father, a Farm, and the Gift of a Flock of Sheep
The Lambs: My Father, a Farm, and the Gift of a Flock of Sheep 3.82 avg rating — 220 ratings
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Permission to Thrive: My Journey from Grief to Growth
Permission to Thrive: My Journey from Grief to Growth 4.67 avg rating — 76 ratings
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You'll Forget This Ever Happened
You'll Forget This Ever Happened 4.61 avg rating — 468 ratings
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The Tennis Partner
The Tennis Partner 4.02 avg rating — 14,075 ratings
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Don't Go Where I Can't Follow
Don't Go Where I Can't Follow 4.17 avg rating — 707 ratings
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Come to the Edge
Come to the Edge 3.93 avg rating — 3,319 ratings
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Don't Suck, Don't Die: Giving Up Vic Chesnutt
Don't Suck, Don't Die: Giving Up Vic Chesnutt really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 815 ratings
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Letters to Matthew: Life After Loss
Letters to Matthew: Life After Loss it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 6 ratings
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The Death of Santini: The Story of a Father and His Son
The Death of Santini: The Story of a Father and His Son 3.92 avg rating — 9,481 ratings
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Mobile Home: A Memoir in Essays (The Sue William Silverman Prize for Creative Nonfiction)
Mobile Home: A Memoir in Essays (The Sue William Silverman Prize for Creative Nonfiction) 4.62 avg rating — 159 ratings
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Catfish and Mandala: A Two-Wheeled Voyage Through the Landscape and Memory of Vietnam
Catfish and Mandala: A Two-Wheeled Voyage Through the Landscape and Memory of Vietnam 3.99 avg rating — 6,620 ratings
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Love Is a Mix Tape: Life and Loss, One Song at a Time
Love Is a Mix Tape: Life and Loss, One Song at a Time 3.87 avg rating — 41,521 ratings
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Blue Nights
Blue Nights 3.94 avg rating — 46,061 ratings
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Out Came the Sun: Overcoming the Legacy of Mental Illness, Addiction, and Suicide in My Family
Out Came the Sun: Overcoming the Legacy of Mental Illness, Addiction, and Suicide in My Family 3.45 avg rating — 1,643 ratings
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A Pocketful of Happiness
A Pocketful of Happiness 4.35 avg rating — 4,717 ratings
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Death Be Not Proud
Death Be Not Proud 3.86 avg rating — 12,769 ratings
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The Long Goodbye
The Long Goodbye 3.97 avg rating — 3,724 ratings
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Half a Life
Half a Life 3.58 avg rating — 4,930 ratings
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The Still Point of the Turning World
The Still Point of the Turning World 3.72 avg rating — 2,265 ratings
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Finding My Invincible Summer
Finding My Invincible Summer 4.13 avg rating — 38 ratings
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Parley After Life - DIY Guide to Death and other Taxes
Parley After Life - DIY Guide to Death and other Taxes 3.35 avg rating — 17 ratings
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A Stroke of Luck: A Girl's Second Chance at Life
A Stroke of Luck: A Girl's Second Chance at Life 3.98 avg rating — 205 ratings
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Grief Sucks ... But Love Bears All Things: How Grief Tore Me Apart and Put Me Back Together
Grief Sucks ... But Love Bears All Things: How Grief Tore Me Apart and Put Me Back Together 4.73 avg rating — 11 ratings
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Stronger Than Cleopatra
Stronger Than Cleopatra 4.92 avg rating — 12 ratings
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Holding Avery
Holding Avery 4.38 avg rating — 74 ratings
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God Signs & Dad Stories
God Signs & Dad Stories it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 6 ratings
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In the Cleft Joy Comes In the Mourning: A Story of Hope After Tragedy
In the Cleft Joy Comes In the Mourning: A Story of Hope After Tragedy 4.53 avg rating — 36 ratings
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14 Days: A Mother, A Daughter, A Two Week Goodbye
14 Days: A Mother, A Daughter, A Two Week Goodbye 4.42 avg rating — 165 ratings
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Truth & Beauty
Truth & Beauty 3.97 avg rating — 46,418 ratings
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Just Another Number
Just Another Number 3.69 avg rating — 87 ratings
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Twenty-Eight Snow Angels: A Widow's Story of Love, Loss and Renewal
Twenty-Eight Snow Angels: A Widow's Story of Love, Loss and Renewal 3.63 avg rating — 918 ratings
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Beautiful Affliction
Beautiful Affliction 3.86 avg rating — 1,939 ratings
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The Guardians: An Elegy for a Friend
The Guardians: An Elegy for a Friend 3.91 avg rating — 1,183 ratings
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The Poet and The Princess: Memories of Rainer Maria Rilke
The Poet and The Princess: Memories of Rainer Maria Rilke 3.97 avg rating — 33 ratings
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Just To Make You Smile: A Teenage Daughter's Reflections on Loving and Losing Her Father to ALS
Just To Make You Smile: A Teenage Daughter's Reflections on Loving and Losing Her Father to ALS 4.40 avg rating — 15 ratings
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Singing Lessons: A Memoir of Love, Loss, Hope and Healing
Singing Lessons: A Memoir of Love, Loss, Hope and Healing 3.68 avg rating — 68 ratings
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Missing Persons: A Memoir
Missing Persons: A Memoir 4.40 avg rating — 20 ratings
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Walking Distance: Pilgrimage, Parenthood, Grief, and Home Repairs
Walking Distance: Pilgrimage, Parenthood, Grief, and Home Repairs 4.13 avg rating — 46 ratings
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Tilting: A Memoir
Tilting: A Memoir 3.86 avg rating — 355 ratings
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Dragonfly Notes: On Distance and Loss
Dragonfly Notes: On Distance and Loss 4.56 avg rating — 32 ratings
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At Death Do Us Part: A Grieving Widower Heals After Losing his Wife to Breast Cancer
At Death Do Us Part: A Grieving Widower Heals After Losing his Wife to Breast Cancer 4.26 avg rating — 69 ratings
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The Voice of an Angel: A Mother's guide to grief and how to thrive after the loss of a child
The Voice of an Angel: A Mother's guide to grief and how to thrive after the loss of a child 4.44 avg rating — 18 ratings
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Awkward Is The New Brave: Wipeouts happen, get back up anyway
Awkward Is The New Brave: Wipeouts happen, get back up anyway 4.27 avg rating — 26 ratings
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"When Will It Stop Hurting?": One Man's Journey Through Grief
"When Will It Stop Hurting?": One Man's Journey Through Grief 4.12 avg rating — 17 ratings
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This Side of Heaven: A Memoir
This Side of Heaven: A Memoir 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings
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Idas Dans
Idas Dans 4.53 avg rating — 1,481 ratings
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Saturday Night Widows: The Adventures of Six Friends Remaking Their Lives
Saturday Night Widows: The Adventures of Six Friends Remaking Their Lives 3.66 avg rating — 2,407 ratings
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The Final Gift of the Beloved: Her Disappearance-13 Days
The Final Gift of the Beloved: Her Disappearance-13 Days 4.11 avg rating — 18 ratings
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Black Widow: A Sad-Funny Journey Through Grief for People Who Normally Avoid Books with Words Like "Journey" in the Title
Black Widow: A Sad-Funny Journey Through Grief for People Who Normally Avoid Books with Words Like "Journey" in the Title 4.29 avg rating — 1,119 ratings
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Drop by Drop
Drop by Drop 4.80 avg rating — 5 ratings
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Memoir: The Cathartic Night
Memoir: The Cathartic Night 3.80 avg rating — 5 ratings
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The Mason House
The Mason House 4.13 avg rating — 167 ratings
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Grief Healed: A Physician's Guide to Dealing with Grief and Thriving
Grief Healed: A Physician's Guide to Dealing with Grief and Thriving 4.53 avg rating — 17 ratings
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The Night Lake: A Young Priest Maps the Topography of Grief
The Night Lake: A Young Priest Maps the Topography of Grief 4.22 avg rating — 255 ratings
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Boldly into the Darkness: Living with Loss, Growing with Grief & Holding onto Happiness
Boldly into the Darkness: Living with Loss, Growing with Grief & Holding onto Happiness 4.37 avg rating — 54 ratings
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An Encyclopedia of Bending Time
An Encyclopedia of Bending Time 4.61 avg rating — 28 ratings
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The Madness of Grief: A Memoir of Love and Loss
The Madness of Grief: A Memoir of Love and Loss 4.28 avg rating — 2,695 ratings
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Depression Hates a Moving Target: How Running With My Dog Brought Me Back From the Brink
Depression Hates a Moving Target: How Running With My Dog Brought Me Back From the Brink 3.72 avg rating — 1,922 ratings
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Eleni
Eleni 4.42 avg rating — 2,723 ratings
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Moving Forward, Looking Back: How Long Does It Take To Move Forward From The Loss Of the Love of Your Life
Moving Forward, Looking Back: How Long Does It Take To Move Forward From The Loss Of the Love of Your Life 4.89 avg rating — 9 ratings
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I Killed Mom and Other Lies: A Memoir of Early Loss
I Killed Mom and Other Lies: A Memoir of Early Loss 4.74 avg rating — 23 ratings
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The Gift of Ben: Loving through Imperfection
The Gift of Ben: Loving through Imperfection 4.15 avg rating — 78 ratings
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Soul Support: Spiritual Encounters at Life's End: Memoir of a Hospital Chaplain
Soul Support: Spiritual Encounters at Life's End: Memoir of a Hospital Chaplain 4.58 avg rating — 12 ratings
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Sway
Sway 4.39 avg rating — 699 ratings
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Now You See the Sky
Now You See the Sky 4.32 avg rating — 87 ratings
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The Trail
The Trail 4.29 avg rating — 2,594 ratings
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I Can't Believe They're Gone: A kid's grief book that hugs, helps, and gives hope
I Can't Believe They're Gone: A kid's grief book that hugs, helps, and gives hope 4.67 avg rating — 144 ratings
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The Widow Chose Red?: My Journey with Jesus, John, and ALS
The Widow Chose Red?: My Journey with Jesus, John, and ALS it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 18 ratings
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Companionship in Grief: Love and Loss in the Memoirs of C. S. Lewis, John Bayley, Donald Hall, Joan Didion, and Calvin Trillen
Companionship in Grief: Love and Loss in the Memoirs of C. S. Lewis, John Bayley, Donald Hall, Joan Didion, and Calvin Trillen 3.75 avg rating — 4 ratings
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Carrying the Tiger: Living with Cancer, Dying with Grace, Finding Joy While Grieving
Carrying the Tiger: Living with Cancer, Dying with Grace, Finding Joy While Grieving 4.24 avg rating — 42 ratings
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Beyond the Wave: a Tsunami Survivor's Story
Beyond the Wave: a Tsunami Survivor's Story 3.82 avg rating — 33 ratings
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The End
The End 4.07 avg rating — 526 ratings
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Nothing Was the Same
Nothing Was the Same 3.87 avg rating — 1,556 ratings
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