Books available at Memphis Funeral Home

Getting To The Other Side Of Grief
by Susan Zonnebelt-Smeenge and Robert C. De Vries
A guide for those coping with the loss of a loved one. It offers psychological insights, biblical observations, and male and female perspectives to help readers experience grief in the healthiest, most complete way so they can move forward to embrace the new life that is waiting for them.

Living Fully In The Shadow Of Death
by Susan Zonnebelt-Smeenge and Robert C. De Vries
Life will always give way to death. And while Living Fully in the Shadow of Death is about death, it’s just as much about living life fully by being prepared for its completion. Each subject is treated with sensitivity and supported by daily meditations that soothe the heart.

The Journey Through Grief: Reflections On Healing
by Alan D. Wolfelt
A reminder that it is not only the physical and emotional realms of the bereaved that need to be explored, but also the spiritual. This book offers hope for healing to all mourners as they journey through grief.

Heaven’s Not A Crying Place
by Joey O’Connor
At some point, every child brushes shoulders with death. This book emphasizes the important responsibility that we have as parents to teach our children about life and death as part of their emotional and spiritual development, even though we don’t know all the answers.

Food For The Soul
by Andrea Gambill
Over the years, many of the poems that have appeared in Bereavement magazine have brought comfort and healing to grieving souls. This book is a collection of some of the most popular poetry from its pages, requested for reprint again and again.

The Empty Chair
by Susan J. Zonnebelt-Smeenge and Robert C. De Vries
Whether an individual has lost a spouse, parent, child or sibling, the authors of this new book suggest healing ways for survivors to incorporate new traditions on special days like anniversaries, birthdays and holidays. This book offers help for creating affirming memorials that honor the loved one’s life, rebuilding a sense of identity and creating a different sense of joy as part of future special days.

How To Survive The Loss Of A Love
by Melba Colgrove, Harold H. Bloomfield & Peter McWilliams
The most directly helpful book on the subject of loss ever written. Clear, simple, comforting, inspiring. This book gives the reader what he or she needs at each step in the process of recovering from a loss.

When A Friend Dies
by Marilyn E. Gootman
A book for teens about grieving and healing.

A Time To Grieve
by Carol Staudacher
This book offers meditations for healing after the death of a loved one. And is a helpful guide for those who have been forced to face the death of someone they love.

Turning Hurts Into Halos And Scars Into Stars
by Robert H. Schuller
No person escapes all hurts, whether deserved or undeserved. This book is about adversity that is on the edge of disaster. But it also makes a promise; every hurt is surrounded by a halo, and every cross can be turned into a crown.

Don’t Take My Grief Away: What To Do When You Lose A Loved One
by Doug Manning
The author assists us to understand what happens when someone dies, to accept it and to face the feelings of loss, separation, and even guilt that we experience in a realistic yet healing way. He provides advice for rebuilding a grief-shattered life while taking to heart the valuable lessons death and mourning impart to everyone.

A Decembered Grief: Living With Loss While Others Are Celebrating
by Harold Ivan Smith
This book uses quotes, prayers, Scriptures, words of comfort and advice to help readers live with loss while the rest of the world is celebrating. With 54 sensitive and sensible suggestions for enduring a season of joy, you will be reminded that although life is filled with sadness right now, God is still there to bring help and healing.

Cry Until You Laugh
by Richard J. Obershaw
This book contains more than grief stages and clever ways to cope. It is a down-to-earth, meet-you-where-you-live book that has already helped thousands of people deal with grieving, and can help you as well. With humor and wit that will keep your attention, Obershaw tells it like it is.

A Punkin In The Frost
by Fred J. Fisher
Eddie Angler and Diane Rose were ten-year-olds who planned to grow up together and grow old together. Then Diane died in an accident, and Eddie was left to say goodbye to her. Eddie discovers an insight he wants to share with everybody who has suffered the loss of a loved one, an uplifting and triumphant message for the human spirit.

Widower: When Men Are Left Alone
by Scott Campbell and Phyllis R. Silverman
In Widower, a journalist and a behavioral scientist explore and analyze the grief process as men experience it. The book illustrates, through first-hand accounts, some different ways in which men have successfully come to grips with this wrenching loss. The poignantly honest stories offer insight and guidance from the one true authority on widowhood-the man who has survived it.

The Christmas Box
by Richard Paul Evans
A touching story of a widow and the young family who moves in with her. Together they discover the first gift of Christmas and learn what Christmas is really all about.

Aftercare is also provided through literature and books that we have donated to the Scotland County Memorial Library in Memphis, Missouri, for your use. Click here to see the titles available.

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