Since moving to Iowa, I joined a book club that focuses on reading narrative nonfiction books-memoirs, biographies and autobiographies mostly. I had not read copious amounts of nonfiction before this book club, but now I read quite a bit. One theme I have noticed running through numerous books is the theme of grief. I think in part, people write about grief to process and it is a way that connects us all. We all eventually lose someone we love. If reading about grief helps you cope these books might be good choices for you. I find most of them hauntingly beautiful. These books go from most relevant to least with a fiction book at the end to round the whole group out.
Death is a part of life and it makes our living so much more meaningful. Our lives have an arc: a beginning, a middle and an end. Grief takes the place that love was, and is a sign of care and compassion. I know as a culture we do not like to acknowledge sadness and in certain ways grief can have taboos, but I also know that it is true to our experience and we are allowed to feel our feelings. If you have any other suggestions of books dealing with grief or loss, please leave them below.
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