Tuesdays With Morrie, An Old Man, A Young Man and Life’s Greatest Lessons

Albom, Mitch, Doubleday, Toronto 1997

A successful Detroit sports writer reconnects with his former colleague, Morrie Schwartz, after accidentally discovering Morrie is dying from ALS. Fourteen interviews or “classes” with Morrie on Tuesdays followed and this book recounts these inspiring recollections, showing us how we might learn from Morrie’s good

example.

The Diving Bell and the Butterfly

Bauby, Jean-Dominique. Fourth Estate, London, 1998

Last Touch. Preparing for a Parent’s Death.

Becker, Marilyn R. New Harbinger, Oakland, 1992

Some Become Flowers. Living with Dying at Home

Brown, Sharon. Harbour Publishing 1993

I Don’t Know What to Say: How to Help and Support Someone Who is Dying

Buckman, Dr. R.

Key Porter Books, Toronto, 1998

The Four Things that Matter Most*

Byock, Ira, Simon & Shuster, 2004 ISBN 0-743-24909-7

Final Gifts. Understanding the Special Awareness, Needs, and Communications of the Dying

Callanan, Maggie; Kelly, Patricia. Bantam, New York, 1993

Taking Time: Support for People Living with Cancer and People Who Care About Them

Canadian Cancer Society, January, 1997

Coping with Serious Illness

Dallaire, Michelle; Montegeau, Suzanne. Regional Health and Social Services Board of Montreal-Centre, 1999

Ethics on Call. Taking Charge of Life-and Death Choices in Today’s Health System

Dubler, Nancy; Nimmons, David. Vintage, New York, 1993

Intimate Death

De Hennzel, Marie, Vintage Books, New York, 1998

How do we learn to die? Most of us spend our lives avoiding that question. This luminous book – a major bestseller in France written by Marie de Hennezel, a psychologist in a hospital for the terminally ill in Paris – answers it with a directness and eloquence that is nothing less than transforming.

A Good Enough Life: The Dying Speak

Gabori, Susan

Twelve terminally ill people speak about life in the face of impending death.

Concerning Death: A Practical Guide for the Living

Grollman, Earl. A., ed., Beacon Press Boston 1974

Twenty essays treating such subjects as grief; how to talk to a dying person; should the person be told his fatal illness, children and death, etc.

It All Begins with Hope. Patients, Caregivers and the Bereaved Speak Out

Jevne, Ronna Fay. LuraMedia, San Diego, 1991

Mortally Wounded

Kearney, Michael A Touchstone Book, Simon & Schuster, New York,

1996

Wherever You Go, There You Are: Mindfulness Mediation in Everyday Life *

Kabat-Zinn, Jon, Hyperion ISBN 1401-30778-7

Questions and Answers on Death and Dying

What Dying People Want: Pratical Wisdom for the end of Life *

Kuhl,David, M.D. Doubleday Canada

The Wheel of Life. A Memoir of Living and Dying

Kubler-Ross, Elisabeth. Touchstone: New York, 1997

To Live Until We Say Goodbye

Kubler-Ross, Elisabeth, Simon & Schuster, 1992

Facing Death and Finding Hope: A Guide to the Emotional and Spiritual Care of the Dying

Longaker, Christine, Main Street Books, New York, 1997

New York, U.S.A. 1996

The Complete Bedside Companion. A No-Nonsense Guide to Caring for the Seriously Ill

McPharlane, Rodger. Fireside, New York, 1999

Timely Death. What We Can Expect and What We Need to Know

Mullens, Anne. Vintage, Toronto, 1997

Kitchen Table Wisdom: Stories that Heal

Remen, Rachel Naomi, Riverhead Books

The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying

Rimpoche, Sogyal, Harper, New York, 1993

Tibetan Book of the Dead. A New Translation with Commentary.

Hodge, Stephen; Boord, Martin. Godsfield Press, New York, 1999

Coping With Death in the Family

Schneidermann, Gerald, MD, NC Press Ltd., Toronto, 1994

Learning to Fall: The Blessings of an Imperfect Life *

Simmons, Philip, Bantam Book 2003, ISBN 0-553-815

Dying for Care. Hospice Care or Euthanasia.

Van Bommell, Harry. NC Press: Toronto, 1992

Choices. For People Who Have a Terminal Illness, Their Families, and Their Caregivers

Van Bommel, Harry. 1989

Family Hospice Care. Pre-planning & Care Guide

Harry van Bommel. Saint Elizabeth Health Care Foundation, Scarborough, Ont. 199

BOOKS FOR CHILDREN

The Fall of Freddie the Leaf

Buscalglia, Leo. Slack Inc., Thorofare. New Jersey 1982

Explaining Death to Children

Grollman, Earl. Beacon Press, Boston 1967

The Grieving Child: A Parent’s Guide

Fitzgerald, Helen. A Fireside Book, Simon & Schuster, New York, 1992

When a Parent is Sick. Helping Parents Explain Serious Illness to Children

Hamilton, Joan. Pottersfield Press, East Lawrencetown, 2001

Learning to Say Goodbye: When a Child’s Parents’ Die

LeShan, Edna. Avon Books, New York, 1976

Armfuls of Time

Sourkes, Barbara M. University of Pittsburg Press, Pittsburg, Pa., 1995

BOOKS ON GRIEF

Chicken Soup for the Surviving Soul

Canfield, J.; Hansen, M.; Aubery and Mitchell

A collection of anecdotes from the popular series

Reawakening to Life. Renewal After a Husband’s Death

Berry, Mary Ellen & Berry, Carmen Renee.

Widower: When Men Are Left Alone

Campbell, Scott and Phyllis Silverman, PhD. Prentice Hall Press, New York, 1987

Motherless Daughters

Hope, Edelman. Addison-Wesley, 1994

Liberating Losses. When Death Brings Relief

Elison, ED.D, McGonigle, PhD. Perseus Publishing, 2002

The Mourning Handbook

A comprehensive resource offering practical and compassionate advice on coping with all aspects of death and dying

Fitzgerald, Helen. Simon & Schuster, Toronto, 1994

Living When A Loved One Has Died

Grollman, Earl A. Beacon Press, Boston, 3^rd Ed., 1995

Magic and Loss

In letters to his young daughter, a father suddenly facing death rediscovers life. Lampman, Greg Raver. Hampton Roads, Norfold, 1994

A Grief Observed

Lewis, C.S., Bantam, 1983

When Men Grieve. Why Men Grieve Differently and How You Can Help

Levang, Elizabeth, PhD. Fairview Press, Minneapolis, 1998

Life After Loss. Conquering Grief and Finding Hope

Moody, Raymond Jr., MD & Arcangel, Diane. Harper, San Francisco, 2002

Healing and the Mind

Moyers, Bill. Doubleday, 1993

Also recommended on video. Available through many libraries

The Lively Shadow. Living With the Death of a Child

Murray, Donald M. Ballantine Books, New York, 2003

How to Go On Living When Someone You Love Dies

Rando, Theresa, Lexington, Mass., 1998

Death Without Denial, Grief Without Apology. A Guide for Facing Death and Loss

Roberts, Barbara K NewSage Press, Troutdale, Oregon, 2002

LIVRES EN FRANÇAIS

Quand la maladie grave survient. S’informer, comprendre, agir

Michèlle Dallaire; Suzanne Mongeau, Régie Régionale de Montré-Centre, 1998

Vivre Avec Celui Qui Va Mourir

Comment entourer et accompagner les dernier moments de la vie.

Yves De Gentil-Baichis, Centurion, Paris, 1999

Quand C’est une Question de Temps

Louison Berubé, Editions de Mortagne, Boucherville, 1982

La Mort Intime

Ceux qui vont mourir nous apprennent à vivre

Marie de Hennezel, Editions Robert Laffont SA, Paris, 1995

Quand un parent est malade. Comment expliquer une maladie grave aux enfants.

Joan Hamilton, Queen Elisabeth Health Sciences Centre, Halifax, 1999

Psychologie du Mourir et du Deuil

Jean-Luc Hétu, Editions du Meridien, Montréal, 1989

Vivre Son Mourir

Isabelle Delisle Lapierre, Editions de Montagne, Boucherville, 1982

Mourir Acompagne

Renée Sebag Lanoe, Desclée de Brouwer, Paris

Mourir en vie!

Jean Monbourquette; Denise Lussier-Russel. Novalis, Québec, 1999

Mourir: Réflextions sur le dernier chapitre de la vie

Sherwin B. Nuland, InterEditions, Paris 1994

La Perte d’un Etre Cher: Le travail du Deuil

Roger Regnier, Editions Quebecor, Montréal

Le Livre Tibetain de la Vie et de la Mort

Soygal Rinpoche, Editions de a Table Ronde, Paris 1992

Parents en Deuil

Harriet Sarnoff Schiff, Editions Robert Laffont, Paris, 1984

Requiem Pour La Vie

Leon Schwartzenberg, Le Pré aux Clercs, 1985

POUR ENFANTS

L’horloge c’est Arrêtée

Jasmine Dubé, Editions Pierre Tisseyre, Collection Coccinelle, Montréal, 1990

Audieu Valentin

Marit Kaldhot & Wenche Oyen, L’Ecole des Loisirs, Paris, 1990

Comme Avant

Pili Mandelbaum, Pastel, Paris, 1990

Boule de Rêve

Lise Thouin, Montréal, 1993

* Books highly recommended by Dr. Balfour Mount