A Shelf for Grieving Hearts
For Supporters
For the ones who stay. These are for you, the friend, parent, or partner standing beside someone in grief, wanting to help and not knowing how. Quiet companions for that.
All About Grief
by David Oliver
Comforting those who mourn, equipping those who care. Practical support grounded in faith.
Being There for Someone in Grief
by Marianna Cacciatore
Essential lessons, told through stories, on how to stay present in someone's darkest hour without running away.
Beyond Tears: Living After Losing a Child
by Ellen Mitchell et al
Written by bereaved mothers. Read it to understand what your person may carry — over years, not weeks.
Healing a Friend's Grieving Heart
by Alan Wolfelt
A hundred small, practical ideas for helping someone you love through loss. Easy to open at any page.
It's OK That You're Not OK
by Megan Devine
Written for the grieving, but it will reshape how you show up for them — teaching you to witness pain instead of fixing it.
On Grief and Grieving
by Elisabeth Kübler-Ross & David Kessler
To understand the shape of what they may be moving through, so their grief frightens you less.
Someone I Know Is Grieving
by Edward T. Welch
Caring with humility and compassion, written from a Christian perspective for those coming alongside a grieving friend.
There Is No Good Card for This
by Kelsey Crowe & Emily McDowell
Gentle, practical, sometimes funny — for when you care but freeze up and don't know what to say.
You Are Not Alone
by Cariad Lloyd
From the host of the Griefcast podcast. Warm and honest about grief from the inside, so you can meet your person there.