Barbara D Rosof’s book The Worst Loss is probably the most helpful book I’ve read. Rosof just *gets* it. She goes in-depth at the subject of grief work, as opposed to simply listing the familiar steps of grief. Also, she addresses the grief felt by different members of the family, giving parents a glimpse in to what their surviving children might be facing.
Someone once told me to keep asking ‘why’ until I no longer needed to. In her book, Rosof has included a section addressing the ways in which parents lose children. While that might seem a bit macabre to people who have never faced this situation, to a bereaved parent hearing about children who have died in the same way their child died can be very helpful. It makes us feel less alone and helps make sense of our situations. Finally, like many authors writing on the subject of parental grief, Rosof ends her book with a section looking towards rebuilding your life after your child’s death. Her compassionate and realistic tone, as well as the inclusion of first-person stories related by families, makes her book a great resource to families facing the death of a child.
I would recommend this book to parents and families at any stage of grief, as well as to those in a position to support grieving families.
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Rosof, Barbara D. The Worst Loss: How Families Heal from the Death of a Child. Henry Holt and Company, LLC, 1994.
ISBN: 0-8050-3241-X
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