Resources

The Long Way Down - Poems of Grief and Hope by Averil Stedeford

POETRY: This is a collection of poems written by Averil, a psychiatrist who worked in a hospice. Soon after she left the hospice, her husband was found to have inoperable cancer. The poems in the book represent a moving account of her experience with him and her journey through bereavement. It has helped many people as they go through the grieving process.

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Life. Death. Whatever.

WEBSITE: Life. Death. Whatever. is an initiative to redesign the dialogue around death and dying, to open it up and find new approaches to this important subject. This project ran from 2016 and has now closed. The website remains online as an archive, preserving all the wonderful submissions and contributions received over the years.

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The Virtue of Remaining Steadfast When Losing a Child by Al-Suyuti J.

BIOGRAPHY/AUTOBIOGRAPHY: The Virtue of Remaining Steadfast When Losing a Child is a compendium of consolations found in the earliest texts of Islam, the great majority of them attributed to the Messenger of Allah himself.

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A Gift for the Bereaved Parent by Zamir Hussain

REFLECTION: This book has been written to address this need from the Islamic perspective using quotes from the Quran and Ahadith. The loss of a child is probably the most painful experience a parent can go through. It is at such times of deep sorrow and grief that people often turn to their faith.

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