It's never easy to deal with death. We all mourn in our own ways, so reading just might help you cope with your pain. According to Bustle, here are a few touching books to read if you've recently lost a loved one:
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1. The Guardians: an Elegy for a Friend by Sarah Manguso
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Read it here: amazon.com
2. The Still Point of the Turning World by Emily Rapp
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3. Geography of the Heart by Fenton Johnson
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Read it here: amazon.com
4. Still Alice by Lisa Genova
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5. Refusing Heaven by Jack Gilbert
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6. The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion
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7. Hate List by Jennifer Brown
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8. Wild: from Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail by Cheryl Strayed
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9. The Comeback Season by Jennifer E. SmIth
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10. Men We Reaped by Jesmyn WarD
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What books have helped you cope with the loss of a loved one?
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Mitch: Still Alice is sitting idle in my reading list and until now, I haven't had time to read it yet. Hmm, I guess this is the sign eh?
Jennapher: It is coming upon the first anniversary of the death of my SO, and I am so very sad...I will probably try to read as many of these as I can...if you are of a more spiritual nature, I highly recommend A Grief Observed, by C.S. Lewis, written after the death of his wife. It's a slim little volume, reading it has really helped me.
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