When Parents Die

Drawing on her personal and professional experiences, as well as the stories of many others, Rebecca Abrams provides a compassionate and insightful exploration of the experience of losing a parent. An indispensible aid to the bereaved and the professionals who work with them, this third edition has been fully revised.

Rebecca Abrams is an award-winning author of both fiction and non-fiction. She worked as a bereavement counsellor for Cruse Bereavement Care and at the Cheltenham Ladies' College for a number of years, and she regularly lectures and leads workshops on young people and parental bereavement. She is a tutor in creative writing at the University of Oxford and writer-in-residence at Larkmead School, Abingdon.

Foreword to the Third Edition  Introduction  1. My Story  2. First Days, Last Rites  3. Different Deaths, Different Griefs  4. Mourning Time: The First Year  5. Mourning Time: The Second Year and After   6. Changes and Losses: The Private Kind  7. Changes and Losses: The Public Kind  8. Old Grief in New Guises  9. Pathways to the Future  Suggested Reading  Useful Organizations