Print and video resources that many have found helpful and appropriate to specific needs or situations are available through the
Hospice libraries listed below. The Abbotsford Hospice Lending Library has books, videos, audiotapes, music and items
related to grief and Hospice work. Our Lending Library is available to anyone in the community.
If you wish to make a targeted donation for library resources, please email us.
Abbotsford Hospice Society houses an exten- sive resource and casual reading library open to the public from 9:00 to 5:00, Monday to Friday.
Lending Library
Recommended books at our Lending Library include the following ...
...for Adults
When Life Hurts: A three-fold path to healing.
Dr. Brian Stiller (Herald Press., PA: 2000)
The Grief Recovery Handbook.
John James, Frank Cherry. (Harper & Row Publishers Inc., New York, N.Y: 1988)
Conversations at Midnight: Coming to terms with death and dying.
Herbert Kramer, Kay Kramer. (William Morrow & Company Inc., New York: 1993)
Death: The final stage of growth.
Elizabeth Kubler Ross. (Prentice-Hall., Englewood Cliff, New Jersey: 1975)
Dying: A book of comfort.
Pat McNees. (Warner Books, New York, N.Y.: 1998)
What Dying People Want.
David Kuhl. (The Bukowski Agency, Toronto, Ontario: 2002)
...for Youth
The Grieving Teen.
Helen Fitzgerald. (Simon & Shuster, New York, N.Y.: 2000)
Help for the Hard Times.
Earl Hipp. (Hazelden, Center City, Minnesota: 1995)
...for Children
Love you Forever.
Robert Munsch. (Firefly Books, Willowdale, Ontario: 1986)
The Tenth Good Thing About Barney.
Judith Viorst. (Simon & Shuster., New York, N.Y.: 1971)
I Wish I Could Hold Your Hand.
Dr. Pat Palmer. (HarperCollins Publishers Inc., New York, N.Y.: 1985)
The Fall of Freddy the Leaf.
Leo Buscaglia. (SLACK Incorporated, Thorofare, New Jersey: 1982)
Volunteer Resource Library
The Abbotsford Hospice Resource Library has books, articles and other reference materials to develop
the personal skills of hospice volunteers and promote Hospice philosophy. Resources are available to external
bereavement support workers by special arrangement.
Popular books currently available at Abbotsford Hospice House include ...
Intimate Death: How the dying teach us how to live.
Marie de Hennezel. (Random House Inc., New York, N.Y.: 1998)
Parental Loss of a Child.
Therese Rando. (Research Press, IL.: 1998)
Echoes of Suicide.
Siobhan Foster-Ryan. (Veritas Publications, Dublin, Ireland)
Cross Cultural Caring.
Nancy Waxler-Morrison, et al.
(The University of British Columbia Press., Vancouver, B.C.: 1990)
Did you know ...
grief sometimes takes longer than you thought it would?
grief can affect you emotionally, socially, as well as physically?
grief ccan be hard work?
grief may include feelings of anger and guilt?
there is a place to seek help and understand grief?
