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loss of a child
A close look at how Christian authors and secular voices alike have written about loss of a child. Each book is weighed against Scripture so you can decide what to trust.
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Recommended9.7
Anchored: A Bible Study for Miscarriage, Stillbirth, and Infant Loss
by Erin Cushman
loss of a childgrief
Recommended9.5
Grieving the Child I Never Knew
by Kathe Wunnenberg
loss of a childgrief
Recommended9.5
Mistaken Identity: Two Families, One Survivor, Unwavering Hope
by Don Van Ryn, Susie Van Ryn, Newell Cerak, Colleen Cerak, and Whitney Cerak
griefsuffering
Recommended9.3
The Birds' Christmas Carol
by Kate Douglas Smith Wiggin
generositydeath & dying
Recommended9.2
The Scars That Have Shaped Me: How God Uses Our Pain to Bring Us Joy
by Vaneetha Rendall Risner
memoirsuffering
Recommended8.7
Falling Like Leaves
by Misty Wilson
memoirgrief
Recommended8.5
Love, Aubrey
by Suzanne M. LaFleur
grieftrauma
Recommended8.5
Jeder stirbt für sich allein
by Hans Fallada
historical fictionwar
Recommended7.8
The Covenant of Water
by Abraham Verghese
historical fictionfamily
Read with discernment6.8
Faith, Hope and Carnage
by Nick Cave and Seán O'Hagan
griefloss of a child
Read with discernment6.8
Hamnet
by Maggie O'Farrell
historical fictiongrief
Read with discernment6.5
Beloved
by Toni Morrison
historical fictiontrauma
Read with discernment5.5
The Shack: Where Tragedy Confronts Eternity
by William P. Young
griefloss of a child
Read with discernment4.5
Then She Was Gone
by Lisa Jewell
mysterygrief
Read with discernment3.5
The Lovely Bones
by Alice Sebold
griefloss of a child
Not recommended2.5
Ugly Love
by Colleen Hoover
romancetrauma
Not recommended1.5
Confessions
by Kanae Minato
mysterytrauma