Item category 2: Suicide Bereavement Resources

A riveting memoir by the son of legendary South African swimmer Vernon Slovin whose suicide left his wife and two young children shocked and grief-stricken. Sebastian Slovin chronicles his experiences of living in the shadow of a suicide, and his journey to uncover why his father took his own lif...

An evidence-informed and contemporary treatment of a devastating form of loss that uses the device of a hypothetical case study to render it in human terms.

When Robin and Jasper's Dad died by suicide in 2014 they couldn't find many books to help them with their grief, so a few years later they decided to write their own.

Children and teenagers with autism can struggle to cope with the loss of a loved one. This book explains death in concrete terms that children with autism will understand, explores feelings that children may encounter,and offers creative and expressive activities that facilitate healing.

Milly's family is happy and full of fun, until her dad takes his own life. It is story of bereavement but it is also a story of love. It is intended as a way for all those families, bereaved by suicide, to know that they are not alone, to build resilience through understanding and to help take sm...

In this relatable and reassuring contemporary classic, a mother tells her two children that they're all connected by an invisible string. 'That's impossible!' the children insist, but still they want to know more: 'What kind of string?' The answer is the simple truth that binds us all: An Invisib...

Charmingly-illustrated, this storybook follows a girl called Luna, whose mother died a year ago. It is designed to be read with children aged 6+ who have been bereaved by suicide to help them cope with their difficult feelings. The book also includes a guide for parents and professionals by grief...

In this moving anthology, thirty-one young people tell their stories of losing a parent. They talk honestly about their individual experiences of bereavement; feelings of pain, guilt and anger, the embarrassed reactions or silence of others, and the struggle to rebuild their lives.A valuable sour...