La lecture peut être une manière précieuse d’explorer les expériences de deuil, de perte et de changement. Lorsque nous traversons quelque chose de difficile, trouver les mots pour décrire ce que nous ressentons n’est pas toujours facile. Les livres peuvent parfois nous aider à donner du sens à des émotions qui peuvent sembler confuses, envahissantes ou difficiles à expliquer. Lire des histoires de personnages ou de personnes ayant vécu une perte peut aussi créer un sentiment de reconnaissance et de lien, en nous rappelant que nous ne sommes pas les seuls à ressentir cela.
Les livres peuvent offrir différentes perspectives sur le deuil et montrer qu’il n’existe pas une seule manière, ni une manière prévisible, de le vivre. Certaines histoires portent directement sur la perte d’un proche, tandis que d’autres explorent des thèmes comme la maladie, les relations, l’identité, le changement, l’espoir, l’amour et la recherche de sens après une perte. Vous pouvez vous reconnaître dans un personnage, dans une situation particulière, ou même simplement dans une phrase qui met en mots quelque chose que vous ressentez.
À d’autres moments, il se peut que vous n’ayez pas du tout envie de penser directement au deuil. La lecture peut aussi offrir une échappée temporaire, en vous permettant d’entrer dans un autre monde et de faire une pause face aux pensées et émotions difficiles. Cela peut avoir tout autant de valeur. Vous pouvez choisir ce que vous lisez, quand vous le lisez et dans quelle mesure vous souhaitez vous y engager. Si un livre en particulier vous semble trop difficile ou fait surgir des émotions auxquelles vous ne vous sentez pas prêt à faire face, il est tout à fait acceptable d’arrêter de lire et d’y revenir plus tard, ou de choisir autre chose.
Les livres proposés dans cette section ont été sélectionnés pour offrir différentes perspectives et expériences liées au deuil et à la perte. Explorez-les à votre rythme et choisissez les histoires qui vous semblent les plus porteuses de sens, réconfortantes ou pertinentes pour vous.
C. S. Lewis · 1961
AnglaisIt explores the disorientation, anger and spiritual confusion that follow the death of a loved one. It helps those who are grieving to acknowledge their emotional turmoil and to understand that the grieving process is not linear.
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Clare Leslie Hall · 2025
AnglaisThis book addresses profound themes of loss, memory, and emotional reconstruction, and can assist in the grieving process through a realistic and sensitive approach. The wound of a couple who lose a child is the starting point for a story that try to teaches us how to cope with loss.
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Jordan Sonnenblick · 2004
AnglaisFocuses on a boy coping with his brother’s leukemia. Addresses guilt, fear, and family change.
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Valérie Perrin · 2018
Anglais"Fresh Water for Flowers" is a deeply emotional novel, where the main character, rebuilds herself, becoming a confidante to mourners and finding a slow-burning new love facing the daily grief over her daughter's death. The book can be beneficial for those going through grief because it acts as a natural and visual metaphor for the impermanence of life, helping to process loss in a gentle and symbolic way. This natural cycle of blooming and wilting brings comfort and profound lessons in moments of pain.
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Max Porter · 2015
AnglaisA poetic and unconventional exploration of grief through metaphor. It allows readers to engage with grief in a non-linear and symbolic way, which can feel more accessible for some people.
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Megan Devine · 2017
AnglaisThis wonderful book is written from a first-person perspective and explores what it might be like to lose a loved one. It also provides scientifically accurate psychoeducation about grief and strategies for dealing with the process.
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Dana L. Wood · 2014
AnglaisMama, I'm Not Gone is a deeply emotional and spiritually uplifting memoir about a mother’s journey through grief after losing her child to cancer. Dana L. Wood explores healing, faith, and the belief in an afterlife, offering comfort to those grieving or seeking spiritual solace. This memoir emphasizes the enduring connection between parent and child, even beyond death.
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Jodi Picoult · 2004
AnglaisA powerful novel that tells the story of a girl who sues her parents for control over her own body after being born to save her sick sister, exploring difficult questions about family, love, and the ethics of sacrifice.
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Isabel Allende · 1994
AnglaisIt shows how grief transforms identity, relationships and memories. It helps those who are grieving to recognise their emotional ambivalence and come to terms with their loss through intimate and honest storytelling
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Feryn Heath · 2024
AnglaisThe beautifully-illustrated picture book, The Adventures of Peighten and Gingerbread: Navigating Cancer Diagnosis and Developing Coping Strategies for Grief, for ages 3-9, takes its young readers on a psychoeducational journey on the topic of grief due to loss and positive coping strategies that can be implemented to assist children through the five stages of grief.
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Meghan O'Rourke · 2011
AnglaisA memoir that explores grief through the author’s personal experience of losing her mother to cancer, reflecting on love, memory, and how people cope with loss in a modern world where mourning rituals are often absent.
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Jandy Nelson · 2010
AnglaisTeen grief after sudden loss. Helps with emotional expression and identity reconstruction.
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Francis Weller · 2015
AnglaisThis book approaches grief through a spiritual and meaning-making perspective, integrating ritual, community, and personal transformation. It helps readers understand grief as a natural process that can deepen connection, identity, and purpose.
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Joan Didion · 2005
AnglaisA deeply personal memoir about the sudden loss of a spouse. It illustrates how grief affects thoughts, memory, and everyday functioning, helping readers recognize their own reactions as normal.
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Daniel Fitzpatrick Grippo · 2009
AnglaisIt provides straightforward explanations and emotional support for children and teenagers. It helps young people who are grieving to understand their loss, come to terms with their emotions and feel supported.
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Cariad Lloyd · 2023
AnglaisThis book combines personal reflection with shared experiences of grief. It helps normalize different grieving processes and reduces feelings of isolation.
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Alba Payàs Puigarnau · 2014
PortugaisIt's a practical and inspiring guide written in simple language and suitable for people in mourning. With a respectful and sensitive attitude, Alba Payàs leads the reader to feel and live their own experience in a present and fully conscious way.
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Joan de Déu Prats · 2003
CatalanIt celebrates the enduring nature of bonds through stories and memories. It helps children and adults maintain an emotional connection after death, reinforcing their sense of identity and belonging.
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Isabel Galriça Neto · 2022
PortugaisIt reveals patterns of identity and meaning among carers following a loss. It helps family members and professionals to understand the emotional impact of caregiving and to come to terms with their grief.
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Eduardo Halfon · 2017
EspagnolIt explores the impact of loss on identity and family memory. It helps readers recognise how grief shapes personal and transgenerational narratives.
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Teresa Lobato de Faria · 2012
PortugaisIt explores the enduring nature of love despite physical absence. It helps children and adults to understand that the relationship continues in a transformed way after death
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Lega svizzera contro il cancro · 2019
ItalienA compassionate Italian guide focused on the grieving process after the loss of a loved one. It explains common emotional reactions such as sadness, anger, guilt, and numbness, while reassuring readers that grief has no fixed timeline. This resource is especially valuable because it combines emotional validation with practical coping suggestions, making it ideal for individuals navigating bereavement after cancer loss.
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Matteo B. Bianchi · 2023
ItalienA narrative memoir by Matteo B. Bianchi exploring the emotional aftermath of loss and the experience of those left behind. Unlike clinical resources, this book offers a deeply human and personal perspective on grief, loneliness, memory, and healing. Recommended as a paid narrative resource for readers who connect more strongly with storytelling than with psychoeducational materials.
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José Luís Peixoto · 2000
PortugaisIt portrays raw grief and loss as a physical and existential experience. It helps those who have lost someone to recognise the depth of their bond and to transform their longing into a living memory.
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Aimac · 2018
ItalienA practical booklet designed for friends, relatives, and caregivers who want to support someone living with cancer but feel unsure about what to say or do. It offers communication tips, listening strategies, and guidance on being present without causing discomfort. Highly recommended for grief toolkits because it addresses the social isolation many patients and families experience during illness.
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Anna Baccelliere · 2013
ItalienAn Italian booklet created to help children understand and process cancer within the family context. Using accessible language and a reassuring tone, it supports conversations about illness, fear, and emotional change. Particularly useful for grief toolkits that include families with children, as it helps adults introduce difficult topics in an age-appropriate way.
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Robert A. Neimeyer · 1998
GrecThe book offers a new perspective on loss for those who are grieving, as well as for the professionals who try to help them. The author argues that traditional views of grief are too superficial and simplistic, and develops a new understanding of grief as a process of “meaning reconstruction.” By using stories of real people who have faced significant loss, the book helps readers activate the personal and social resources required for adapting to loss. Finally, it examines different kinds of loss, such as separation or losing one’s job. The book is distinguished by its sensitivity and strong theoretical foundation.
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Ce contenu a été créé dans le cadre du projet YARN, cofinancé par le programme EU4Health en 2025-2028 (convention de subvention n° 101219053).
