A book that is helping me right now is titled: I Wasn't Ready to Say Goodbye - Surviving & Healing After the Sudden Death of a Loved One by Brook Noel & Pamela Blair
My sister died very suddenly and unexpectedly and this book acknoledges that sudden death is particularly difficult to deal or grieve (although, of course, ALL loss is terrible and hard!) because we never had any kind of chance to say goodbye to our loved ones that died. Both the authors write about their own experiences of losing a loved one suddenly and I immediately started crying when I read their accounts because it struck such a powerful chord in me.
This book is a HUGE resource. It has chapters on losing a child, a spouse/partner, sibling and more, as well as one on myths and misunderstandings about the grieving process, another chapter on anniversaries, another on self help and therapy, another on the grief recovery process and excerises to help and much more.
Helene.