Claire Leimbach - The Intimacy of Death and Dying: Simple Guidance to Help You Through

We read to know we are not alone, understanding anothers journey connects us. These books range from supportive and how to to an insightful novel. Some are not specifically about death but have helpful insights relating to issues which can culminate in death, and about people at risk of suicide and those suffering from mental illness. Other books relate directly to the people whose stories are in this book.

Anastasios, A., Dying to Know: Bringing death to life, Pilotlight, Australia, 2007

BHahn, C., Mourning has Broken: Learning from the wisdom of adversity, Crucible Publishers, 2002

BHahn, M. & C., Benjayas Gifts: An astonishing true life drama highlighting the unlimited power of the spirit, Hazelwood Press, 1996

Cameron, J., The Artists Way: A spiritual guide to higher creativity, Penguin, 2002

Deveson, A., Tell Me Im Here, Penguin, 1998

Donaghy, B., Annas Story: A teenage life destroyed, a family devastated, HarperCollins, 1996 (revised edn 2006)

Leaving Early: Youth suicide: the horror, the heartbreak, the hope, Harper Health, 1997

Garner, H., The Spare Room, Text Publishing, 2008

Gorman, V., Laylas Story: A memoir of sex, love, loss and longing, Penguin, 2005

Hamilton, M., What Men Dont Talk About, Penguin, 2006

Hender, M., Saying Goodbye: Stories of caring for the dying, ABC Books, Australia, 2004

Kuhl MD, D., What Dying People Want: Practical wisdom for the end of life, PublicAffairs, 2003

Larkins, R., Funeral Rights: What the Australian death-care industry doesnt want you to know, Penguin, 2007

Lee, Dr E., A Good Death: A guide for patients and carers facing terminal illness at home, Rosendale, 1995

Levine, S., A Year to Live: How to live this year as if it were your last, Random House, 1998

McKissock, M. & D., Coping with Grief, Penguin, 2006

Molloy, Dr W. & Mepham, V., Let Me Decide: The health care directive that speaks when you cant, Penguin, 1992

Munro, L., The Do-It-Yourself Funeral Book, Bellingen Shire Bereavement Service NSW, Australia, 2001

Myers, E., When Parents Die: A guide for adults, Penguin, 1997

Redfern Legal Centre, Rest Assured: A legal guide to wills, estates and funerals (4th edn), Redfern Legal Centre Publishing, Australia, 2005

Reoch, R., Dying Well: A holistic guide for the dying and their carers, Gaia Books, London, 1997

Stanton, R., When Your Partner Dies, Allen & Unwin, 1999

UK Natural Death Centre, The Natural Death Handbook (4th edn), 2003

Vercoe, E. & Abramwoski K., The Grief Book: Strategies for young people, Black Dog Books, 2004

Wakely, M., Sweet Sorrow: A beginners guide to death, Melbourne University Press, 2008

Walsh, R., Great Australian Eulogies, Allen & Unwin, 2008

Yalom, I.D., Staring at the Sun, Jossey-Bass, 2008

Australia
www.alzheimers.org.au

NZ
www.alzheimers.org.nz

UK
www.alzheimers.org.uk/site/index.php

USA
www.nia.nih.gov/alzheimers

Australian Centre for Grief and Bereavement
www.grief.org.au/library_cat.html

Bereavement Care Centre, Australia
www.bereavementcare.com.au/index.htm

Australia Cancer Council
free call 13 11 22,
www.cancercouncil.com.au

CanTeen, Young Australians
www.canteen.org.au

NZ
Cancer Society of NZ, www.cancernz.org.nz

Planet Cancer, young adults with cancer
www.planetcancer.org/html/index.php

UK
Cancer UK, www.cancer-uk.org

USA National Cancer Institute
www.cancer.gov

Amazions Sacred Arts
www.amazions.com.au

Grief to Memories: A workbook in lifes significant losses
www.soras.com/books.htm

Beyond Blue
1300 22 4636, www.beyondblue.org.au

Salvos
13 72 58, Braver, Stronger, Wiser DVD, www.salvos.org.au

Meditative movie
www.DoNotWeepMovie.com

Australia, Amitayus Hospice Service
(02) 6684 3808, www.amitayus.org.au

Australia
www.palliativecare.org.au

HOME Hospice, Australia
Australia-wide free call 1800 132 229, www.homehospice.com.au

International Association for Hospice & Palliative Care
www.hospicecare.com

NZ
www.hospice.org.nz

UK
www.ncpc.org.uk

USA
www.nhpco.org/templates/1/homepage.cfm

Natural/Ecological death

The Natural Death Centre, Australia
www.naturaldeathcentre.org.au

The Natural Death Centre, UK
www.naturaldeath.org.uk

Australian Institute for Suicide Research and Prevention
www.griffith.edu.au/health/australian-institute-suicide-research-prevention

Chriss suicide help page
www.geocities.com/HotSprings/1911

If you are thinking of suicide read this first
www.metanoia.org/suicide

Our friend Joe
www.angelfire.com/ms/lindas/joe.html

Suicide.org, largest suicide prevention, awareness and support website on the internet
www.suicide.org

Enough is Enough, Australia
www.enoughisenough.org.au

Homicide victims support group, Australia
www.hvsgnsw.org.au

Homicide victims support group, global links
www.hvsgnsw.org.au/links

Out of Harms Way agreement
www.warringah.nsw.gov.au/outofharmsway

Victim Services, Australia with global links
www.lawlink.nsw.gov.au/vs

Victims of Crimes UK
www.voc.webeden.co.uk

VOCAL (Victims Of Crime Assistance League), Australia
www.vocal.org.au

Workplace death
www.workplacedeath.wmb.org.au/support.php

Our heartfelt gratitude goes to all our contributors who were prepared to revisit a place of loss and grief to tell their intimate stories. We are deeply indebted to them. They have shared their experiences so that others may find comfort and inspiration on their own journeys. To those whose stories werent included in the book we are just as grateful; your experiences were no less powerful or deserving of sharing.

Very special thanks to our visionary publisher Maggie Hamilton, who has guided us with such passion and enthusiasm, and to Rosalind Price who introduced us; to Anne Deveson for her inspiring foreword; and to our wise and helpful editor Desney Shoemaker.

Thanks to Jennifer Lalor for her insights in Helping our children with grief; to Chris Green, Alex and Aaron McShane, Julie Sutton, Greg Kirkham, Jenny Bathur, Sandra Lee, Fiona Williams and Kathy Stanwick for their wise words; and Elaine Seiler, Sabine and Vianney Pinon and Jennie Dell for their support.

Claire: My deep thanks go to Bobby Holcolm and my father John Waterson for showing me there was nothing to fear in death. My mother Valerie for her unconditional love and to my sister Roxana and my brother Merlin who have always been my sounding board and constant support. My daughters Carli and Tania whose love has encouraged me through the hard times, and to Lydia Duncan, Trish Clark, Iain Finlay and Andrew Watson, special mentors along the path. Enormous thanks to all my dear friends too numerous to mention by name, but you know who you areyou give meaning to my life. Finally, I honour the ancient wisdom of the many indigenous people who have shared their lives with me.