Use the Yellow Pages and call hospitals and hospices near you. Ask to speak with the Bereavement Coordinator, Social Worker, or Chaplain's Office to get a local grief referral. Many hospitals and hospices provide grief support to clients for up to one year following a death and offer groups to the general public. The Bereavement and Hospice Support Netline has an online directory of grief support groups throughout the United States. If you are mourning the death of a child, check the national office of the Compassionate Friends to see if there is a group near you.
T here are many books on different aspects of grief.
Who's Grieving By Victoria Frigo, Diane Fisher, Mary Lou Cook. This book gives common sense advice on how to help a bereaved friend. Letters To My Husband By Fern Field Brooks. A book about widowhood, showing one woman's first year of mourning following the sudden death of her husband due to a heart attack. She relives the trauma of his death as well as many warm memories of their life together.