Recommended Reading: Grief Demystified by Caroline Lloyd

If you'd like to learn more about grief and the grieving process, here's a book to check out.

Grief Demystified by Carolyn Lloyd

“…grief is the cost of loving someone: the greater the love, the greater the loss, the greater the impact” (p. 26).

What It’s About:
This is a short (111 pages) and concise handbook of sorts on what grief is and how it works. The title is really accurate – Lloyd takes the subject of grief, one that we tend to avoid talking about in our culture, and distills it down to the basics in a very readable and accessible format. A great grief primer, one that could be read in one sitting.
 
Topics Covered:
Lloyd gives a brief history of academic grief theories, offers suggestions about how to talk with people who are bereaved, describes various grieving styles, and talks about how to offer support.

Bottom Line:
Grief will be different for each person. That said, having a general understanding of how grief works would benefit anyone who will ever experience grief or meet anyone who is grieving.