Death and Dying

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A Broken Heart Still Beats After Your Child Dies

Anne McCracken and Mary Seinel (Hazelden 1998)

After The Darkest Hour; The Sun Will Shine Again

A parents guide to coping with the loss of a child.

Elizabeth Mehren (Fireside 1997)
The Art of Condolence
Leonard M. Zunin, M.D. and Hilary Stanton Zunin (Harper Collins 199
Grieving the Loss of Someone You Love
Raymond R. Mitsch and Lynn Brookside (Vine Books, 1993)
The Grieving Teen; A Guide for Teenagers and Their Friends
Helen Fitzgerald (Fireside 2000)
Healing Grief; Reclaiming Life After Any Loss
James VanPraagh (Dutton 2000)
How To Go On Living When Someone You Love Dies
Theresa A. Rando, Ph.D. (Bantam 1988)
How To Survive the Loss of a Parent; A Guide for Adults
Lois F. Akner G.S.W. (Quill 1993)
Losing A Parent-Practical Help for You and Other Family Members
Fiona Marshall (Fisher Books 1993)

Abandonment

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Black Swan: The Twelve Lessons of Abandonment Recovery

Susan Anderson, Marcia Gerardi (Partners Book Distributing, 2000)

Adolescent Drug & Alcohol Abuse: How to Spot It, Stop It, and Get Help for Your Family
Nikki Babbit (O'Reilly & Associates, 2000)
Homecoming
Cynthia Voigt (Fawcett Books, 1987)
The Journey from Abandonment to Healing
Susan Anderson (Berkley Publishing Group, 2000)
Playing Without the Ball: A Novel in Four Quarters
Rich Wallace (Knopf, 2000)
The Two-Thousand-Pound Goldfish
Betsy Cromer Byars (Harper Trophy, 2000)

Abusive Relationships and Domestic Violence

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own good
For Your Own Good: Hidden Cruelty in Child-Rearing and the Roots of Violence

Alice Miller (Noonday Press 1990)

illusion
The Illusion of Love
David Celani (Columbia University Press, 1996
visable
No Visible Wounds: Identifying Nonphysical Abuse of Women by their Men

Mary Susan Miller, Ph.D. (Fawcett Columbine, 1996)

verbally abusive
The Verbally Abusive Relationship

Patricia Evans (1996)

nomore
Violent No More: Helping Men End Domestic Abuse

Michael Paymar (Hunter House, 2000)

what
What To Do When Love Turns Violent: A Practical Resource for Women in Abusive Relationships

Marian Betancourt (Harpererennial Library, 1997)

batter
When Men Batter Women: New Insights Into Ending Abusive Relationships

Neil Jacobson, Ph.D. and John Bottman, Ph.D. (Simon and Schuster, 1998)


Infidelity

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affairs
Affairs: A Guide to Working Through the Repercussions of Infidelity
Emily M. Brown (Jossey-Bass, 1999)
affair
Affair! How to Manage Every Aspect of Your Extramarital Relationship with Passion, Discretion and Dignitiy

H. Cameron Barnes (Universal Publishers, 2001)

survival
Infidelity: A Survival Guide

Don-David Lusterman, Ph.D (New Harbinger Publications, 1998)

love
Love and Betrayal

John Amodeo and Charles L. Whitfield (Ballantine Books, 1994)

men
Men Who Can't be Faithful

Carol Botwin (Warner Books, 1989)

affair
Surviving an Affair

Willard Harley and Jennifer Chalmers (Fleming H. Revell, 1998)

infidelity
Surviving Infidelity: Making Decisions, Recovering from the Pain

Rona Subotnik, Gloria Harris (Adams Media Corporation, 1999)


Saving the Marriage

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saved
Can This Marriage Be Saved? "Ladies Home Journal"

Margery D. Rosen (Workman Publishing, 1994)

fits
Couple Fits: How to Live With the Person You Love

Evelyn S. Cohen M.S, Andrea Thompson (Perigree, 2000)

fighting
Fighting for Your Marriage: Positive Steps for Preventing Divorce and Preserving a Lasting Love
Howard Markan, Scott Stanley, Susan L. Blumberg (Jossey-Bass, 1994)
good
The Good Marriage: How and Why it lasts

Judith Wallerstein and Sandra Blakeslee (Warner Books, 1996)

dummies
Making Marriage Work For Dummies

Dr. Steven S. Simring, Sue Klavans Simring, and Gene Busnar (IDG Books, 1999)

stay
Should We Stay Together?

Jeffry H. Larson (Jossey-Bass, 2000)

stay
Too Good to Leave, Too Bad to Stay: A Step-By-Step Guide to Helping You Decide Whether to Stay In Or Get Our of Your Relationship

Mira Kirshenbaum (Plume, 1997)

why
Why Marriages Succeed or Fail: And How You Can Make Yours Last

John Gottman and Nan Silver (Fireside, 1995)


Substance Abuse

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high
Addiction: The "High" That Brings You Down (Teen Issues)

Miriam Smith McLaughlin, Sandy Peyser Hazouri (Enslow Publishers, 1997)

drug
 Adolescent Drug & Alcohol Abuse: How to Spot it, Stop it, and Get Help for Your Family

Nikki Babbit (O'Reilly & Associates, 2000)

betty
The Betty Ford Center Book of Answers: Help for Those Struggling with Substance Abuse and for the People Who Love Them

James W. West, Betty Ford

choice
Choices and Consequences: What to do When a Teenager Uses Alcohol/Drugs

Dick Schaefer (Johnson Institute, 1996)

divorce
Don't Let Your Kids Kill You: A Guide for Parents of Drug and Alcohol Addicted Children

Charles Rubin (Haper Collins, 1996)

drinking
Drinking: A Love Story

Caroline Knapp (Delta, 1997)

impaired
Drug-Impairted Professionals

Robert H. Coombs (Havard University Press, 1997)

dual
Dual Diagnosis Recovery Sourcebook: A Physical, Mental, and Spirtual Approach to Addiction with an Emotional Disorder

Dennis C. Ortman (NTC Publishing Group, 2001)

sober
Getting Them Sober: You Can Help!

Toby Rice Drews (Recovery Communitcations, 1998)

intervention
Intervention: How to Help Someone Who Doesn't Want Help: A Guide for Families of Chemically Dependent Persons

Vernon E. Johson (Johnson Institute, 1989)

love
Love First: A New Approach to Intervention for Alcoholism and Drug Addiction (A Hazelden Guidebook)

Jeff Jay, Debra Erickson Jay (Hazelden Information Education, 2000)

tough love
Though Love: How Parents Can Deal With Drug Abuse

Pauline Neff (Abingdon Press, 1996)

under
Under the Influence: A Guide to the Myths and Realities of Alcoholism

James Robert Milam, Katherine Ketcham (Bantam Books, 1984)


Self Help

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apart
Coming Apart: Why Relationships End and How to Live Through the Ending of Yours

Daphne Rose Kingma (Conari Press, 2000)

recovery
The Divorce Recovery Sourcebook

Dawn Bradely Berry (Lowell House, 1999)

getting up
Getting Up, Getting Over, and Getting On: A 12-Step Guide To Divorce Recovery

Micki McWade (Champion Press Ltd, 1999)

grief
The Grief Recovery Handbook: The Action Program for Moving Beyond Dead, Divorce, and Other Loses

John W. James and Russel Friedman (Harper Trade, 1998)

healing
The Healing Journey Through Divorce: Your Journal of Understanding and Renewal

Phil Rich and Lita Schwartz (John Wiley & Sons, 1999)

go
Letting Go: A 12 Week Personal Action Program to Overcome a Broken Heart

Zev Wanderer and Tracy Cabot (Dell Books, 1987)

rebuild
Rebuilding When Your Relationship Ends

Bruce Fisher, Robert E. Alberti, Virginia M. Satir (Impact Publishers, 1999)