7 must-read parenting books like Ask Me His Name: Learning to live and laugh again after the loss of my baby by Elle Wright

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Ask Me His Name: Learning to live and laugh again after the loss of my baby

By: Elle Wright

4.56

Format: 320 pages, Kindle Edition

Dear Reader,When I found myself experiencing a motherhood that I never expected, one that I was ter…

If you liked the parenting plot in Ask Me His Name: Learning to live and laugh again after the loss of my baby by Elle Wright , here is a list of 7 books like this:

Cover of An Exact Replica of a Figment of My Imagination by Elizabeth McCracken

1. An Exact Replica of a Figment of My Imagination

By: Elizabeth McCracken

4.19

Format: 186 pages, Hardcover

"This is the happiest story in the world with the saddest ending," writes Elizabeth McCracken in he… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • adult
  • parenting
  • memoir
"I want a book that acknowledges that life goes on, but death goes on too, that a person who is dead is a long, long story. You move on from it, , but the death will never disappear from view."

-Elizabeth McCracken, An Exact Replica of a Figment of My Imagination

"All I can say is, it's a sort of kinship, as though there is a family tree of grief. On this branch, the lost children, on this the suicided parents, here the beloved mentally ill siblings. When some…"

-Elizabeth McCracken, An Exact Replica of a Figment of My Imagination

"I'm thinking of that Florida lady again, the one who wanted a book about the lighter side of a child's death, and I know: all she wanted was permission to remember her child with pleasure instead of …"

-Elizabeth McCracken, An Exact Replica of a Figment of My Imagination

"Perhaps it goes without saying that I believe in the geographic cure. Of course you can't out-travel sadness. You will find it has smuggled itself along in your suitcase. It coats the camera lens, it…"

-Elizabeth McCracken, An Exact Replica of a Figment of My Imagination

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2. This is Going to Hurt: Secret Diaries of a Junior Doctor

By: Adam Kay

4.40

Format: 285 pages, Kindle Edition

Welcome to the life of a junior doctor: 97-hour weeks, life and death decisions, a constant tsunami… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • memoir
"From the most insignificant of actions can come the most serious of consequences."

-Adam Kay, This is Going to Hurt: Secret Diaries of a Junior Doctor

"Even if I wanted to have an affair, I honestly think I'd be too tired to unzip my trousers"

-Adam Kay, This is Going to Hurt: Secret Diaries of a Junior Doctor

"I’m all for explaining terminology as we go along, but if you don’t know what a stethoscope is, this is probably a book to regift. "

-Adam Kay, This is Going to Hurt: Secret Diaries of a Junior Doctor

"You work yourself to exhaustion, pushing yourself beyond what could be reasonably expected of you, and end up constantly feeling like you don’t know"

-Adam Kay, This is Going to Hurt: Secret Diaries of a Junior Doctor

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3. Empty Cradle, Broken Heart: Surviving the Death of Your Baby

By: Deborah L. Davis

3.69

Format: 143 pages, Paperback

Deborah Davis, Ph.D., encourages grieving and makes suggestions for coping. Incisive comments from … read more

Similar categories in Deborah L. Davis's Empty Cradle, Broken Heart: Surviving the Death of Your Baby book and Elle Wright's Ask Me His Name: Learning to live and laugh again after the loss of my baby

  • nonfiction
  • adult
  • parenting

4. A Woman in Berlin: Eight Weeks in the Conquered City: A Diary

By: Anonymous , Philip Boehm , Hans Magnus Enzensberger

3.52

Format: 257 pages,

A New York Times Book ReviewEditors' Choice For eight weeks in 1945, as Berlin fell to the Russian … read more

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5. You Be Mother

By: Meg Mason

4.31

Format: 66 pages, ebook

What do you do, when you find the perfect family, and it's not yours? A charming, funny and irresis… read more

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6. The Herd

By: Andrea Bartz

3.40

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

The name of the elite, women-only coworking space stretches across the wall behind the check-in des… read more

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  • adult
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7. Twas the Nightshift Before Christmas

By: Adam Kay

4.12

Format: 144 pages, Hardcover

An alternative cover edition for this ISBN can be found here. Twas The Nightshift Before Christm… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • memoir
"Who's that you can see in his suit of magenta? It's me - I've been soaked head to toe in placenta."

-Adam Kay, Twas the Nightshift Before Christmas

"Full marks to the anaesthetist wearing a badge that says; 'He sees you when you're sleeping, he knows when you're awake'."

-Adam Kay, Twas the Nightshift Before Christmas

"ENT is commonly known as Early Nights and Tennis - a good choice of specialty if you like a quiet Christmas. See also, dermaholiday."

-Adam Kay, Twas the Nightshift Before Christmas

"I ask why. then remember why most people do most things, and thus find myself introduced - at the tender age of twenty-four - to the sexual kink of mummification."

-Adam Kay, Twas the Nightshift Before Christmas

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8. Unnatural Causes: The Life and Many Deaths of Britain's Top Forensic Pathologist

By: Richard Shepherd

4.33

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

As the UK's top forensic pathologist, Dr Richard Shepherd has spent a lifetime uncovering the secre… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • memoir
"Although it is my job to be certain, I was unable that day, and am still unable, to escape a greater certainty: that there are always other possibilities."

-Richard Shepherd, Unnatural Causes: The Life and Many Deaths of Britain's Top Forensic Pathologist

"Truth is based upon knowledge. So, of course, it can be compromised by incomplete knowledge. As a doctor I sought truth through facts. As a pathologist I was now learning that truth could be directly…"

-Richard Shepherd, Unnatural Causes: The Life and Many Deaths of Britain's Top Forensic Pathologist

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9. The Betrayals

By: Bridget Collins

3.49

Format: 416 pages, ebook

If everything in your life was based on a lie would you risk it all to tell the truth? At Montv… read more

Similar categories in Bridget Collins's The Betrayals book and Elle Wright's Ask Me His Name: Learning to live and laugh again after the loss of my baby

  • adult
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10. Spilt Milk

By: Amy Beashel

3.79

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

What if you said the worst thing a mother could say? What if your husband found out about it in th… read more

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Cover of Battle Scars: A Story of War and All That Follows by Jason Fox

11. Battle Scars: A Story of War and All That Follows

By: Jason Fox

4.14

Format: 291 pages, Hardcover

This is a true story. The events depicted took place during the last decade in an unnamed warzone. … read more

Similar categories in Jason Fox's Battle Scars: A Story of War and All That Follows book and Elle Wright's Ask Me His Name: Learning to live and laugh again after the loss of my baby

  • nonfiction
  • memoir
"All across the mission, dozens of horror stories were being written. I just had to deal with mine."

-Jason Fox, Battle Scars: A Story of War and All That Follows

"The fact that I was considered part of that elite group, and the idea that other people could rely on me, too, felt life-affirming... I told myself, Mate, you’re good at a job where you have to work …"

-Jason Fox, Battle Scars: A Story of War and All That Follows

Cover of Lucky: Learning to live again by Louise Thompson

12. Lucky: Learning to live again

By: Louise Thompson

4.39

Format: 281 pages, Kindle Edition

How do you learn to live again when you've danced with death?Louise’s road to having a baby was far… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • memoir
Cover of Part-Time Working Mummy: From The Sunday Times Bestselling Author of The Power in You by Rachaele Hambleton

13. Part-Time Working Mummy: From The Sunday Times Bestselling Author of The Power in You

By: Rachaele Hambleton

4.32

Format: 265 pages, Kindle Edition

Want to know the truth about what life is like as a mum and step-mum with a chaotic patchwork famil… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • parenting
Cover of Unexpecting: Real Talk on Pregnancy Loss by Rachel   Lewis

14. Unexpecting: Real Talk on Pregnancy Loss

By: Rachel Lewis

4.63

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

What to Expect When You're No Longer Expecting When your baby dies, you find yourself in a life … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • parenting
"Jealousy, bitterness, or resentment do not mean that there is something wrong with you. They just mean something is wrong."

-Rachel Lewis, Unexpecting: Real Talk on Pregnancy Loss

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15. Unimaginable: Life After Baby Loss

By: Brooke D. Taylor

4.72

Format: 179 pages, Kindle Edition

"There is no way to begin without telling you the saddest part of the story. It’s a love story, and… read more

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"My grief felt too private, too deep. I quiet literally wanted to die, like I wished it had been me instead of her."

-Brooke D. Taylor, Unimaginable: Life After Baby Loss

"I’d spent seven months of my life obsessively and delightedly planning for a future that included months of caring for an infant. I expected my entire life to revolve around the person who had been c…"

-Brooke D. Taylor, Unimaginable: Life After Baby Loss

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16. On The Edge

By: Sarah Turner

4.45

Format: None pages, ebook

Sometimes, in order to move forward, you need to go back.Joni’s always felt like an outsider in her… read more

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17. Ask Me His Name: Learning to live and laugh again after the loss of my baby

By: Elle Wright

4.56

Format: 320 pages, Kindle Edition

Dear Reader,When I found myself experiencing a motherhood that I never expected, one that I was ter… read more

Similar categories in Elle Wright's Ask Me His Name: Learning to live and laugh again after the loss of my baby book and Elle Wright's Ask Me His Name: Learning to live and laugh again after the loss of my baby

  • nonfiction
  • adult
  • parenting
  • memoir
Cover of The Patchwork Family by Rachaele Hambleton

18. The Patchwork Family

By: Rachaele Hambleton

4.49

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

This is a book about holding it together (or not) amidst the chaos. 'We lived through lockdown, ha… read more

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Cover of The Worst Girl Gang Ever: The ultimate guide to recovery after miscarriage and baby loss with guidance from experts in mindfulness, grief, therapy and relationships. by Bex Gunn

19. The Worst Girl Gang Ever: The ultimate guide to recovery after miscarriage and baby loss with guidance from experts in mindfulness, grief, therapy and relationships.

By: Bex Gunn

4.63

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

‘Bex and Laura really have pieced together the parachute we all need to help us land safely after f… read more

Similar categories in Bex Gunn's The Worst Girl Gang Ever: The ultimate guide to recovery after miscarriage and baby loss with guidance from experts in mindfulness, grief, therapy and relationships. book and Elle Wright's Ask Me His Name: Learning to live and laugh again after the loss of my baby

  • nonfiction
Cover of Still: A Memoir of Love, Loss, and Motherhood by Emma Hansen

20. Still: A Memoir of Love, Loss, and Motherhood

By: Emma Hansen

4.36

Format: 284 pages, Paperback

A moving, candid account of one woman’s experience with stillbirth. Emma Hansen is 39 weeks and … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • memoir
"I always thought, somehow, that death would follow the rules. This was supposed to be a beginning; now we are at an end."

-Emma Hansen, Still: A Memoir of Love, Loss, and Motherhood

"Though he died before anyone got to know him, he still made an impact, is still loved, and that many are grieving his death. We are not alone in this loss."

-Emma Hansen, Still: A Memoir of Love, Loss, and Motherhood

"When a baby dies before they have a chance to create their own story, I think one of the biggest fears parents have is that they will disappear, be forgotten. It's up to those who knew them to spread…"

-Emma Hansen, Still: A Memoir of Love, Loss, and Motherhood

"But I can't figure out how to keep Reid alive in my heart without the ache. Will it always be like this? I have to believe it will get better. But then, do I want it to? Because when it gets better, …"

-Emma Hansen, Still: A Memoir of Love, Loss, and Motherhood

Cover of My Little Jellybean: a poem collection on pregnancy loss by Brandylynn Snyder

21. My Little Jellybean: a poem collection on pregnancy loss

By: Brandylynn Snyder

4.77

Format: 123 pages, Paperback

None read more

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Cover of The Baby Loss Guide: Practical and compassionate support with a day-by-day resource to navigate the path of grief by Zoe Clark-Coates

22. The Baby Loss Guide: Practical and compassionate support with a day-by-day resource to navigate the path of grief

By: Zoe Clark-Coates

4.43

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

Written by one of the world's leading baby loss support experts, The Baby Loss Guide is designed to… read more

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  • nonfiction
Cover of The Brink of Being: Talking About Miscarriage by Julia Bueno

23. The Brink of Being: Talking About Miscarriage

By: Julia Bueno

4.34

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

"Wise and compassionate . . . a profound game-changer of a book." --Caroline Leavitt, author of Pic… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • parenting
  • memoir
Cover of At a Loss: Finding Your Way After Miscarriage, Stillbirth, or Infant Death by Donna Rothert

24. At a Loss: Finding Your Way After Miscarriage, Stillbirth, or Infant Death

By: Donna Rothert

4.28

Format: 226 pages, Kindle Edition

If you’ve experienced miscarriage, stillbirth, termination of pregnancy due to health risk or abnor… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • parenting
Cover of Saying Goodbye: A personal story of baby loss and 90 days of support to walk you through grief by Zoe Clark-Coates

25. Saying Goodbye: A personal story of baby loss and 90 days of support to walk you through grief

By: Zoe Clark-Coates

4.48

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

Losing a baby, whether through miscarriage, stillbirth or neonatal death, leaves so many parents lo… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • memoir
Cover of Life, Almost: Miscarriage, misconceptions and a search for answers from the brink of motherhood by Jennie Agg

26. Life, Almost: Miscarriage, misconceptions and a search for answers from the brink of motherhood

By: Jennie Agg

4.59

Format: 310 pages, Kindle Edition

'Vital and heart-wrenchingly intimate' Leah Hazard'Urgent, fascinating and thought-provoking' Julia… read more

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  • nonfiction
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27. Find Me There

By: Sara Rian

4.69

Format: 143 pages, Paperback

Find Me There is a collection of poems written for the griever and the grieved. This collection mov… read more

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Cover of Beyond Goodbye: A practical and compassionate guide to surviving grief, with day-by-day resources to navigate a path through loss by Zoe Clark-Coates

28. Beyond Goodbye: A practical and compassionate guide to surviving grief, with day-by-day resources to navigate a path through loss

By: Zoe Clark-Coates

4.12

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Beyond Goodbye guides you through your darkest days of suffering and offers hope for your future...… read more

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Cover of Beyond Grief: Navigating the Journey of Pregnancy and Baby Loss by Pippa Vosper

29. Beyond Grief: Navigating the Journey of Pregnancy and Baby Loss

By: Pippa Vosper

4.42

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

'Essential reading for anyone who has been through the sadness of a lost pregnancy' The Times 'Sen… read more

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30. Meant to Be

By: Lisa Faulkner

4.08

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

What happens when life doesn’t turn out as you expect? When Lisa Faulkner learned that she wouldn’… read more

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5 Best adult books like Ask Me His Name: Learning to live and laugh again after the loss of my baby by Elle Wright

Transform Your Habits

An Exact Replica of a Figment of My Imagination

Elizabeth McCracken

4.19

Transform Your Habits

Empty Cradle, Broken Heart: Surviving the Death of Your Baby

Deborah L. Davis

3.69

Transform Your Habits

The Herd

Andrea Bartz

3.40

Transform Your Habits

The Betrayals

Bridget Collins

3.49

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Elizabeth McCracken

4.19

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3.99

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4.02

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