Loss and dealing with it is a life lesson we learn early on, and it can come up in so many different ways, with us all dealing with it in different ways. Michelle joins me today to talk about some books that were meaningful to us and imparted empathy for characters going through losing someone they love. These are not just books that address grief. There are so many stories and so many characters, they just each have a burden of loss they carry with them.

Discussed (Tissue rating, out of 5):

Remarkably Bright Creatures, by Shelby Van Pelt (3 tissues)

Dead Romantics, by Ashley Poston (3 tissues)

The Guncle, by Stephen Rowley (5 tissues)

The Celebrants, by Stephen Rowley

Before I Let Go, by Kennedy Ryan (4 tissues)

Man Called Ove, by Fredrik Backman (5 tissues)

My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She's Sorry, by Fredrik Backman

Beartown, by Fredrik Backman

Killers of a Certain Age, by Deanne Raybourn (2 tissues)

The Half Moon, by Mary Beth Keane (2 tissues)

Amazing Grace Adams, by Fran Littlewood

Go As a River, by Shelley Read

Mad Honey, by Jodi Picoult and Jennifer

Small Great Things, by Jodi Picoult and Jennifer Finney Boylan

Other recommendations from Michelle:

The Supremes at Early's All-You-Can-Eat, by Edward Kelsey Moore

The Secret to Hummingbird Cake, by Celeste Fletcher McHale

The Accidental Text, by Becky Monson

The Ways We Hide, by Kristina McMorris

Surviving Savannah, by Patti Callahan

The Hundred Years of Lenni and Margot, by Marianne Cronin

P.S. I Love You, by Cecilia Ahern

Truly Madly Guilty, by Liane Moriarty

The Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane, by Lisa See

The Unlikely Adventures of the Shergill Sisters, by Balli Kaur Jaswal

The Unsinkable Greta James, by Jennifer E. Smith

A Year on Ladybug Farm, by Donna Ball

Under the Southern Sky, by Kristy Woodson Harvey

Smells Like Tween Spirit, by Laurie Gelman

One True Loves, by Taylor Jenkins Reid

The Curious Charms of Arthur Pepper, by Phaedra Patrick

Thank You For Listening, by Julia Whalen

Truths I Never Told You, by Kelly Rimmer

House of Eve, by Sadeua Johnson

Under the Magnolias, by T.I. Lowe

A Wish for Winter, by Viola Shipman

The Secret of Snow, by Viola Shipman