Gunther, John, Death Be Not Proud: A Memoir, Harper Perennial, 1998.

Gunther wrote this book, originally published in 1949, to document the valiant struggle his son waged against a brain tumor that ultimately killed him at age seventeen.

Levy, Alexander, The Orphaned Adult: Understanding and Coping with Grief and Change after the Death of Our Parents, Perseus Press, 1999.

Written by a psychologist in private practice for more than twenty years, this book examines what happens to adults when their parents die and how this event can facilitate the passage into true adulthood.

Roth, Philip, Patrimony: A True Story, Vintage Books, 1996.

Originally published in 1991, Roth's book about his father's life and his eventual death due to a brain tumor received that year's National Book Critics Award.