What is Condolence book?
[[File:Condolence book for former Prime Minister, Lady Thatcher (8640477662).jpg|300px|thumb|A condolence book for [[Margaret Thatcher]], signed by visiting [[Group of Eight|G8]] Foreign Ministers]] A '''condolence book''' or '''book of condolence''' is a book in which people may write their [[:wikt:condolence|condolence]]s after a [[death]] or great [[Tragedy (event)|tragedy]]. After the death of a leading figure or great disaster, condolence books are put in public places for members of the general public to use. When closed, the books are given to the relatives.<ref>{{citation |title=Helping grieving people when tears are not enough: a handbook for care providers |author=John Shep Jeffreys |date= 2004 |isbn=978-0203487914 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KJJeJv565ScC&pg=PA236}}</ref> After especially notable deaths, official records of the condolences may be reprinted. For example, after the assassination of [[Abraham Lincoln]], the Government Printing Office published a leather-bound, gilt-edged collection of official condolences in 1867.<ref>{{citation |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uRdfSQHLaPoC&pg=PA67 |title=When the bells tolled for Lincoln: Southern reaction to the assassination |author=Carolyn Lawton Harrell|year=1997 |isbn=9780865545878 }}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} [[Category:Books]] [[Category:Death customs]] {{stub}}