When Bad Things Happen to Good People by Harold Kushner

Harold Kushner is a rabbi from the Boston area who wrote this book after his young son died from progeria,  a rare and incurable congenital condition that causes early and irreversible signs of aging in a child. He found that although trained in a healing profession he was utterly unable to come to grips with the tragedy thrust upon him. This experience — and the opportunity to write about it — changed both his theology and his worldview, and he has gone on to share that journey with countless people around the world.