After Alexander : The Legacy of a Son (eBook)

The Legacy of a Son

Jan Pryor (Autor)

Katharine Smith (Herausgeber)

eBook Download: EPUB

2018
258 Seiten
Heddon Publishing (Verlag)
978-1-9997027-5-5 (ISBN)

Infos

In 1981, during a family year away from New Zealand, four-month-old Alexander died in a London hospital.Jan Pryor blends her personal experience of losing a child with her professional understanding of family dynamics and children's development. The clumsiness of consolation; the challenges of organising a funeral and what to do with Alexander's ashes; the isolation, being far from friends and family; continuing family life with two other young children to care for; all are described directly but without self-pity. The experience of growing up in 1960s New Zealand - and the stand-off between traditional expectations of the role of a woman versus the pull towards a professional life - is interwoven throughout the memoir.After Alexander is a story of triumph over loss, and of optimism. It offers consolation and hope to parents who have lost a child, to those who fear losing a child, and to anyone who has suffered the loss of a loved one.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 22.1.2018
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Gesundheit / Leben / Psychologie ► Familie / Erziehung
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Gesundheit / Leben / Psychologie ► Psychologie
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Trennung / Trauer
• Schlagworte: bereavement books • bereavement studies of grief in adult life • books about bereavement • death of a child • sudden infant death syndrome • SUDI
• ISBN-10: 1-9997027-5-1 / 1999702751
• ISBN-13: 978-1-9997027-5-5 / 9781999702755