I’ll Write Your Name on Every Beach
A Mother’s Quest for Comfort, Courage and Clarity After Suicide Loss
by Susan Auerbach
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Pub Date 21 Jul 2017 | Archive Date 21 Jul 2017
Description
Written by a mother who lost her 21 year old son to suicide, this book deals with the themes of suicide loss through the lens of the author's personal grief. Addressing the process of post-traumatic growth, this memoir provides the bereaved with therapy exercises and creative activities to help them come to terms with their loss.
Although it deals directly with losing a child, much of the book pertains to grief generally, especially complicated grief after a sudden death, and thus provides comfort to any reader who has lost a close one to suicide or anyone interested in young people struggling with mental health. Organised thematically, it addresses the many issues and stages involved in the grieving process and ends each chapter with a variety of beneficial yoga, breathing and therapy activities. This allows readers to dip in and out of the book, and go at their own pace - replicating the fact that grief is not a linear journey but an iterative one that goes back and forth. This book is a lifeline for anyone struggling to process loss.
Available Editions
| EDITION | Paperback |
| ISBN | 9781785927584 |
| PRICE | US$17.95 (USD) |
| PAGES | 216 |
Featured Reviews
Eve W, Reviewer
Written by a grieving mother of her twenty one year old son, this is a raw look into life after such a tragic loss. His mum discusses her therapy, raw and honest in the unimaginable way it felt like to learn to go on after a tragic loss as well as how suicide was already within family history.
A very raw account of the aftershocks a suicide can cause to effecting family, friends and others too who will read this book, for me I have had friends who have wanted to commit suicide, only one friend of mum's every has thankfully but that was still one too many as was Noah's early death too. The writing is open and honest, showing grief does ease with time but never fully allows you to be relieved from, but shows by spreading awareness of depression, anxiety and suicidal tendencies or talking about mental health mores openly hopefully in the future Noah's story will have saved someone else.
Many thanks to the publishers for allowing me to review this book for them!
Laura H, Reviewer
Despite the heartbreaking topic of suicide, this book is an invaluable resource for anyone bereaved by suicide. Susan Auerbach starts the book by sharing the sad loss of her 21-year-old son, Noah, and the following weeks and months and how she and the rest of her family attempted to cope. The book is split into different sections - or themes - dealing with different elements of grief, such as dealing with others, and the 'why's and 'what ifs'. Susan intersperses little bits of advice and pointers with her own recollection of her thoughts and feelings at various points of her grieving process, such as 3 months and 12 months after Noah's death.
Although this is really hard-hitting reading, it will be so helpful to anyone bereaved in this way, or even for someone who knows someone that has lost a friend or family member due to suicide. It gives ideas of how you can help someone with their loss, as so often people don't know what to say or so, and Susan has provided lots of practical examples so you CAN help.
I commend Susan for sharing such intimate and heart-wrenching details of her life, which will no doubt offer much-needed words of encouragement and support to others.
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