Loss and Suicide
Emmi Smid
Jessica Kingsley Publishers
ISBN: 978-1-84905-629-8
£11.99
34 pages
This is a book aimed at helping parents and adults who are dealing with children aged six plus who have lost a parent through suicide. It is a beautifully illustrated and produced book to be read by adults with a child so that the child's feelings and thoughts can be explored.
The story is about Luna talking to her father on the first anniversary of her mother's death through suicide. It is a sunny day and the family (father, Luna and her little brother) are having a picnic in the park, but Luna is feeling sad. Luna is wearing her mother's red hat and on being told by her father that she looks just like her mum, Luna gets angry and says she is nothing like her mum as she would not have just stopped living when she wanted to. Father explains that mum had an illness in her head and the doctors could not make her better.
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