by Leah Hager Cohen
The prologue to THE GUILT OF OTHERS is exquisitely poignant: a mother refusing to let go her new born baby whose congenital birth defects were discovered in the womb when the foetus was five months. The baby’s birth and death brings to the surface molten cracks in the Ryrie family that have simmered...
Review first published on my blog: http://memoriesfrombooks.blogspot.com/2012/05/grief-of-others.htmlThe Grief of Others begins with a devastating event - the death of an infant only a few hours old. The baby dies in the arms of its mother. The death is not a surprise. Based on prenatal testing, th...
This novel examines that varying affects that grief can have on different members of the same family. John and Ricky Ryrie’s son is born with anencephaly, meaning that he is missing a portion of his skull and his brain, and he lives for just 58 hours. The loss understandably puts a strain on their m...
The Grief of Others explores the breakdown of communication that typically results during periods of loss, no matter what the cause of the loss. Everyone handles loss differently, and through the eyes of six different characters, Ms. Cohen showcases the various ways others are affected by a typicall...
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