Still Here with Me: Teenagers and Children on Losing a Parent
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Still Here with Me: Teenagers and Children on Losing a Parent
Still Here with Me: Teenagers and Children on Losing a Parent

Still Here with Me: Teenagers and Children on Losing a Parent

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Suzanne Sjoeqvist (Contributor)  

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Winner of the Young Minds Book Prize 2007 This book is a moving and thoughtful anthology of the experiences of thirty-one children and teenagers who have lost a parent. In their own words, children and young people of a variety of ages talk openly and honestly about losing their mother or father. They describe feelings of pain, loss and anger, the struggle to cope with the embarrassed reactions and silence of others, and the difficulties involved in rebuilding their lives. They also share happy and loving memories of their parents, and talk about the importance of remembering while learning to accept their parent's death. The accounts cover a variety of circumstances in which a parent died, including death from cancer, heart attack and involvement in an accident. Taboo experiences which are often avoided are also covered, including death through alcoholism, natural disaster, war, suicide, and domestic violence. The book displays a courageous and insightful group of children and young people who prove that it is possible to talk openly about these subjects without stigma. Still Here with Me will be a valuable source of information and comfort to young people who are struggling to cope with the loss of a parent. It will also provide insights into the needs of grieving children for parents, teachers, social workers and other professionals.
Suzanne Sjoeqvist is an author, translator and prize-winning journalist, who won the Swedish National Journalism Award in 1984. She lost her own father when she was ten. She lives in Sweden.
  • Contributor: Suzanne Sjoeqvist
  • Imprint: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
  • ISBN13: 9781843105015
  • Number of Pages: 192
  • Packaged Dimensions: 158x234x9mm
  • Packaged Weight: 308
  • Format: Paperback
  • Publisher: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
  • Release Date: 2006-11-30
  • Binding: Paperback / softback
  • Biography: Suzanne Sjoeqvist is an author, translator and prize-winning journalist, who won the Swedish National Journalism Award in 1984. She lost her own father when she was ten. She lives in Sweden.

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